Category: Heroes of the Storm News

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 building a snowman…

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 see players earn themed sprays, warbanners, portraits and even an Arctic Reign-Deer Mount.

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 2017. There are two main focal points with regard to incoming changes: Laning Phase and Battleground Objectives.

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 performance rather than on a pure win-loss ratio.

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 “human” side of Deathwing, similar to how Alexstrasza is currently in Blood Elf form, though can change to dragon form in her ultimate.

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 Warcraft’s Alexstraza was captured by eagle-eyed fans. This confirms speculation from September that the pair would be joining the Nexus.

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, banners and portraits.

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 Pachimari Mani event is live that challenges players to collect Pachimari themed Loot Chests before each match begins. The prize is the Golden Pachimari that unlocks emojis, a banner, a spray and a portrait.

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 cooperative matches have also been suspended. According to devs, “these actions were targeted at players whose in-game performance data, combined with high report volume, clearly shows a consistent lack of contribution”.

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 has been part of several games, now including Heroes of the Storm. Several key members of Kel’Thuzad’s past speak of his importance in addition to HotS team members bringing him to life again (literally!) in a new game.