The eight teams taking part in the upcoming Overwatch Champions Series 2024 Finals (OWCS) have been confirmed.
This will take place at the Stockholmsmässan during DreamHack Stockholm from November 22nd to 24th 2024.
The competing teams will be Spacestation Gaming, Ence and Twisted Minds from EMEA, Team Falcons and Crazy Raccoon from Asia, and Toronto Defiant, NTMR and NRG Shock from North America.
There are four UK players taking part – two on Spacestation Gaming (Backbone and FunnyAstro), and two on Ence (Kai and WMaimone).
There’s also a UK caster involved – Jaws – who is joining Mr X, Nekkra and Uber, alongside hosts Goldenboy and Soe, plus analysts Danny Lim, JAKE and Reinforce.
Matches will be played on Overwatch 2’s October 29th patch.
Spacestation Gaming reach the finals after winning EMEA Stage 4, while Ence and Twisted Minds finished second and third respectively.
Ence also won EMEA Stage 3, while Spacestation took Stage 2 and Twisted Minds Stage 1.
Overwatch caster and Esports News UK freelancer Jace (who recently wrote an article on Epic.LAN 43) said: “I think it could be this a major event for Overwatch in Europe as a whole
“The teams coming from EU are Twisted Minds, an all-Saudi team lead by quartzz, an amazing hitscan.
“Ence have Kai and Kevster as their dps line from the Gladiators, and SSG are the former London Spitfire roster with FunnyAstro.
“Going into the tournament, basically this meta is so good for the Koreans, so I think the Western teams will struggle.”
Overwatch Champions Series 2024 Finals – bundles, drops and other goodies
Blizzard has announced three bundles for the OWCS 2024 finals with the ‘Neon Streets Megabundle’, with purchases supporting the finals’ prize pool.
The first includes a Neon Streets Tracer Skin, Graffiti Mask Icon, Tag Namecard and Magenta Spray Paint Weapon Charm.
The second features a London OWCS Throwie Spray, Sunset Detonator Weapon Charm and Neon Streets Junkrat Skin.
The third consists of a Sneaker Tread Weapon Charm, Happy Dance Emote and Neon Streets Mei Skin.
In terms of drops, there are a bunch of skins and other collectables viewers can unlock by watching up to five hours of each day.
There’s the OWCS Brigitte, Torbjörn and Mercy to unlock per the tweet below with specific hours and dates instructions:
Blizzard is also giving fans who attend in-person access to some other extras.
Platinum and diamond ticket holders will receive an OWCS hoodie and coin.
There are other goodies as outlined below:
Grab your @DreamHack Stockholm ticket and #OWCSFinals Add-On package to secure prime seating, exclusive in-game rewards, our full slate of drops, and more: https://t.co/drJW9FWKBn pic.twitter.com/DIwdT7oY4Q
— Overwatch Esports (@OW_Esports) November 12, 2024
Overwatch Classic announced
It’s hard to believe Overwatch is already more than eight years old, and to celebrate, Blizzard has brought back 6v6 as a limited time event.
For three weeks to December 2nd 2024, players can experience Overwatch as it was at launch, with the original 12 maps, 21-hero roster and 6v6 matchups.
And through November 14th, players can relive the chaos of no-limit team compositions.
Players will also be able to charge their ultimate faster, and earn themed rewards during Overwatch Classic.
Related article: The history of UK Overwatch esports
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.
