"I'll never stop fighting, for my family, for the realm, for the nexus!"
For Team Dignitas, the best team in Europe and, arguably, the biggest roadblock Gen. G Esports will need to overcome if they want to be crowned back-to-back Heroes of the Storm World Championships at BlizzCon, their entire season’s work comes down to this event. Winning the two Western Clash tournaments and finishing second place at the Mid-Season Brawl international event in Sweden is nice, sure. But for Dignitas’ captain, Josh “Snitch” Bennett, taking home the lion’s share of the $1 million BlizzCon prize pool and hoisting the trophy in a couple weeks is all that matters and will define their 2018 when looking back on it. Coming up short is simply not acceptable to him.
t’s a natural reaction for fans of players or the pro circuit to be concerned when news of an original member of the first Heroes of the Storm World Championship team, King Caffine, declares that playing at the highest level feels like a “part-time job” to him. However, change is not only healthy in terms of keeping the HGC fresh but very common in an industry where some turnover is necessary.
When the Heroes of the Storm patch notes were released on September 17 revealing the re-worked Garden Terror map, Kerrigan and Brightwing, the community was so wrapped up in the big news that, unbeknownst to everyone, there was a small couple lines amended to the post that would have more impact than anything else.
Professional Heroes of the Storm players talking amongst one another about strategy, heroes and their opponents is commonplace as many of them are close friends. There is also nothing wrong with that, according to the rules of the Heroes Global Championship (HGC). What multiple sources have told InvenGlobal Sunday night is that players were violating both an un-written and a written one in the HGC rule book where a gray area causes confusion.
Mal'Galnis is the newest Hero to enter Heroes of the Storm. His full talents and abilities were released today and they look frightening!
Over the weekend, the bi-annual Heroes of the Storm Crucible tournament was held across the globe. The bottom two teams in each professional division were pitted against the top two teams in the Open Division, the top amateur league, for a spot in the Heroes Global Championship (HGC) in 2019. Win your best-of-seven series, you secure a place among the other professional teams. Lose and you either remain in the Open Division or fall out of HGC.
As he details the introduction of two new Blizzard executives, he mentions the continued "development of several new games"...
Michael Morhaime, the co-founder and CEO at Blizzard Entertainment, has resigned from the company. Through the official social media and homepage, Blizzard Entertainment announced the resignation of M
Jerome “JayPL” Trinh, the French main Tank player for Team Dignitas, the number one team in Europe, has announced he will be retiring from the competitive Heroes of the Storm scene after the $1 million BlizzCon Finals taking place in November.
Blizzard unveiled two new Heroes of the Storm character re-works the other day, Kerrigan and Brightwing. Below are the details for each with a full breakdown of their new kits players will be able to use.
The biggest festival for all Blizzard fans, the 2018 Blizzcon is just around the corner. And of course, we can't forget about the goody bag that accompanies the event. Blizzcon goody bags are filled w
"This is potentially a final farewell from me, but who knows where I will end up in the future. "
The Heroes of the Storm team made their presence known at Gamescom this year in Cologne, Germany. While the community was under the impression that only the updated Hanamura map and the new hero, Mephisto, were being shown, Blizzard had something else lurking in the shadows.
When the Hanamura map launched in Heroes of the Storm back in April of 2017 alongside fellow beloved Overwatch hero, Genji, the community was excited about the possibilities. Soon after both went live in-game, the hype turned into frustration then anger as the map never seemed to play as intended.
A highly aggressive Mage who deals incredible sustained damage by reducing the cooldowns of his abilities when damaging enemies, Mephisto enters the nexus in an upcoming content patch.
In a "David vs. Goliath" storyline, Goliath won, heavily. Team Dignitas took down the Leftovers (4-0) to become the Heroes Global Championship (HGC) Western Clash winners for the second time in 2018.
An ‘Esports Access' camp was held in UCI. This camp is the third this year, following Overwatch Bootcamp and Girls in Gaming. Starting from the 23rd of July, UCI Esports Center held a camp on
Heroes of the Storm had a big update to the PTR today. While the new Warchrome Waste skins (as seen above) are rightfully grabbing the spotlight, huge changes to the games ranked mode will also begin testing on the PTR.
Blizzard unveiled two new Heroes of the Storm character re-works today, Azmodan and Raynor. Below are the details for each with a full breakdown of their new kits players will be able to use.