Download Blizzard Entertainment's action-packed
free-to-play online team brawler today at
www.heroesofthestorm.com
Grab your warglaives, load up your chain gun, and prepare to go
ham on the core—Heroes of the Storm™ is now LIVE! Players can
download the game free at www.heroesofthestorm.com and (stage) dive
into pulse-pounding battle, smashing through forts, brawling with
mercenaries, and annihilating the enemy's base as iconic heroes
from the Blizzard multiverse.
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Heroes of the Storm delivers rowdy team brawls with quick
matches, dynamic Battlegrounds, and Blizzard’s trademark strategic
gameplay and humor. In Heroes of the Storm, players form teams of
five heroes or villains from Blizzard’s different game universes,
including Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo®, and battle other
teams for glory in the Nexus. No matter which roles they choose,
players are able to make meaningful contributions to their team’s
war effort, and everyone is rewarded for a team victory.
“Nowhere else can you find your favorite heroes and villains
from different Blizzard games teaming up and duking it out in
short, action-packed battles,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and
cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Players battled each other in
over 100 million matches during testing, and we saw tons of
surprising strategies and insane last-minute wins—we can’t wait to
see what else players come up with now that Heroes of the Storm is
officially live.”
Fun and variety lie at the heart of Heroes of the Storm. Players
have a wide range of options for customizing how their heroes look
and play, with different abilities, skins, and mounts to suit their
strategy and personality. And as a place where universes collide,
the Nexus features several unique and colorful Battlegrounds, each
with different objectives that shape gameplay and create a
team-brawler experience unlike any other. The game currently has 37
playable Heroes and 7 Battlegrounds—and more of both are on the
way.
Heroes of the Storm also features multiple gameplay modes for
players of every skill level, including cooperative Versus AI, in
which players team up against computer-controlled opponents, and
Quick Match, an accessible way to jump in and play versus others.
Experienced players can also join forces against other teams in
highly competitive, draft-style ranked play.
In celebration of the game’s launch, players who enter the Nexus
within the first week (June 2–8) will receive a special in-game
portrait. Players will also receive XP boosts during the first
three weeks of launch—perfect for working toward that shiny new
Master Skin.
Everyone is invited to tune in to the Heroes of the Storm
YouTube channel Saturday, June 6, from 12 p.m.–3 p.m. PDT for a
special online event—Heroes of the Storm: The Mayhem Begins.
Live-streamed from the YouTube studios in Los Angeles, the event
will include a sneak peek at never-before-seen content presented by
members of the development team, as well as showmatches featuring
Jesse Cox, Cloud9, and the reigning Heroes of the Dorm champions,
UC Berkeley.
Following on the success of Heroes of the Dorm, the first
collegiate eSports tournament to be telecast live on an ESPN
network, Heroes of the Storm is launching with an intense Road to
BlizzCon eSports tournament, featuring competition spanning the
Americas, Europe, China, South Korea, and Taiwan. Over 1.2 million
USD is up for grabs, and the top eight teams will face off at
BlizzCon® on November 6–7 in Anaheim, California. Head over to the
Road to BlizzCon announcement blog to learn more and sign up for a
shot at becoming the best Heroes of the Storm team in the
world.
Heroes of the Storm is available for Windows® and Mac® PC and
has received a Teen rating from the ESRB. In addition to the
English version, the game is localized into French, German,
European Spanish, Russian, Italian, Polish, Latin American Spanish,
Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional
Chinese. Visit www.heroesofthestorm.com to learn more, download
the game, and jump into battle!
With multiple games in development, Blizzard Entertainment has
numerous positions currently available—visit
http://jobs.blizzard.com for more information and to learn how to
apply.
About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft® and
the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises, Blizzard
Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision
Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of
entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s
most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track
record includes nineteen #1 games* and multiple Game of the Year
awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of
the largest in the world, with millions of active players.
*Sales and/or downloads. Based on internal company records and
reports from key distribution partners.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements:
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Entertainment's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies
regarding the future, including statements about Heroes of the
Storm, are forward-looking statements that are not facts and
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could
cause Blizzard Entertainment's actual future results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements
set forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and
other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision
Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any
subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking
statements in this release are based upon information available to
Blizzard Entertainment and Activision Blizzard as of the date of
this release, and neither Blizzard Entertainment nor Activision
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other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause
actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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