![]() While the system for OWL drops in 2023 is similar, the rewards for Overwatch are a bit different in some ways. The drops are staying pretty similar to previous seasons though. There’s a new format, and new Overwatch characters have been added since last season. At the other end of the table, Shanghai Dragons continued its unfortunate 11-game losing streak earlier today – the team has still yet to win a match, which must be pretty hard on morale. The Overwatch League in 2023 is having quite a few changes. If you watch for seven hours during April, you can claim Echo home and away skins. You need 100 League Tokens to unlock an Overwatch League skin inside the game. As we saw last month, over 10 million fans watched matches during the first week of the Overwatch League.Ĭurrently, New York Excelsior is the team at the top of the league, having only suffered one defeat with a 9-1 record. MORE FROM FORBES Overwatch League Fans Can Earn Free OWL Tokens By Watching 4K Streams On YouTube By Kris Holt. At the end of the final map of competition, a random, unspecified number of viewers will receive 100 tokens. Check here for more info.Īll of this is evidently part of the push to get more people watching matches live, although there's already a good number of spectators. Special hero skins will be unlocked when ‘global’ cheering thresholds are reached (the combined cheering might of all spectators). Possible rewards include special hero and team emotes, plus Overwatch League skins. Cheery prospectĪnother interesting development is the introduction of the ability to use ‘Cheering with Bits’ on Twitch to unlock rewards (on an individual, and also team-based and ‘global’ basis, when certain overall ‘cheering milestones’ are reached). A single skin costs 100 tokens, with specialty skins such as the recently released San Fransico Shock-themed Doomfist skin going for 200 tokens.Hopefully the number of regions covered will expand in time. ![]() The only other way to obtain tokens is through a money purchase, with 100 tokens going for $4.99 USD. In the past, anyone with a linked BattleNet account could sit in on live Overwatch League matches and periodically earn OWL tokens simply from watching. Among them was the previous two season’s paid access pass that allowed viewers to watch OWL matches from multiple perspectives, and the second being token drops. In the past, you could get OWL tokens by connecting your Twitch account to your Blizzard account and watching. So, updating your email will get you five dollars worth of tokens for free, which is enough to buy a basic skin. The sudden shift from sports powerhouse Twitch to the far less popular YouTube Gaming left some key features drifting in the wind. With real money, buying 100 tokens costs USD 4.99. Overwatch League tokens are used in-game across all versions of Overwatch to buy skins representing the league’s professional teams, as well as a few special emotes and skins along the way. Last week, Aaron Keller, the game director for Overwatch 2, said in a video to fans that Overwatch League players are now practicing on an early version of the game. Blizzard is giving out free Overwatch League tokens to anyone willing to sign up and verify their account information, a move announced today on social media that totally doesn’t feel like a mia culpa for not having token drops on OWL’s new home of YouTube Gaming. But if you don't use a 'personal google account,' you won't get any rewards. ![]() ![]() They have been coming around 24 hours after viewing for me. Twitch laid off over 500 staff members, more than a quarter of its workforce, on Tuesday, Jan. Thank Blizzard for small favors, I suppose. When you get tokens, a large blue banner in-game at the main screen will say Received Overwatch League tokens. ![]()
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