Category: Heroes of the Storm News
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Heroes of the Storm – New Character Announced: Starcraft’s Terran Firebat
The Heroes of the Storm site has been updated with a hilarious new video to introduce the next character coming to the game. It’s none other than “Firebat”, a Terran unit from Starcraft. The video shows Jaina in her sweet Christmas outfit peacefully bu…
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Heroes of the Storm – Hanzo Shoots Into the Nexus as Winter Veil Descends
Players in North America can now head into Heroes of the Storm to check out Hanzo who has arrived fresh from Overwatch. Hanzo is is an archer with some wicked ranged abilities. He also brings Winter Veil to the Nexus with a new quest chain that will se…
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Heroes of the Storm – New Blog Post Explores Changes to the Early Game
The Heroes of the Storm site has been updated with a lengthy blog post to discuss and reveal forthcoming changes to the “early game” in order to make it more meaningful. This builds on the “What’s Next” panel as conducted during last month’s Blizzcon 2…
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Heroes of the Storm – Big Changes to Matchmaking, Stealth & Camera Mechanics Now on PTR
The Heroes of the Storm PTR has been updated with a host of big ticket changes coming to the game in the near future. The changes were announced earlier this month at Blizzcon, including new match-making mechanics that will rank players by tactics and …
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Heroes of the Storm – Deathwing May Bring ‘Cataclysmic’ Changes to the Nexus According to Reddit
Intrepid Redditor ‘bran76765’, it appears that several datamined voice lines from the current build of Heroes of the Storm may indicate that Deathwing will be heading to the Nexus. The poster speculates that he will be brought in as ‘Neltharion’, the “…
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Heroes of the Storm – Overwatch’s Hanzo & WoW’s Alexstrasza Are Headed to the Nexus
The Chinese Heroes of the Storm page inadvertently (we think…) leaked the next two characters heading into Heroes of the Storm. The page has since been taken back to the Halloween theme, but not before the image of Overwatch’s Hanzo and World of Warc…
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Heroes of the Storm – G’Day, Mate – Junkrat Joins the Nexus as Hallow’s End Kicks Off
Fans of Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm will be happy to hear that Junkrat has joined the Nexus with some pretty explosive abilities and unique game play. In addition, the Hallow’s End event has started that can see players earn skins, mounts, emojis…
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Heroes of the Storm – Latest Update Brings the Volskaya Foundry Map and Ana into the Game
The Nexus has been updated with a new patch that brings Overwatch’s Ana to Heroes of the Storm. In addition, the Volskaya Foundry map is now live, a snowy map on the grounds of the Volskaya Industries factory as found in Overwatch. Lastly, the Pachimar…
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Heroes of the Storm – Blizzard Lowers the Boom on AFKers
Blizzard has posted a brief note to let Heroes of the Storm players know that a new round of account suspensions has been issued specifically targeting AFKers and other “non-participants”. Players who have repeatedly and purposely died throughout coope…
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Heroes of the Storm – Five-Part Video Series Explores Resurrecting Kel’Thuzad
Blizzard has produced a five-part series about how Kel’Thuzad has been “resurrected” for Heroes of the Storm. The first video discusses his history with the company – “It takes a Blizzard to make a character” which is certainly true of Kel’Thuzad who h…