Overwatch League’s home bases

The Overwatch League’s dip into home games is officially on the docket, with the league announcing that three teams will host home games during the 2019 season: Atlanta Reign, Dallas Fuel, and Los Angeles Valiant. The league unveiled its full 2019 season schedule. The move will kick off the weekend in North Texas as the Fuel host the Valiant on April 27, followed by the Outlaws the next day with feature competition among eight of the 20 Overwatch League teams, with four matches played each day. The weekend will conclude with the sole regular-season meeting between the Dallas Fuel and their in-state rivals the Houston Outlaws on Sunday, April 28. Overall, eight teams will compete in the venue that weekend. Similarly, Atlanta’s matches will be run July 6-7 while the Valiant will play from The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live from Aug. 24-25.

In addition, the Overwatch League bumped up its prize pool for the 2019 season, from $3.5 million to $5 million with the Grand Champion landing $1.1 million. Meanwhile, the 2019 season will also have a revamped playoff structure and end-of-season format. For the 2019 season, the league’s top six teams will automatically qualify for the postseason, with the Atlantic and Pacific Division winners receiving top seeds. Two final playoff spots will be decided via a play-in tournament in August. The tournament will feature teams that finished seventh through twelfth in the overall standings, with the top two teams from this tournament advancing to the postseason. This play-in tournament will replace the Stage Finals at the end of the league’s fourth and final stage.

The Overwatch League’s 2019 season kicks off on Feb. 14 out of Blizzard Arena. The full schedule can be found at overwatchleague.com.

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