The ultimate Heroes of the Storm™ collegiate tournament comes to a head this April 26 at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles! There, the top “Heroic Four” teams from schools across the U.S. and Canada will clash in the epic final matches of Heroes of the Dorm™. eSports fans everywhere can find out which team claims victory—and walks away with free tuition for college—by watching the battle unfold LIVE in person, online, or on television.
WHEN:
Sunday, April 26, 2015, 2:30pm – 8:30pm PT
Heroic Four: 2:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Grand Finals: 6:30pm – 8:30pm PT
WHERE:
Shrine Expo Hall
665 West Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007
WATCH:
Watch the “Heroic Four” duke it out on ESPN3, accessible in the eSports category online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets through the WatchESPN app, and streamed on televisions on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Witness the Grand Finals LIVE on prime time TV on an ESPN network—further details to be announced
So far, students from more than 400 colleges coast to coast—including Penn State, UCLA, and Georgia Tech—have signed up to fight for free college tuition and other prizes. More than 650 teams are already registered and ready for battle . . . but time’s running out to warp into the Nexus, as signups close tomorrow, March 26.
Calling All eSports Fans in SoCal!
Want to cheer on your fellow collegiate players in person? Anyone in the SoCal area will have a chance to attend the Heroic Four event live at the Shrine Expo Hall, where they’ll enjoy a full curriculum of events and activities, including a developer chat session, opportunities to play Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone, and more. Attendees will also receive some cool gifts just for showing up (while supplies last), including a Heroes of the Storm portrait, Hero and Skin bundle, and closed beta test access; as well as a TeSPA card back for Hearthstone.
Doors open at 1:30pm PT—admittance is free but space is limited, so be sure to show up early.
About Heroes of the Dorm
Hosted by Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and TeSPA, Inc. Heroes of the Dorm is the ultimate Heroes of the Storm college tournament, bringing together teams of students from across the United States and Canada in an epic showdown to determine the strongest college players in the Nexus, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition at stake. Currently in closed beta testing, Heroes of the Storm is Blizzard Entertainment’s free-to-play online team brawler featuring iconic heroes from more than 20 years of the developer’s rich gaming history.
Every competing Heroes of the Dorm team will get access to the Heroes of the Storm closed beta test in order to participate. Plus, everyone’s invited to show their school spirit—and compete for top-of-the-line gaming PCs and the $10,000 grand prize—by participating in the Heroes of the Dorm fantasy bracket challenge, kicking off April 3.
All told, more than $450,000 in tuition and other prizes are up for grabs—so sign up your team, and get ready to root for your favorite schools!
For more information on Heroes of the Dorm, visit the official website at www.heroesofthedorm.com.