Esports & Gaming Articles

Sonya: Spearheading change in the Heroes America's Championship

<p><strong>Sonya has become a highly contested pick or ban this weekend at the America&#39;s Championship in Las Vegas and seems to be leading the charge in a meta shift towards bruiser-centric teams.</strong></p>

PHOTOS: Road to BlizzCon Americas Championship

<p>Stitches hooks claw machines, huge crowds, Blizzard loot, and more!</p>

Tempo Storm: "Cloud9 really underestimated our draft."

<p><strong>Tempo Storm defeats Cloud9 on day 1 of the Americas Championships, finishes&nbsp;first play in Group A.</strong></p>

Relics at Vegas: "We rely a lot on our strategies"

<p><strong>Fresh off of their win against Furious Gaming, we decided to find out a bit more about this mysterious SEA team.</strong></p>

compLexity: "They only have like three comps."

<p><strong>compLexity looked very strong on day one of the Americas Championships and they fear no team in the tournament.</strong></p>

Cloud9: "We are definitely coming for Tempo Storm."

<p>Cloud9 took the second matchup of today by storm when they completely overwhelmed Team Immunity with solid, aggressive play.</p>

COGnitive at Vegas: "If we are forcing bans from fear, that really helps us."

<p><strong>COGnitive is possibly the most aggressive team in the tournament, thanks to their melee assassin player Glaurung. They shared their thoughts on fear bans, drafts and their competition.</strong></p>

Tempo Storm: "When we landed that last combo, we knew we had it.”

<p>Tempo Storm has secured the first victory of the Americas Championship against Murloc Geniuses:&nbsp;2-0.</p>

MVP Black advances to Hot6 Superleague finals by crushing Snake

<p>MVP Black defeated Snake in the best of five semifinals featuring the rising bruiser-centric meta to advance to the first Hot6 Superleague finals.</p>

Road to BlizzCon Americas Championship

<p>In only a few hours, one of the most important Heroes events to date will go live. In Las Vegas, eight teams of the Americas region will go head to head in a battle for two tickets to BlizzCon.</p>

Immunity from Australia: "We have to try our best and learn quickly"

<p>Team Immunity from Australia is seen as a distinct underdog in the America&#39;s Heroes of the Storm Championship but based on their interview, they seem well prepared even after a few days of direct practice.</p>

Furious Gaming from Argentina: "The pressure is on the other teams, not us."

<p><strong>Furious Gaming took the place of Brave Ozone, who struggled with the familiar issue of visa denials. The team knows they have a less than ideal preparation, and state that they are mostly here to have some fun.</strong></p>