Our latest coverage of Heroes of the Storm.
The Heroes of the Storm recently concluded their collegiate e-sports tournament called Heroes of the Dorm. Hundreds of teams from colleges and universities across the US and Canada answered the call but ultimately University of Texas at Arlington claimed the top spot with a flawless 29-0 record. All five players of the UT Arlington team will be getting free tuition [...]
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Last September, Blizzard Entertainment announced that it would be retiring the Battle.net moniker and replacing it with generic "Blizzard" branding for all of its products. At the time, the company stated that its reason for doing so was that "there’s been occasional confusion and inefficiencies related to having two separate identities under which everything falls—Blizzard and Battle.net." It's a pretty [...]
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Blizzard is bringing the banhammer and currently seeking a hefty $8.5 million in damages against German-based hack distributor and creator "Bossland GmbH". The ongoing lawsuit, first filed by Blizzard in California on July 1st, 2016 - accuses Bossland of trafficking "circumvention tools" and copyright infringement under the DMCA, as well as unfair competition from the profits of these violations. Despite [...]
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During today's stream of the HCG Europe Heroes of the Storm tournament Blizzard unveiled their next Specialist: Probius. The adorable Protoss bot must construct additional Pylons to aid his teammates. You can watch the reveal trailer embedded in the tweet below. At a quick glance it looks like Pylons will function like turrets, making Probius a castle defense tactician. [...]
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If you think Tychus is dominating battles too much, or that Varian’s stun is too powerful, you’ll be happy to know that the latest Heroes of the Storm balance patch has nerfed the said heroes, along with powerhouse support, Malfurion, melee specialist, Murky, and a few other heroes besides. Tank-busting Tychus was doing too good against assassins, prompting developers to [...]
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Heroes of the Storm has seen a steady influx of Overwatch cast members joining its rosters and rollerblading DJ, Lucio, is the newest character to join the MOBA’s steadily-growing roster of heroes. Lucio will primarily be a support character armed with an arsenal of skills similar to those in Overwatch. These include barriers, knockbacks, healing auras, and his signature ability [...]
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In its continued effort to add every one of its popular characters to Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard announced today via a new video that Overwatch's support character Lucio would be making a debut in the popular MOBA's PTR on February 6th. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Lucio will be a support character in Heroes of the Storm, as well, featuring abilities that [...]
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The next character to join Heroes of the Storm is the roguish assassin Valeera, the blood elf from Warcraft. She'll sneak across the battlefield with harlequin blades, eviscerating and sinister striking opponents. You'll be able to try her out on the public test realm soon. Blizzards in-development video—which you can watch below—also shows off some new skins, including a lunar Li-Ming [...]
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Heroes of the Storm has just patched, and that means a new hero has entered the arena: Troll warlord Zul'jin. The assassin strikes from afar, going berserk and exchanging health to increase his basic attack. Zul'jin also whips his axe forward, slicing through the first two enemies in its path. But his prowess with slinging axes doesn't end there. He [...]
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Dustin Browder was the Game Director for Heroes of the Storm but he has now moved to an unannounced Blizzard project and handed off the keys to Alan Dabiri. "This was not an easy choice to make. I still play Heroes five nights a week, and sitting in the bullpen surrounded by this team has been the most intensely creative experience [...]
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