Our latest coverage of Heroes of the Storm.
Blizzard Entertainment quietly released a new documentary film last night called "A New Hero: The Rise of College Esports" chronicling the epic journey of the eSports team "the Heroic Four". The story takes place after Blizzard announced Heroes of the Dorm, the world's biggest collegiate tournament on national television. The documentary is specifically about Heroes of the Storm scene, but [...]
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Blizzard announced today at Blizzcon that Heroes of the Storm is getting a new Brawl called Blackheart's Revenge. The Brawl is unique because each team will be given unique win conditions. Teams will even be able to blow Blackheart's ship to smithereens. It will be added to the game on the week of November 15th. The game will also receive [...]
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Heroes of the Storm is adding a new game mode called Heroes Brawl on October 17, 2016. Rather than being an extension of the game's MOBA elements, Heroes Brawl is three new battlegrounds. In a nutshell, Heroes Brawl is Heroes of the Storm, seen through the lens of delightful madness. Play on unique maps with surreal twists and with custom rulesets [...]
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Do you regret naming yourself "xX_Reaper432_Xx" the moment Overwatch came out? Maybe you've decided that you like playing as McCree more or perhaps you've just run into one too many other Reapers and it's hard to tell when someone's talking to you. In the past, you would have been stuck with that name for all eternity, wondering why you ever [...]
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Don't think you can make it to BlizzCon 2016? Blizzard has you covered with the BlizzCon 2016 Virtual Ticket and Goody Bag, both of which were announced yesterday. The Virtual Ticket, which costs $39.99, entitles you to livestreams of the event. "On-demand replays" will be available "for at least three weeks after the show." Various in-game items for "World of [...]
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In a new video posted today, Blizzard revealed that not one, but two new Heroes of the Storm Heroes are in development: Auriel from Diablo 3 and Gul'dan from World of Warcraft. Not many details have been unveiled as of yet, but both new Heroes appear to be ranged characters. Auriel appears to have a high damage ability in which [...]
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Blizzard announced today via press release that it has teamed up with Facebook to bring Facebook login integration to its games, as well as use "Facebook’s Live API in order to create its own 'Go Live' streaming functionality for its games." The new set of features resulting from the partnership will be available in the following titles: Diablo III, Hearthstone, [...]
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It’s been a year since Blizzard Entertainment’s first foray into the world of MOBA games with the release of Heroes of the Storm. Since the game’s launch in June 2, 2015, the developers have added fifteen new Heroes and four battlegrounds, along with a variety of skins, mounts, and a whole lot more. To celebrate the game’s first anniversary, players [...]
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Today was a good day for Activision Blizzard shareholders (ticker ATVI) as the company reported $1.46 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 (vs $1.28 billion in the same quarter last year). These numbers handedly beat expectations and the company's stock soared over 6%, making the company worth a bit over $27 billion. Aside from posting stellar revenue [...]
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Discord's in-game overlay is finally here. No more alt-tabbing to change channels or settings. You can do it all in-game now—for voice chat. Currently, the overlay only works on Windows and does not support any kind of text chat. Your antivirus may also flag it as a false positive. To enable the overlay, users simply have to go into their [...]
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