For what feels like decades Diablo fans have wanted a playable Deckard Cain. The old loremaster was an immediate favorite after his debut in Diablo, and his involvement in future iterations on top of his classic rap only helped fuel th...

Deckard Cain is such a fun addition to the Heroes of the Storm roster. As Chris mentioned before, he really does seem like something you'd expect as an April Fools' joke, but Blizzard made it work. The iconic Diablo character has joined the...

Deckard Cain, the scholarly scribe of the Diablo universe, wasn't one for direct combat. Although his influence over the arcane was a huge part of the lore, and a lot of us were really waiting for his Super Saiyan moment, his role in t...

For months folks have been saying that Deckard Cain should make his way into Heroes of the Storm. I even joked about it with a senior developer once upon a time, who noted that while he would be difficult to implement, he could work. W...

We're about to hit the 20th anniversary of StarCraft, which in most circles, is a big deal. StarCraft is coming back in a big way, with a full-on remaster on top of a bigger push for StarCraft II, as well as a Blizzard initiative to just gi...

As announced during a talk at BlizzCon 2017, Blizzard is slowing down a bit when it comes to Heroes of the Storm hero releases. While the original cadence for the last few years has been "three to four weeks," our last hero, the warden Maie...

It doesn't seem like StarCraft is pushing two decades, but these anniversaries have a way of creeping up on us. If you were at all into the beloved sci-fi strategy game back in 1998, I'm sure you have vivid memories of sneaking in late-nigh...

After testing voice chat in Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard has implemented the feature in the live game. The company laid out its approach in a blog post, but the short of it is about what you'd expect: voice chat is optional, and the game h...

Maiev, like every other Warcraft III hero that isn't currently implemented in Heroes of the Storm, was a long time coming. The warden that once bested Illidan is back, and she's bringing her famous knives and fancy footwork along with her. ...

Blizzard keeps pumping out combatants for Heroes of the Storm, and the vast majority of them have been pretty great additions to the game. I have no doubt that Maiev Shadowsong will be included in that category, whenever the newly announced...

Blizzard, like many other MOBA developers, periodically "reworks" older Heroes of the Storm characters so that they're relevant in the meta. This can happen if a hero falls out of favor due to eventual power creep, or because their kit...

Sometimes the Heroes of the Storm team doesn't nail a hero's fantasy, or as I call it, fluff. This is mainly an issue with older characters (which are usually the subject of reworks), but in the past few years several newer additions h...

Blizzard has begun testing Blaze, the latest Heroes of the Storm character to represent StarCraft. The veteran Firebat joins the game as a ranged warrior who can spread oil on the battlefield, charge forward with jet propulsion, and even ca...

Once upon a time someone leaked that we'd be getting Firebat in Heroes of the Storm and a heap of other characters, which ended up being pretty spot on. The thing is all those heroes came to fruition, but BlizzCon came and went, and th...

Stealth is minefield in any competitive game. If they aren't stealth "enough" people who play that character will gravitate elsewhere, essentially rendering that roster slot underplayed and a waste of development time, and if they're "too s...

As seen at BlizzCon, Blizzard is shaking up Heroes of the Storm quite a bit leading into the new year. For starters towers have been re-imagined entirely, with infinite ammo. Forts and keeps now provide true sight for stealth heroes, all of...

Blizzard goes hard on eSports at BlizzCon. Every game has its own eSports stage (Overwatch even took over the StarCraft arena from last year), analysts, and commentary. Here's a recap of what went down.

Heroes of the Storm getting Overwatch characters is the new normal. Just a year ago the battle cry from the community was that there were "too many Warcraft assassins," and now, folks are pushing back a bit when it comes to the injection of...

After significant changes to Heroes of the Storm's "out-of-game experience" with the 2.0 update, Blizzard is now turning its attention toward the game's core with a planned 2018 gameplay update that will see numerous fan-requested improveme...

Blizzard have announced that Heroes of the Storm's next characters joining the MMO battle are both reptile lovers. Overwatch's archer Hanzo Shimada is entering the fray, swiftly followed by Alexstrasza, World of Warcraft's domineering drago...

More Overwatch in Heroes of the Storm is just what everyone wanted, right? Well, it's what I want (I wouldn't mind if every character was in eventually), but a lot of people have pushed back on it. Some of the power creep -- like ...

Junkrat was just released on the PTR for Heroes of the Storm for testing, and players (myself included) have...thoughts on him -- I've refrained from even giving out impressions at the moment because I need to get more of a handle on h...

Deathwing has been a rumored Heroes of the Storm character for ages. I mean, he probably isn't coming for a while, as Blizzard not only needs to figure out a kit for him, but how he would even work with his giant dragon model (granted, Azmo...

More Overwatch is coming to Heroes of the Storm. Some of you didn't even want one more character, but lo and behold, two are coming on top of a new Volskaya battleground. It's inevitable when the former is so massively zeitgeisty,...

Before she joins Heroes of the Storm next week, Blizzard has a spotlight video for Ana. There are a lot of familiar elements here, from healing and sleep darts to grenades and a Nano Boost ultimate. The two things I'm most down with: being...