HGC Eastern Clash
Eight teams from China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan will go head-to-head at the second HGC Eastern Clash in August.
These fortunate eight will find themselves in surroundings perfectly suited for eSports at the new Blizzard eSports eStadium in Taipei, Taiwan. The eStadium will seat 250 spectators and is equipped with everything a gamer would need.
(See this article from engadget with pictures from the press tour - Blizzard's first eSports stadium opens).
The eStadium will open on Saturday April 8th with matches from the Overwatch Pacific Championship. Heroes will take residence on the 11th-13th of August for the Eastern Clash
Blizzard Events 2017
Besides the HGC Eastern Clash in August, Blizzard have several Heroes events planned for the remainder of 2017.
Last week they announced Heroes 2.0 which promised new initiatives as well as two new heroes and a new battleground.
Furthermore, the Mid-Season Brawl will return to Jönköping, Sweden on the 9th-20th of June. The second Western Clash will be held in Kiev, Ukraine August 4th-6th. All these events will come together in October/November at the HGC Finals at BlizzCon in Anaheim, California.
So, despite all the excitement already gifted to us from the first two clashes, we still have a well-equipped buffet ahead of us in 2017.
Mid-Season Brawl
- June 9 – 20
- Jönköping, Sweden
- $250,000 prize pool
- 12 teams from every HGC region
Western Clash
- August 4 – 6
- Kiev, Ukraine
- $100,000 Prize Pool
- Eight teams from Europe, North America, Latin America, and Australia/New Zealand
Eastern Clash
- August 11 – 13
- Taipei, Taiwan
- $100,000 prize pool
- Eight teams from China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan
HGC Finals at BlizzCon
- Late October – November 4
- Anaheim, USA
- $1 million prize pool
- 16 teams from every HGC region
