Gamers will be able to stream the entire competition online

Apr 10, 2013 13:16 GMT  ·  By

The development team at Blizzard working on the eSports aspect of Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is offering fans of the concept the official dates for upcoming events in a number of territories.

The official company blog states:

April 14 – Europe – beginning of special qualifiers

April 20 – America – beginning of special qualifiers

April 23 – Europe - round of 32 league play

April 28 – America – round of 32 league play

May 25 – Europe – regional league finals for 8 players

May 31 – America – regional league finals for 8 players

The team states, “For this inaugural season of WCS America and WCS Europe, 24 players will be invited to compete in each region based on their performance in past StarCraft 2 tournaments.”

The competition will showcase some of the best players of Starcraft 2 in the world and will offer an impressive range of prizes.