In a lengthy blog post,<\/a> Ubisoft revealed the tournament structure for not just this season, but next, while also teasing in a series of tweets further changes to the global structure for the esport scene.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under the new system, the North American Pro League season will feature three majors each season, a Regional Finals and the end-of-season Six Invitational Global Championship – which will bring together the sixteen best Siege teams in the world to battle it out for ultimate glory.<\/p>\n The revamped US division will be played offline, with all eight teams based in Las Vegas, Nevada. A five-week league will run before each major, with games being played in standard best-of-three map format. The top four teams from each mini-league will qualify for the following major.<\/p>\n The league with feature a slew of familiar teams plus a few new ones to replace the three esport organisations that recently departed the game<\/a>. Returning are current world champions Spacestation Gaming, as well as TSM, DarkZero Esports, eUnited, and Tempo Storm. They will be joined by Susquehanna Soniqs and Disrupt Gaming after success in the Challenger League and Oxygen Esports, who picked up the old Team Reciprocity roster.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The season will start in March and run until February of the following year, except in 2020, when due to the later start the first Pro League season under the new format will contain only two Majors – to be played in August and November. Regional Finals will be held in December each year, with the Six Invitational Global Championship scheduled for February.<\/p>\n
\nThe new North American League will look very different to what came before. (Picture: Ubisoft)<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nDue to scheduling, the first season under the new format will be shorter than what will follow. (Picture: Ubisoft)<\/span><\/p>\n