Starcraft 2 news » IEM - The Swarm is Coming

Bunker down, start your upgrades, ready your armies, and prepare for battle. The Swarm will soon be arriving here on Earth, and there’ll be an official tournament to welcome the infestation. The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship at CeBIT 2013 will be your first ever taste of an official StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm tournament – days before the game’s March 12 release!

From March 5-9, the world’s best StarCraft II players will compete for a piece of the $100,000 prize pool in the finals of the Intel Extreme Masters’ seventh season. The action will be broadcast from a massive main stage in the gaming hall at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. Watch iconic StarCraft II players like MvP, Grubby, and Stephano duke it out, and find out who will be crowned the first Heart of the Swarm king!

You can check out the list of participating players in the table below. For additional information on the IEM World Championship, visit the official page or Liquipedia.

Feel free to discuss the first StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm tournament on the official StarCraft II forums. And if you haven’t yet pre-purchased your copy of the game, you can do so here.