NGE reveals Overwatch Winter Premiere
Today Next Generation Esports announced a new competition for Overwatch through a press release. The Overwatch Winter Premiere, with a prize pool of $100,000, will be open solely to North American teams and organizations.
The online qualifiers, starting on December 10th, will consist of "Open Play" cups. Each cup will grant the 8th best ranked teams some points. And after the 4 cups, the 8 teams with most points will move on to the next stage.
Two round robin stages will then be played online. The first with 8 teams between the end of December and the beginning of January. After that the 6 best teams play the second round robin from the 9th to the 11th of January.
The playoff are likely to take place at NGE's studios in California around the end of January with the 4 remaining teams.
Prize pool breakdown
The online qualifiers, starting on December 10th, will consist of "Open Play" cups. Each cup will grant the 8th best ranked teams some points. And after the 4 cups, the 8 teams with most points will move on to the next stage.
Two round robin stages will then be played online. The first with 8 teams between the end of December and the beginning of January. After that the 6 best teams play the second round robin from the 9th to the 11th of January.
The playoff are likely to take place at NGE's studios in California around the end of January with the 4 remaining teams.
Prize pool breakdown
- 1st: $40,000
- 2nd: $20,000
- 3rd/4th: $12,000
- 5th-6th: $5,000
- 7th-8th: $3,000