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Hours after the departure of former CEO Mike Morhaime, Blizzard almost immediately took an axe to the development team and esports division. The last few years for Heroes of the Storm have been complicated.

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This is the second consecutive year that Blizzard has opened up the full Heroes of the Storm roster for free period. Hero prices normally vary and start around the range of 750-1,000 Gems or 15,000 Gold. There are a whopping 90 playable characters pulled from the Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, Overwatch, and classic Blizzard universes. There's arguably no bigger celebration of the publisher's three decades than Heroes of the Storm itself, which collects heroes and villains from the publisher's rich history. BlizzConline, as a whole, has been a celebration of Blizzard's past, as evidenced by the announcements for Diablo 2 Resurrected and The Blizzard Arcade Collection.

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To celebrate the 30 years of all heroes will be free to play for 30 days until March 20.Īs some may have guessed, the 30-day free trial is to celebrate the 30 years of Blizzard Entertainment. On Saturday, Blizzard announced that all of Heroes of the Storm's playable characters would be free to play for the next month. While there doesn't look to be anything new for the game, players do have something to get excited about. However, one noteworthy omission was Heroes of the Storm, the publisher's continuing MOBA. There was a lot to say about World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Hearthstone. CEO Bobby Kotick is alleged to have known about such actions within his company – and performed some himself – and shielded the perpetrators from consequences.Blizzard had a lot to say about its catalog of games during the BlizzConline Opening Ceremony.

Note: Activision Blizzard is still under investigation by the state of California for serious harassment charges.

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. 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.

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