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New York Excelsior the Overwatch League Stage 2 champions

27 Mar 2018
Steve Wright

The New York Excelsior have emerged victorious after intense Overwatch League Stage 2 finals action.

The Excelsior managed to come through with a 3-2 reverse sweep, edging out rivals Philadelphia Fusion yesterday. For their efforts, the Excelsior pocket a $100,000 USD cash bonus, while the Fusion take home $25,000 USD as runners-up. The third-seeded Fusion manager to take out the second-seeded London Spitfire 3-2 for a chance at finals glory.

Overwatch League Stage 3 kicks off on 5 April, running through until 7 May. Stage 3 will introduce the Blizzard World map into rotation.

Overwatch is currently available on Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

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