Facebook Live To Exclusively Stream Blizzard’s ‘Heroes of the Dorm’ eSports Tourney

Facebook has inked a deal for exclusive rights to Blizzard Entertainment’s Heroes of the Dorm 2017 collegiate eSports competition. The entire tournament, which features teams from colleges across the U.S. and Canada competing in Heroes of the Storm for free tuition for the remainder of their college careers (more than $500,000 in scholarships and prizes in all), will be streamed exclusively on on Facebook Live.  Previously, ESPN had carried the tournament’s semifinals and finals on its linear TV networks and digital platforms. 

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.

Facebook envisions “a new kind of connected esports event” that features Facebook friends and Heroes of the Storm personalities just a click away, offering a global real-time connected experience for viewers that supports live interaction (or smack-talking) during the heat of competition. 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,” says 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: