Even if Heroes of the Storm continues to stay online, how long will it take for Blizzard to close it down? Not to mention, support has been slim for the game for quite some time. Competition from Dota 2 and League of Legends is incredibly fierce, and the waters at Blizzard are pipping hot thanks to lawsuit hell. It's definitely a band-aid over the situation, but the players in touch with the IP will likely have seen this coming a mile away. To "appreciate" their fans, they're giving away a rare Epic Arcane Lizard mount to all players with next week's patch. Future patches will primarily focus on client sustainability and bug fixing, with balance updates coming as needed." "In the future, we'll continue seasonal rolls and hero rotations and while the in-game shop will remain operational there are no plans for new for-purchase content to be added. "Moving forward we will support Heroes in a manner similar to our other longstanding games, StarCraft and StarCraft II," announced the devs. Today, Blizzard sidestepped addressing the lack of new content and announced: "there are no plans for new for-purchase content to be added" but plans to only implement balance updates, basically going into maintenance mode until they pull the plug. While a fair share of balance updates fleshed out the nuances of Heroes of the Storm gameplay between then and now, there haven't been any new additions. According to, this mount is rare because it was “slated as Twitch Bits rewards during the HGC, but never seemed to become obtainable.This June marked seven years of the MOBA Heroes of the Storm, which has faced setbacks and new content droughts since its last introduced hero, Hogger, in December 2020. In the official announcement, it was said that all players will be receiving the extremely rare Epic Arcane Lizard mount as a token of gratitude and as thanks for playing the game all these years. At this time, it was also announced that the official HOTS esports events run by Activation Blizzard were being canceled. Two years post-release, the game entered its “Heroes of the Storm 2.0” phase releasing several changes to the game, like removing player level caps and Loot Chests, as well as a plethora of quality of life upgrades.ĭecember 2018 was the beginning of the end for HOTS, as Activation Blizzard announced that development for the game would be downsizing and that updates to the game would be coming out at a slower pace than before.
HEROES OF THE STORM NEWS SERIES
The Heroes Global Championship functioned as the tournament that crowned the world’s best players as well as Heroes of the Dorm, a collegiate tournament series that was run to determine the best college teams in North America.
When it came to esports events, HOTS had two marquee events each year. The popular MOBA-esque title has had quite the run over the years. HOTS came out on June 2, 2015, and just celebrated its seventh birthday. Future patches will primarily focus on client sustainability and bug fixing, with balance updates coming as needed.” Activision Blizzard said in their official announcement. In the future, we’ll continue seasonal rolls and hero rotations, and while the in-game shop will remain operational there are no plans for new for-purchase content to be added. “Moving forward we will support Heroes in a manner similar to our other longstanding games, StarCraft and StarCraft II. In an official announcement made on Friday, July 8, the publisher told players that Heroes of the Storm will no longer receive new updates to the game, but the servers will still be up. It’s the end of an era for one of Activision Blizzard’s biggest titles.
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