UK-based (and US-owned) eSports organisation Team Dignitas have qualified for the $75,000 Overwatch MSI MGA 2016 Regional Finals.
Regional finals – to be streamed online – will take place on October 14th to 15th (Americas), 17th to 18th (Europe) and 20th and 21st (Asia).
Dignitas will be competing to qualify for the grand finals at the Gfinity Arena in London on December 7th and 8th.
Teams from 46 countries enrolled in this year’s event. Here are the top eight teams entering Regional Finals from each region:
Americas:
- Cloud 9
- Helix Esports
- Rise Nation
- Tempo Storm
- Faze
- compLexity Gaming
- Q
- Team Liquid
Europe:
- Team Dignitas
- T for Tilt
- Besatt eSports Kings
- Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP)
- The Gatekeepers
- Team LDLC
- ALTERNATE aTTaX
- melty eSport Club
Asia:
- MVP Space
- DetonatioN Gaming Team
- Mineski
- Alter Ego
- ACE White
- KongDoo Panthera
- Team Hexa
- KongDoo-2
MSI has invited casters Riku and Asurai, as well as commentator Jayce “Jaeger” Alexander Stewart (Jaeger), to broadcast the event together with Justin “Vill” Villaseran.
Three final teams (one from each region) will be eligible for Grand Finals at Gfinity Arena.
The final champions can walk away with a $40,000 cash prize. Second place, third place and fourth place will be awarded $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000 respectively.
The news comes as Dignitas released Seb “numlocked” Barton and Artur “art1er” Bischof from their Overwatch roster following “disappointing results”.
The Regional Finals and Grand Finals will be broadcast live on Twitch by MSI here.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
