Sharpen your favorite weapons and prepare to fight, because now you and all of your friends can join the fight for the Nexus! To celebrate the upcoming launch of Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard Entertainment and DeviantArt have joined forces to bring you a truly epic fan art contest. With over $13,000 worth of prizes and an original sketch from Sam Didier up for grabs, we're calling all talented artists from this side of Azeroth, the Koprulu Sector, Sanctuary, and beyond to take up their styluses to defend the Nexus!

Your challenge, Heroes, is to assemble the mightiest heroes from across Warcraft™, Diablo™, Starcraft™, and more and create an original artwork depicting characters from two or more different Blizzard universes engaged in battle. With powerful heroes including all of your favorites awaiting your call, who will you choose?

Your entries will have a chance to be seen not only by the millions of passionate Heroes of the Storm and Blizzard players from around the globe, but also by the teams at both Blizzard and DeviantArt. In addition to scoring some truly epic prize packages and signed boxed copies , the 25 semi-finalists will be selected by the Heroes of the Storm art team, and top three winners will be hand-selected by Sam Didier — Senior Art Director of Heroes of the Storm!

Be sure to head on over to DeviantArt’s contest page for further information as well as the Official Rules and submission guidelines.

Best of luck to all artists, and may the most brawl-tastic designs win!

Are you planning to enter our ultimate fan art contest? Let us know below, and be sure to share your works in progress and final creations with us on Twitter or Facebook using the hashtag #PlayHeroes!