Plenty of new things will soon debut in HotS

Sep 27, 2014 16:29 GMT  ·  By

Blizzard has confirmed that, once Heroes of the Storm goes back online next month, it will receive plenty of new things, including a fresh patch, more characters, not to mention a slightly tweaked matchmaking system to improve the multiplayer experience.

Heroes of the Storm is Blizzard's entry in the ever-popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) genre, taking some of the most famous and infamous characters from its different franchises and allowing them to wage war in a series of different battlegrounds.

After staying in a technical alpha for quite some time, Blizzard is soon going to take the game offline for a few days, in order to transition its servers to better equipment, as well as to prepare it for the eventual open beta.

The studio has already confirmed that in early October the game will be back online, and now it has confirmed on the official website some of the other new elements coming to Heroes of the Storm after that comeback.

A new patch is going to appear

Chief among the new things is a fresh update for Heroes of the Storm that allows players to once again view game replays, as well as to engage in custom games, which was possible, for a certain time, in the alpha.

"We have a number of exciting new features that will be a part of this upcoming patch, too! We are planning to re-enable custom games and will also allow players to watch and review replays of their matches," the studio explained.

Two heroes are also set to debut

Alongside the actual patch, Blizzard also wants to roll out two more heroes for the game, in the form of Anub'arak, the Traitor King, and Azmodan, the Lord of Sin. More details about both of them are going to appear in the following weeks, including info about their skills, roles, and design.

The matchmaking system is getting better

A fresh matchmaking system is also going to debut soon enough for Heroes of the Storm which should be able to accurately judge the performance of a player and match him or her accordingly with others. While at first there will be no data to work with, as all player stats are getting wiped when the game goes back online, things should get better really fast.

"The matchmaking rating that we use to match players against equally skilled players will also be reset. As a result, there will be a short period of time initially where the new system will need to learn the skill of the players actively playing games, and since everyone will be starting fresh, matches could be a little less than optimal at first," the studio admitted.

"Never fear: the new matchmaking system will quickly learn the skill of the players actively playing games and we’ll soon return to a period of harmony and balance where players will again be matched against players of similar skill."

As such, Heroes of the Storm fans should look forward to getting more content for the free-to-play game once it re-appears next month.

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