Set to kick off their regular season action on Saturday, November 7, the Heroes Hearth Community Clash League (CCL) features some of the most well-known and talented amateur and former professional players from around the world.
On Tuesday afternoon, HeroesHearth, daughter company of Wisdom Gaming Group and long-time supporter of Heroes of the Storm, revealed details of their upcoming Community Clash League (CCL) which aims to provide a platform for the best players in North America to showcase their skills.
Nearly two years after Activison Blizzard made the decision to effectively end the Heroes of the Storm esports circuit with the cancelation of the Heroes Global Championship (HGC), one of the largest organizations in the world still supporting the title is stepping in to revitalize the scene.
And just like that, 2019 has nearly come to an end. Over the past 12 months, Blizzard Entertainment has continued to allow the Heroes of the Storm development team to churn out new content (albeit at a slower cadence than usual) and the community has had to adjust as well. Based on how 2018 came to an end, it could be much worse. In December of last year, President of Blizzard, J. Allen Brack, issued a statement declaring the Heroes of the Storm competitive scene would no longer be supported by the game's publisher and that developers would be reassigned to titles in the works and others that were deemed more important to the long-term health of the company.
Shortly after the dust settled at the Anaheim Convention Center on November 3, 2018, where the annual BlizzCon event was held, it was time to look towards the future. Professional Heroes of the Storm players and fans had just witnessed Gen. G esports crush Team Dignitas to cement themselves as arguably the greatest team that has ever competed in the game's multi-year history and take home a sizeable $500,000 cash prize for their efforts.
This cartoon is based on the sudden disbandment of the HGC (Heroes of the Storm Global Championship), and major concerns regarding esports being recognized as an official sport.On the 14th, the HGC wa
In a "David vs. Goliath" storyline, Goliath won, heavily. Team Dignitas took down the Leftovers (4-0) to become the Heroes Global Championship (HGC) Western Clash winners for the second time in 2018.
"Every time you lose to something, like Zarya, you just get angry. It's like, 'Why are you playing Zarya? Why are you making me play against Zarya? Why am I losing to Zarya?'"
"We have learned a lot for their drafts -- the Medivh and the Maiev. In NA, the meta is completely different so we have learned a lot from their drafts and rotations."
"they play against us and it is just useless -- we have no idea why they drafted these sort of things."
This week the results came in and the teams were revealed, so let’s take a look at four countries that will have their opponents tremble with fear!
Blizzard is bringing the Heroes of the Storm Western Clash to LA. The best teams in NA and EU will be live in person competing for a spot in the HGC finals and a $100,000 prize pool.
After five days of group play featuring the best Heroes of the Storm teams from around the world, the field is set for the final eight teams to compete at DreamHack Summer in Sweden this weekend.
Just moments ago, Tricked Esports released an official "goodbye" message on their website, citing a "new strategy in 2018" and no "room for improving" their chances in game.
Blizzard is pumping in resources to providing high-level content such as the HGC Minute, educational videos with pro players and casters, and even put in an esports tab within the game itself. They know a healthy competitive scene is going to be a huge positive long-term.
In the first game of a series between GLuck and Tempest recently, the decision was made to draft a hero who does not see play not only in Korea but globally, Probius. Relic, GLuck’s Assassin main who would be piloting the protoss probe, laughed with glee on stream as he knew the opportunity to shine was there...or face flack by the Korean community.
Now the fact that we’re admitting we’re a MOBA now is great. I think saying we’re a casual MOBA isn’t the right word. I don’t think it’s ever really been true per se if you’ve actually dove into playing at a competitive level. Shaking that stigma within the community has been a challenge.
At the HGC Western Clash event in Katowice, Poland, a select group of veteran analysts were chosen to provide in-depth analysis and play-by-play commentary to the viewing audience. Kori “Vandie&
Snitch: I think it’s very clear that the changes that North America made throughout 2018 HGC have benefitted them amazingly. The new lineups are very dedicated
Maiev went live in the nexus on Tuesday and by Friday she was nerfed. During that 72 hour time-frame Reddit was flooded with clips of professional players putting together highlight-reel plays just by pressing their Q button.
