A brilliant mind with a sunny disposition, Dr. Mei-Ling Zhou joined Overwatch to help solve the world's growing climate problems. Armed with a host of weather-altering technologies, Mei now fights to protect her friends and secure a future for a troubled world. To learn of her announcement, the return of the Nexomania II event (with new skins) and how Mother Nature is playing a part in the next Nexus Anomaly click here.
BlizzCon's likelihood of occurrence was already in jeopardy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has now been confirmed that the event will be canceled due to the national health complications that are affecting humanity worldwide.
"So, perhaps taking a break from massive BlizzCon isn't the worst thing to happen. In fact, one can argue that the massive amounts of hype and expectation BlizzCon created every year is the same thing that started Blizzard's fall from grace in the first place"
With Juked now three months into open beta, we decided to catch up with co-founder ChanManV. He walked us through the creation of Juked, how they manage to stay in touch with all the esports scenes, and what the future holds for the platform.
The following was sent to Inven Global as a press release. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. February 12th -- Esports aggregation platform Juked.gg has announced it raised a $800,000 pre-seed round to accelerate
And just like that, 2019 has nearly come to an end. Over the past 12 months, Blizzard Entertainment has continued to allow the Heroes of the Storm development team to churn out new content (albeit at a slower cadence than usual) and the community has had to adjust as well. Based on how 2018 came to an end, it could be much worse. In December of last year, President of Blizzard, J. Allen Brack, issued a statement declaring the Heroes of the Storm competitive scene would no longer be supported by the game's publisher and that developers would be reassigned to titles in the works and others that were deemed more important to the long-term health of the company.
It wouldn't be esports if there wasn't some sort of competition happening! Inven Global is selecting 6 esports companies seeking investment to present in front of our panel of judges and invite-only audience. Come join us!
At League of Legends All-Star 2019, we had the chance to speak to the player about his journey to esports stardom, the change of pace between the Brazilian esports scene versus North America, and how his mentality has changed over the years.
Shortly after the dust settled at the Anaheim Convention Center on November 3, 2018, where the annual BlizzCon event was held, it was time to look towards the future. Professional Heroes of the Storm players and fans had just witnessed Gen. G esports crush Team Dignitas to cement themselves as arguably the greatest team that has ever competed in the game's multi-year history and take home a sizeable $500,000 cash prize for their efforts.
After a rough calendar year in which the competitive scene was slashed, developers were pulled from the title, and new content was few and far between, Heroes of Storm looks to regain momentum in 2020 following what was announced at BlizzCon Friday morning. At the annual gaming event held at the Anaheim Convention Center, thousands traveled from around the world to celebrate what has, can, and will be coming to their favorite titles.
Every year since 2005, tens of thousands of gaming enthusiasts travel from around the world to California to experience BlizzCon. There are few places like it on earth. From cosplayers posing for photos to hundreds standing in line to try out the newest demos to a sea of fans listening to Activision Blizzard executives announce what's the come for their company, it's a gaming utopia for many. As BlizzCon is scheduled to kick off next Friday, November 1 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Inven Global decided to look at what's been revealed, hinted at and leaked thus far in terms of potential upcoming announcements.
The time has come. Just a little later than some (many) would have liked. On Tuesday afternoon, the Heroes of the Storm social media team dropped, arguably, one of the most anticipated tweets in the game's history. The time has come. Just a little later than some (many) would have liked. On Tuesday afternoon, the Heroes of the Storm social media team dropped, arguably, one of the most anticipated tweets in the game's history. However, as the years went by, there was one name that kept appearing in posts on Reddit, social media, and in the conversation surrounding the game...Deathwing. Fans held out hope that the next hero would be The Destroyer but, patch after patch, year after year, he was passed by.
The Following are descriptions of the digital content available to all BlizzCon 2019 attendees and Virtual Ticket Holders:
Former Heroes of the Storm superstar Rich is debuting in the LCK. On the 9th (KST), in the second game of Gen.G Esports' 2019 LCK Summer Split match against Griffin, Lee “Rich” Jae-won mad
Changes to the competitive Heroes of the Storm "Ranked" mode are coming next week, according to the game's development team in a conversation with InvenGlobal. Storm League Season 1 is set to kick off on Tuesday, August 6 with numerous gameplay changes that have been in the works for quite some time.
Qhira, the grappling-hook-throwing, chainsaw-blade-having, nexus-original badass is coming to Heroes of the Storm in an upcoming patch, according to the game's development team. Scheduled to hit the game's Public Test Realm early Monday afternoon, Qhira's ability to start and end fights will make melee assassin players jump for joy. This mobile death machine aims to bring her own style of chaos to the battlefield.
A brutal Heroes of the Storm melee assassin who is adept at both beginning and ending fights. Qhira's full talent tree and abilities have been revealed.
On Thursday afternoon, members of the Heroes of the Storm development team took to the game's official subReddit (/r/heroesofthestorm) to answer questions players had and talk about the future of the title itself. For those who want to read the full thread, the "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) can be found here. With over 1,000 questions and comments in the thread, it can be difficult to keep track of everything that was said. Luckily, InvenGlobal has highlighted a few of the most noteworthy responses below to save readers from having to scroll through the replies for the juicy ones.
Amy Walker, who voices Blizzard's Elise Starseeker, was interviewed by Inven Global's Nick D'Orazio at the 2019 World Cyber Games in Xi'an, China to give her thoughts on the new Elise card, provide insight on the work of a voice actor, and reminisce on some of her favorite characters she's voiced.
Turns out Slasher has a lot to say when not constrained by 240 characters and our 3rd episode was filled with a variety of topics. From competitive Tetris money matches to Slasher calling us delusional (!) we had loads of fun talking to one of the most outspoken minds in esports about how rapidly things are changing within the industry and what we might expect in the future.