Category "Heroes of the Storm"
LFG? Look No Further!
by Its_Immanis - 5 years ago show comments
In early 2010 a website was created by members of the community. The goal of this website was to bring players together someplace outside of the World of Warcraft. Someplace that would allow them to create groups, schedule events, and share a passion for different types of gameplay even if their characters didn’t reside on the same server. Raiding, battlegrounds, mount farming, or even just get togethers for non-instanced activities like RP events or social hours. There were very few limits on the types of events that could be created on the site. However, as with most things, the site […]
The Future of Heroes of the Storm
by JR Cook - 6 years ago show comments
J. Allen Brack and Ray Gresko came out with a message earlier today regarding the future of HotS development and E-Sports.
New Patch Brings Major Quick Match Changes
by JR Cook - 6 years ago show comments
Are you ready to answer the Call? The latest Heroes of the Storm patch has brought with it the eagerly awaited role restrictions for Quick Match. Labeled “Call of the Nexus”, Quick Match comps will now prioritize creating teams with at least one Warrior, Support, and Ranged Assassin. In the case of pre-made groups of three or more the following rules will also be in effect: Parties of 3 must have at least one of the required Hero categories selected to queue. Parties of 4 must have at least two of the required Hero categories selected to queue. Parties of […]
Orphea Struck By Nerf Bat Prior to Release
by JR Cook - 6 years ago show comments
The Blizzard Gear online pharmacy buy paxil without prescription with best prices today in the USA panel at Blizzcon included the announcement of several new Blizzard-themed Nerf products. One item that was not mentioned was the Nerf Bat but we know that it exists because Orphea was hit with it today. Orphea, the first Hero inspired by the lore of the Nexus, looked as if she was going to make a very strong debut based on impressions of how she played at Blizzcon and on the PTR. The recent trend has been for Heroes to have fairly high win rates upon […]
Orphea Now Playable on PTR
by JR Cook - 6 years ago show comments
It seems like just yesterday that we first learned about Orphea but now she is playable on the PTR. Players who attended Blizzcon or purchased the Virtual Ticket will receive Orphea for free when she hits the Live Server. If you would like to queue up with her on the PTR you will need to use your PTR Gold or Gems to purchase her. Note: Gems can be earned on the PTR by completing a repeatable quest. If you are not able to log in and check her out for yourself you can still check out our First Look article […]
BlizzPro Interviews Matthew Cooper, Kristoffer Barcarse on Heroes of the Storm, BlizzCon 2018
by JR Cook - 6 years ago show comments
Neinball of Westmarch Workshop sat down with Heroes of the Storm buy zetia online zetia online no prescription ‘s Matthew Cooper (Lead Balance Designer, Heroes) and Kristoffer Barcarse (Developer, Heroes online pharmacy order flomax online with best prices today in the USA ), discussing the game’s latest hero, Orphea, as well as the game’s history, feature updates, and more. online pharmacy buy zyprexa no insurance with best prices today in the USA
HotS: Upcoming Themed Events, Role Update, Quick Match Changes, More from What’s Next Panel
by JR Cook - 6 years ago show comments
The team has a lot in store for the future of Heroes of the Storm. At the What’s Next panel, they talked about their vision for the game going forward, as well as what fans can expect in the coming year. Themed Events Role Update Quick Match Changes Ranked Update Future Content Gameplay Update online pharmacy https://badgut.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/wpml/twig/flomax.html with best prices today in the USA Joe comes to the stage to talk about features that are coming to the Nexus. Starting with Nexomania, they brought themed events centered around cosmetics. They wanted to talk be able to tell any story they wanted […]
Blizzcon 2018: What’s Next for Heroes, Development Transparency
by JR Cook - 6 years ago show comments
The first major part of the Heroes of the Storm What’s Next panel talked a lot about development transparency. This transparency is something the team tries to exemplify as they discuss the ideas, features, and changes they considered for Heroes‘ future. They opened the talk with the idea that they don’t always do what everyone is thinking about. They talked about things like a custom map editor in 2014. The team thought it was a really cool idea, but realized it was a giant project that wasn’t very feasible. Another thing they brought up is social systems like a party […]
Heroes of the Storm: Artists at Work
by JR Cook - 6 years ago show comments
Welcome to the Artist at Work: Bringing Heroes To Life panel here at Blizzcon 2018! Today we’re going to have 6 artists, 3 at a time presenting for us. Today they’ll be focusing on Malthael for the art today. We’ll have a number of questions from the audience that I’ll include. Today we have Luke, a concept artist, next is Andrew a senior 3d artist and finally we have Steven a technical artist, for the first part of the panel. We come back to Luke and talks about what are some of the things he has to consider when bringing […]
Diving Deep into Orphea
by JR Cook - 6 years ago show comments
Several members of the Heroes team took the stage at Blizzcon today to take a deep dive into all things Orphea. They discussed the inspiration for her creation, how her character was developed, how that inspired things like her art and animation, and some of the ideas behind her talents and abilities. Orphea’s Story First up was Kevin “Cloaken” Johnson, Creative Content Lead, to provide a little background on how Orphea came to be. Since work first began on Heroes of the Storm the team has always wanted to bring a Nexus inspired Hero into the game. The release earlier […]