Twitch partners with Blizzard to stream official tournaments

22 June 2017

Twitch announced it will be the exclusive streaming platform for multiple Blizzard tournaments.

The deal will last until the end of 2018 and will see Twitch become the only third-party platform to host official live tournaments for Hearthstone, Overwatch, StarCraft II, and more.

The tournaments will also be streamed on Blizzard’s official website.

The tournaments in the streaming partnership are:

  • Heroes of the Storm Global Championship (HGC)
  • StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS Circuit)
  • Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT)
  • Hearthstone Global Games (HGG)
  • World of Warcraft Arena Championship
  • Overwatch APEX League
  • Overwatch Premier Series

This article first appeared on MyBroadband and is republished with permission.

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