Signups now open for college esports
tournaments featuring Blizzard Entertainment’s Heroes of the
Storm®, Hearthstone®, and StarCraft® II
This year’s programs offer more
opportunities—and scholarships—for college gamers across U.S. and
Canada than ever before
Student gamers everywhere can now matriculate in a full schedule
of college esports programs, as Tespa, Blizzard Entertainment’s
college esports network, has revealed its lineup of tournaments and
events for this year, including the fourth edition of Heroes of the
Dorm™. With programs for Hearthstone® and StarCraft® II in addition
to Heroes of the Storm®, Tespa will award more than $1 million in
scholarships and prizing by the end of the 2017–18 academic
year.
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Now in its fourth year, Heroes of the Dorm is introducing
regional play. More than $500,000 in scholarships and prizes are up
for grabs in this premier collegiate esports competition. Regional
winners and other top teams on the national leaderboard will be
seeded into the 64-team National Championship bracket. The battle
for the Heroes of the Dorm National Championship—and for the
scholarship money each player receives for the remainder of their
college careers—will be fierce. Fans can watch all the action on
both www.twitch.tv/blizzheroes and www.mlg.com.
In a one-of-a-kind broadcast partnership with Raycom Sports,
Heroes of the Dorm will have a dedicated, nationally-syndicated
program during a five-week period of competition. Raycom will
produce the weekly, one-hour Heroes of the Dorm program, featuring
schools competing in the tournament’s Atlantic Coast Region. The
original series, which will cover competition as well as spotlight
player and team stories, will be broadcast across Raycom Sports’
syndicated network of affiliates in more than 50 markets in the
United States.
“With intense student competition and an epic tournament bracket
featuring schools across the United States and Canada, Heroes of
the Dorm showcases the kind of excitement that can only come from
college esports,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard
Entertainment. “We look forward to cheering on all of the talented
players who will be competing in Heroes of the Storm, as well as
Hearthstone and StarCraft II, for their share of Tespa’s biggest
scholarship prize pool ever.”
Starting today, eligible college gamers in the United States and
Canada can sign up to compete in Heroes of the Dorm at
www.heroesofthedorm.com. See the full schedule below:
Tournament Stage
Date Registration Opens January 22 Registration Closes
February 5 Regional Play Begins February 6 Live Broadcasts Begin
February 14 Regional Championships March 11 Bracket Reveal March 19
Round of 64 Begins March 28 Heroic Four/Finals April/May
Hearthstone Collegiate
Championship
Teams vying for the 2018 Hearthstone Collegiate Championship
will have their hands full as they battle for their share of
$150,000 in scholarship prizing. Each team of three will have to
battle through a seven-week regular season and the regional
playoffs to make it to the single-elimination championship bracket.
Fans can watch the tournament live on
www.twitch.tv/playhearthstone.
Eligible college gamers in the United States and Canada can sign
up to compete in the Hearthstone Collegiate Championship at
compete.tespa.org starting today. See the full schedule below:
Tournament Stage
Date Registration Opens January 22 Registration Closes
February 15 Matches Begin February 19
Tespa Collegiate
Series—StarCraft
The first ever Tespa Collegiate Series—StarCraft will award
$35,000 in total scholarship prizing to the top performers in the
16-team league. Teams of three players will battle it out in
StarCraft II twice a week during the eight-week regular season,
with four teams joining the tournament via the open qualifiers.
Matches will be broadcast on www.twitch.tv/starcraft and
www.mlg.com. Eligible college gamers in the United States and
Canada can sign up for qualifiers at compete.tespa.org starting
today. See the full schedule below:
Tournament Stage
Date Registration Opens January 22 Qualifier 1 February 10
Qualifier 2 February 11 Matches Begin February 17
About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft®,
Hearthstone®, Overwatch®, the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo®
franchises, and the multi-franchise Heroes of the Storm®, 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 twenty-one #1 games* and multiple Game of the Year
awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Blizzard 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.
About Tespa
Tespa is the premier college gaming network in North America,
dedicated to creating a home for gamers on every
campus. Recognized as the leader in college esports, Tespa
cultivates student communities that host epic gaming events on
campuses in the United States and Canada, and plans to distribute
more than $1 million in scholarship prizing in 2018 through
intercollegiate leagues. Tespa has had more than 5000 teams from
more than 1400 universities compete in its college tournaments and
has empowered student leaders to become entrepreneurs in the gaming
industry.
About Raycom Sports
Charlotte, N.C.-based Raycom Sports is a leader for
compelling storytelling, production, and content distribution
across all platforms. With an award-winning production team, Raycom
creates original feature programming such as Football Saturdays.
Raycom is the syndicated rightsholder of Atlantic Coast Conference
men’s basketball and football since 1982, and manages live
television broadcasting, original programming, archival footage,
mobile applications, social media, the official ACC website and the
ACC Official Corporate Champions program. Raycom also serves as the
digital content, marketing, video and broadcast production partner
of The Basketball Tournament (TBT). Raycom manages client
activations and hospitality at ACC FanFest at the ACC Football
Championship and ACC Basketball Tournaments.
Raycom Sports’ parent company Raycom Media, owns and/or provides
services for 65 television stations and 2 radio stations located in
20 states covering 16% of U.S. television households.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking
Statements: Information in this press release that involves
Blizzard Entertainment's expectations, plans, intentions or
strategies regarding the future, including statements about the
dates and features of Heroes of the Dorm 2018, the Tespa Collegiate
Series—StarCraft, and the Hearthstone Collegiate Championship, are
forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number
of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause Blizzard
Entertainment's actual future results to differ materially from
those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this
release include unanticipated product delays and other factors
identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s
most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this
release are based upon information available to Blizzard
Entertainment and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this
release, and neither Blizzard Entertainment nor Activision Blizzard
assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking
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made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not
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Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause
actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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