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About WCS Winter

Serving as a prelude to the WCS 2019 season, this 10-week program will consist of a pair of 32-person online tournaments—one for the Americas (including Latin America, Taiwan, ANZ/SEA, and China) and one for Europe—each with a USD $60,000 prize pool! For more information about WCS Winter, see the ...

War Chest: Katowice 2019 brings two brand new features that we’ve never been able to offer before! You guys asked for it, and we’re ready to deliver: each race is receiving a full suite of custom building skins! Now, you’ll be able to complete your race’s transformation into the Simulant Zerg, the Terran Special Forces, and Protoss Forged.

Secondly, not only can you earn progress by playing StarCraft II, you’ll also be able to earn War Chest progress simply by watching StarCraft II. Spending time with your favorite StarCraft II streamers will now earn you experience towards your War Chest loot. Anyone who wants to stream StarCraft II can help their fellow RTS fans gain experience as long as they install the StarCraft II War Chest Extension. More on that in a moment.

Here are the nitty-gritty details for War Chest: Katowice 2019:

• War Chest initial launch: December 20
• Phase 2: January 17
• Phase 3: February 14
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StarCraft II esports—the competition and the community—impressed and inspired us more than ever before in 2018, and today we are excited to shed some light on what 2019 will look like. We are still working out the details so some of this may be subject to change.  Both WCS Korea and the WCS Circuit will continue in 2019, and we look forward to sharing the full details of both programs next year. In the meantime, we are pleased to announce WCS Winter.

What Is WCS Winter?

Serving as a prelude to the WCS 2019 season, WCS Winter replaces one WCS Circuit stop. This 10-week program will consist of a pair of 32-person online tournaments—one for the Americas (including Latin America, Taiwan, ANZ/SEA, and China) and one for Europe—each with a USD $60,000 prize pool, and with WCS points awarded as outlined below. Each tournament will culminate in a live, winner-advances battle between the top six, one for Europe and one for the Americas. See the full rules, including residen...