Heroes of the Storm Blizzcon 2016 Opening Ceremony

by JR Cook - 7 years ago     show comments

Varian Wrynn was the first trailer played for upcoming heroes to Heroes of the Storm. Varian was revealed inn a stunning trailer which also featured Ragnaros which can be viewed here.

It was announced after the trailer finished that Ragnaros would also be a featured hero in Heroes of the Storm. Varian Wrynn will be the first multi-class hero who can choose between warrior or assassin. Ragnaros will be able to take over a fort alive or destroyed to become a lane presence. Varian and Ragnaros both available for play on Blizzcon show floor so more details will be available soon as they come to us.

Varian will release on the week of November 15th and Ragnaros in December.

A new attack/defend Brawl called Blackhearts Revenge was also briefly featured but not many details were spoiled as of this time. The objectives will be to prevent enemy Heroes from collecting Cannonballs and firing the Cannons at Blackheart’s Ship. Also players will need to defend the Ship until it destroys the enemy Core at the docks. It appears that there will be only 1 core in the center of the map.

Another big announcement was that starting the week of November 15th until January 4th a new event will start called The Nexus Challenge. During the event players can team up with 1 or more friend on their friends list to unlock rewards for both Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm. If you play 15 games with a friend will unlock Genji Oni Skin along with spray tag and portrait in Overwatch, while in Heroes you will get the Zarya hero and the Genji Oni Portrait. If you play 30 games with friends you will get the Orchi Hovercyle mount in Heroes plus 4 additional heroes (Kerrigan, Auriel, Greymane, and Li-Ming pictured but not confirmed officially onstage) and to cap it off a 30 day stimpack. More details to be revealed later during the Deep Dive panel.