Overwatch Open Announces ASUS ROG As Official Sponsor

Published: August 29, 2016 1:15 PM /

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The Overwatch Open, an online competition where European and North American teams can enter and show their skills for a chance at a prize pool of USD 300,000, have just announced their first official sponsor, ASUS Republic of Gamers. Over the course of the competition teams will go from qualifiers, to regional playoffs and then if they make it that far will be invited through to the Regional Finals. Overwatch Open began back in July and streams all of their content through FACEIT.

As part of this deal ASUS, as the official PC and monitor sponsor for the entire tournament, are going to be providing the gaming PCs and monitors for the Regional Finals and the Grand Finals. The Regional Finals for each of the different continents will be the 26-27th of September for North America and from the 28-29th for Europe. The Grand Finals will take place on the 1st of October.

We’re excited to continue our successful relationship with ASUS with its sponsorship of the Overwatch Open, ASUS is the leader in the gaming community and its computer hardware for the Overwatch Open will help us provide a stellar competitive experience for the players and fans.              - Michele Attisani, CBO of FACEIT

Chief Marketing Officer of ASUS North America, Vivian Lien, also gave a statement talking about how this partnership between ASUS ROG and the Overwatch Open is good not only for the future of Overwatch eSports but also a way to support the community that has shown great support for the game since launch.

If you would like to learn more about the Overwatch Open then be sure to head over to their official website.

What do you think of the Overwatch Open? Are you glad that there is combined support from those who play the game and hardware manufacturers? Will you be checking out any of the matches leading up to the finals? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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