Blizzard’s flagship MOBA, Heroes of the Storm, is lastly exhibiting indicators of life.
Introduced at Blizzcon 2026, the sport is getting its first new character since Hogger was launched in 2020, in addition to a brand new PTR.
Xal’atath, the first antagonist of World of Warcraft’s Midnight enlargement, is coming to the Nexus on Monday, September 28. The PTR begins on Monday, September 14.
It is a welcome shock for Heroes of the Storm followers, who had all however accepted that the sport would possibly by no means get up to date once more. Blizzard ended official support for HotS in 2022, explaining that “future patches will primarily deal with consumer sustainability and bug fixing, with steadiness updates coming as wanted.”
Nevertheless, the title acquired a major patch in 2023, with smaller, sporadic modifications and new skins trickling by means of within the years since then. Followers are extra hopeful than ever, and Blizzard is, too — however future updates all depend upon how the group responds to this contemporary breath of air.
Chatting with the media, a Blizzard franchise chief mentioned the corporate will “see how this does,” revealing that “if the group responds properly, it might result in extra issues” and describing this replace because the “first foray into one thing actually large.”
Blizzard President Johanna Faries thanked Heroes of the Storm gamers for holding out hope for thus lengthy, and even teased the addition of one other new hero sooner or later.
“To all of the HotS gamers on the market, thanks for believing on this sport, for carrying the torch, and for reminding us typically — very loudly — what this sport means to you,” she mentioned. “And who is aware of — we would even have one other new hero on the way in which sooner or later, so keep tuned, and we are going to see you within the Nexus.”
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