14 DAY TRIAL // A few enterprising Heroes of the Storm players have begun datamining the files of the game's PC beta and uncovered references to plenty of unannounced heroes, from Artanis, to Varian Wrynn, the Skeleton King, Chen Stormstout, or Jaina Proudmoore.
Heroes of the Storm is Blizzard's answer to the ever-growing MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) genre and promises to throw together heroes and villains from all of its different game universes, from Warcraft to Diablo or Starcraft.
Now, during the closed PC beta, ambitious fans have uncovered references in the form of voice acting files and character data for quite a few unannounced heroes.
These have been grouped together by HeroesNexus in three categories, so check them out below.
Highly Likely: "These heroes have multiple references to voices and character data." - Artanis - Varian Wrynn - Lost Vikings - Skeleton King
Very Likely: "The character and voice data for these heroes is not as refined, but it exists." - Kel'Thuzad - Maiev - Rehgar - Vashj - Azmodan
Missing Hero Data: "These heroes have voiceovers, but lack data which allow them to be selected as heroes." - Chen Stormstout - Cho'gall - Sylvanas - Blademaster - Jaina - Murky - Butcher - Zul'jin - Mekkatorque - Thrall - Li Li Stormstout - Anub'arak - Rexxar
Mentioned Briefly: "There are very few references to these heroes, but at least there's something!" - Cenarius - Ragnaros - Fenix
As you can see, there are quite a few different upcoming characters that could appear in Heroes of the Storm. As of yet, however, Blizzard hasn't commented on the leak.