Heroes of the Storm™ World Championship Tournament Announced
May 14 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
First-ever global tournament series for
Blizzard Entertainment’s new online team brawler joins the Road to
BlizzCon® 2015—over $1.2 million in cash and prizes up for
grabs
The Nexus portal will soon be transporting the greatest Heroes
of the Storm™ players in the world to a new battleground—BlizzCon®!
Blizzard Entertainment today announced the first-ever global
tournament series for its brand-new free-to-play online team
brawler. The competition will feature regional championship
tournaments for the Americas, Europe, China, Korea, and Taiwan
regions, with the top eight teams duking it out at the Heroes of
the Storm World Championship at BlizzCon on November 6–7 in
Anaheim.
The stakes are high, with a total prize pool of over $1.2
million in cash and prizes—including $500,000 at BlizzCon. The
world champion team will walk away with $200,000—and bragging
rights as the best Heroes of the Storm players in the world.
The Road to BlizzCon kicks off later this month with a
tournament in China, and similar events will be taking place in the
Americas (including North America, Latin America, Southeast Asia,
as well as Australia and New Zealand), Europe, Korea, and Taiwan
regions in the weeks ahead. Everyone is encouraged to gather a team
and compete in their local tournament. Details on how to sign up,
as well as further event-related news, will be posted on
www.heroesofthestorm.com.
“We’re excited to kick off the inaugural Heroes of the Storm
tournament series, and we can’t wait to see the best teams start to
distinguish themselves in battle,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and
cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “With the world championships
for StarCraft II, World of Warcraft Arena, Hearthstone, and now
Heroes of the Storm underway, 2015 is shaping up to be a great year
for eSports fans.”
Officially launching June 2, Heroes of the Storm brings together
a diverse cast of iconic characters from Blizzard’s far-flung
realms of science fiction and fantasy, including the Warcraft,
StarCraft, and Diablo® universes, and challenges them to compete in
epic, adrenaline-charged battles. Players can choose from more than
35 Blizzard heroes and customize them to suit their play style, and
then team up with friends to fight across 7 dynamic
Battlegrounds—with more heroes and Battlegrounds on the way. The
game features a variety of gameplay modes for players of every
skill level, including a Versus A.I. mode, in which players face
computer-controlled opponents, and highly competitive draft-style
ranked play.
Stay tuned to www.heroesofthestorm.com for further news on the
Heroes of the Storm World Championship tournament series, including
details on how to sign up. You can also watch the tournament action
unfold live on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/blizzheroes).
About Blizzard Entertainment,
Inc.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of
Warcraft® and the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and
Diablo® franchises, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
(www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:
ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment
software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most
critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track record
includes nineteen #1 games* and multiple Game of the Year
awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of
the largest in the world, with millions of active players.
*Sales and/or downloads, based on internal company records and
reports from key distribution partners.
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