Heroes of the Storm

Heroes of the Storm (HotS) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and macOS that was released on June 2, 2015.[1] The game features heroes from Blizzard's franchises including Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, The Lost Vikings, and Overwatch. The game uses both free-to-play and freemium models and is supported by micropayments, which can be used to purchase heroes, visual alterations for the heroes in the game, and mounts.[2][3] Blizzard does not call the game a "multiplayer online battle arena" or an "action real-time strategy" because they feel it is something different with a broader playstyle; they refer to it as an online "hero brawler".[4]

Heroes of the Storm
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Developer(s) Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(s) Blizzard Entertainment
Composer(s) Glenn Stafford
Jason Hayes
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, macOS
Release June 2, 2015
Genre(s) Multiplayer online battle arena
Mode(s) Multiplayer
Gameplay Edit


Captured temple fires laser beam on red team's forts on Sky Temple map.

Heroes of the Storm exhibition Gamescom 2014
Heroes of the Storm revolves around online 5-versus-5 matches, operated through Blizzard's online gaming service Battle.net. Players can choose from different game modes, which include playing against computer-controlled heroes or other players. Initially, no heroes are available for permanent use; however, players may choose from a list of heroes that are free to use from a weekly rotation. By using gold coins, the in-game currency, or through microtransactions, they can gain permanent access to a hero. As of September 2017, there are currently 71 heroes in the game, divided into five separate roles: Assassin, Warrior, Support, Specialist and one Multiclass hero.[5] There are currently 13 maps available to play, all of which have different objectives to secure, with some having different victory conditions.[6]

Experience points, which can be gained by being nearby enemy units when they're killed, are shared across the entire team. When a team reaches a certain experience point threshold, every hero on that team levels up, acquiring slightly amplified powers. Every few levels, players may select a talent which offers a new ability, or augments an existing one. This leveling system emphasizes the importance of teamwork and planning, since a player's action can affect the whole team.

Players can also mount different animals, such as horses, lizards, or unicorns, to increase their movement speed, automatically dismounting when dealing/receiving damage or using an ability.

Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok is an adventure game/RPG hybrid written by an indie group called Crystal Shard, set in the world of the Poetic Edda and Norse Mythology. It uses Adventure Game Studio and has been published on Valve Steam.

Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Developer(s) Crystal Shard
Publisher(s) Valve Steam
Engine Adventure Game Studio
Platform(s) Valve Steam
Release
WW: date
Genre(s) adventure game, Role-playing video game
It has been covered in PC Gamer magazine,[1] and Kotaku,[2] and endorsed by Corey Cole. RPG Codex ranks it in the Top 75 RPGs of all times.[3]

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The city of Fornsigtuna is wrapped in an endless winter. Egther, the last of the frost giants on Midgard, is causing this in an effort to start Ragnarok, the end of the world in Norse myth. The jarl of Fornsigtuna has called for a hero to save the city, to which the player character responds. Barely surviving an initial attack by Thrivaldi, Egther's right-hand troll, the heroine travels between Fornsigtuna, the village of Munarvagr, and the otherworldy Svartalfheim. The troll is using strong-arm tactics to try to obtain the eyes of Thiassi, which would allow him to unleash Egther on the world. The heroine first foils these attempts, then has to gain the trust of the villagers to obtain the eyes for herself. Using these, she confronts Thrivaldi and Egther in a showdown at the frost giant's frozen castle of Gastropnir.