Heroes of the Storm (formerly Blizzard DOTA) beta opens

You can now join the beta for the game formerly known as Blizzard DOTA. Heroes of the Storm will have you playing as various heroes from Blizzard's...

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You can now join the beta for the game formerly known as Blizzard DOTA. Heroes of the Storm will have you playing as various heroes from Blizzard's various franchises. "Thrall, Kerrigan, Diablo, Arthas, Zeratul, Tyrael—they're all here and ready to test their might in the forge of eternal combat. Who will stand with you in battle? Select your favorites from more than 20 years of Blizzard games," Blizzard teased in today's announce.

If you want a sneak peek at the game, you can sign up for the beta right here.

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    November 8, 2013 12:29 PM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Heroes of the Storm (formerly Blizzard DOTA) beta opens.

    You can now join the beta for the game formerly known as Blizzard DOTA. Heroes of the Storm will have you playing as various heroes from Blizzard's...

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      November 8, 2013 12:39 PM

      I can't wait to not get into the beta and then hear how awesome it is from everyone else.

      I really like the MOBA genre but I don't have the time right now to get good enough at dota for it to be enjoyable. Hopefully this is a bit easier to pick up and play. Shorter games would be nice too

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        November 8, 2013 2:40 PM

        Stay tuned.

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        November 8, 2013 4:11 PM

        Amen to shorter games... Occasionally, average length at 20 minutes instead of 35-40:) that would be great!

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      November 8, 2013 12:59 PM

      Can't wait to play as Zeratul!

      Also I am glad to see that they are finally able to use that Kerrigan model from StarCraft: Ghost

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      November 8, 2013 2:27 PM

      this looks kinda crazy for a DotA game, looks like it could be good fun, but some of the spells look way over the top for the game to be as tactical as DotA2

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      November 8, 2013 4:20 PM

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      November 8, 2013 4:29 PM

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        November 8, 2013 6:30 PM

        It looks more like an updated HoN. What happened to that space-chesse like map? Unless that's another map planned for this game?

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      November 8, 2013 5:22 PM

      This looks awkwardly slow and clunky somehow.

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      November 8, 2013 5:35 PM

      lol @ the cheesy metal

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      November 8, 2013 6:24 PM

      Blizzard was smart to avoid the traditional DotA map and other MOBA staples like the item shop. I always wondered how they expected to be able to compete with an established juggernaut like League of Legends (much less LoL + DotA2 at the same time), and the answer is simple: they aren't going to try. They're going to do their thing and build their own audience.

      Also, some of those custom skins they showed off were killer... Judgment set for Uther? Yes please!!

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        November 8, 2013 6:48 PM

        Yes the game does not have items and that's probably by design. Your skills will scale up as you level.


        Yes "stiches" the pudge person plays similarly but he can't dominate.

        The hook is a vector skill shot, then he has a aoe come stomp, but he doesn't have a devour lvl6 type spell all it does is a big aoe.

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      November 9, 2013 1:19 AM

      This makes me want Warcraft 4

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      November 9, 2013 2:02 AM

      when you say we can 'join' the beta does that mean we can click it in our beta preferences, or has it entered open beta?

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        November 9, 2013 5:09 AM

        Login to your bnet account and click beta pref checkbox for hots

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          November 9, 2013 5:27 AM

          yeah, that's what I did. just that the article said "you can now join the beta" and I guess that was a bit misleading.

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      November 9, 2013 7:12 AM

      When did Kerrigan get flight?

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      November 10, 2013 6:35 PM

      between the already bad Wow crowd and the notoriously bad DOTA crowds, I am sure this will be a pleasure to play ....

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