How Heroes of the Storm’s esports scene is surging into 2016

For a game still in its infancy, Heroes of the Storm exploded on to the esports scene in an impressive fashion. With 17 major ($25,000-plus) tournaments in its first year and over $2 million dollars paid out — $1.8 million of that since the game’s June 2, 2015 official release — Blizzard’s Heroes is on track to be one of the top 10 paying esports titles of all time before its one-year anniversary.

Blizzard also broke new ground with its massive Heroes of the Dorm event in 2015, which rewarded the winning team with complete university tuition and appeared live on ESPN2. A mammoth success in terms of visibility, Heroes of the Dorm on cable television throughout North America was a watershed moment for all of esports.