It's hard to find as fun and fresh a package as this one in the free-to-play MOBA genre. I think it'll pay to stick around, because I'm never quite sure what they'll cook up next.
Heroes of the Storm2015
Heroes of the Storm
2015 Blizzard Entertainment80Great
Playtime
LongIt typically takes about 60 hours to finish the game.
Playable on
Included with
- Xbox Game PassUltimate
Game modes
- 2–10 players
Details
- Launch
- June 2, 2015
- Developer
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Publisher
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Genres
Overview
Heroes of the Storm is a multiplayer online battle arena video game by Blizzard Entertainment. The game brings together characters (known in the game as heroes) from multiple Blizzard universes, such as Warcraft and StarCraft and puts them against each other in an arena in a 5 versus 5 battle. Heroes of the Storm features multiple game modes, such as co-op (PCs vs. NPCs) and versus (PCs vs. PCs).
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Reception
Press85
Players86
GreatGreat- Metacritic86from 57 reviews
- OpenCritic84from 35 reviews
Heroes of the Storm is Blizzard's attempt to bring multiplayer online battle arenas to the masses, and it succeeds, which isn't necessarily a good thing.
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