Signups are now live for Blizzard
Entertainment’s trailblazing college esports tournament, this year
featuring broader access to live matches and new ways to
participate
College esports reaches a new level of engagement with Heroes of
the Dorm™ 2017 as Blizzard Entertainment and Facebook team up to
stream the action exclusively via Facebook Live. Blizzard and
Tespa’s preeminent collegiate esports tournament once again offers
Heroes of the Storm® teams from colleges across the United States
and Canada a chance to earn free tuition for the remainder of their
college careers—more than $500,000 in scholarships and prizes will
be handed out this spring. For the first time ever, Heroes of the
Dorm will be broadcast via Facebook Live on the Heroes of the Storm
Esports Facebook page, beginning with the regular season and
continuing all the way through the Heroic Four and National
Championship.
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With Facebook friends and Heroes of the Storm personalities just
a click away, Heroes of the Dorm 2017 will be a new kind of
connected esports event, offering a global real-time connected
experience for viewers that supports live interaction (or
smack-talking) during the heat of competition. From the nervous
anticipation of the first regular season matches to the bright
lights and excitement of the championship, Facebook’s global
network will enhance every shareable, likable, and otherwise epic
moment in Heroes of the Dorm. To further amplify this year’s Heroes
of the Dorm viewing experience, Blizzard will serve up-to-date
statistics, team and player profiles, updates for the Bracket
Challenge and a new Pick ‘em Challenge, and more will all be
available on www.heroesofthedorm.com.
“Heroes of the Dorm has featured some of the most dramatic
college esports action of the past two years, and with more prizes
for more teams up for grabs this year, we’re looking forward to a
whole new level of competition,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and
cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We’re also excited to be
working with Facebook this year to bring more live Heroes of the
Dorm play to more viewers around the world than ever before.”
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. The group stages of the regular season
kick off February 15, with the full schedule proceeding as
follows:
Tournament Stage
Date Group Stages February
15–16, 22–23, March 1–2 Regional Playoffs March 4–5 Regional Finals
March 8–9 Round of 64 March 18–21 Round of 32 March 22–23 Round of
16 March 25 Round of 8 March 26 Heroic Four April 8 National
Championship April 8
Everyone Can Play, Anyone Can
Win
While Heroes of the Dorm competition is reserved for some of the
most elite Heroes of the Storm college teams in North America,
savvy fans around the world will be able to flex their expertise in
the Heroes of the Dorm Bracket Challenge and the Heroes of the Dorm
Pick ‘em Challenge. Accurately picking the winners of each matchup,
beginning with the Round of 64, will win prizes for the top 500
entries in the Bracket Challenge, while the grand prize winner will
receive USD $10,000. Midway through the tournament, fans get a
second chance in the Pick ‘em Challenge, where they’ll pick just
one team to hopefully carry them all the way to the National
Championship—earning a Heroes of the Storm Stimpack just for
participating, with a chance for more Stimpacks the better their
team does.
In 2015, UC Berkeley dominated, becoming the first-ever Heroes
of the Dorm. In 2016, Arizona State University avenged their
championship loss from the previous year to claim the title. This
year, a new story will be written and new heroes will be celebrated
in the ultimate college esports event!
Fans can relive the gripping journey of last year’s Heroes of
the Dorm Championship team in A New Hero: The Rise of College
Esports, a documentary on Arizona State’s climb to the top of
college esports.
Learn more about Heroes of the Dorm and the viewer-participation
challenges, and stay tuned for further details, at
www.heroesofthedorm.com.
About Heroes of the
Storm
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. To learn more about Heroes of the
Storm, head over to the official website
at www.heroesofthestorm.com.
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, Battle.net®, is one of
the largest in the world, with millions of active players.
*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 $800,000 in scholarship prizing in 2017 through
intercollegiate leagues. Tespa has had more than 5000 teams from
more than 1200 universities compete in its college tournaments and
has empowered student leaders to become entrepreneurs in the gaming
industry.
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, features and expected events of Heroes of the Dorm 2017,
including the Heroes of the Dorm Bracket Challenge and the Heroes
of the Dorm Pick ‘em Challenge, and the related Facebook viewing
experience, 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
statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when
made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not
guarantees of the future performance of Blizzard Entertainment or
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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