Watch Blizzard's Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm Gamescom announcements here

Blizzard is expected to announce some news regarding two of its popular games, Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm.

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[Update: Blizzard has announced a new Hero for Heroes of the Storm, the Medic from Starcraft 2.]

Blizzard isn't done making announcements at Gamescom 2015 as hot on the heels of its World of Warcraft expansion reveal, the development studio will be making some Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm announcements during today's livestream.

We already learned Hearthstone: Heroes of the Storm will be getting a new expansion, The Grand Tournament, and Heroes of the Storm is currently in the middle of its Eternal Conflict expansion, so we're curious to learn what else Blizzard has to announce today.

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      August 7, 2015 9:36 AM

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      August 7, 2015 9:39 AM

      HotS
      - Medic hero incoming
      - Dynamic bundles : discounting bundles for stuff you already own (some retroactive stuff as well)
      - Monk & New battleground expected to hit PTR on Monday
      - Matchmaking is their highest priority
      - 1-4 & 5-man groups to be firewalled in hero league. No more dedicated team league.
      - Sounds like they're reworking hero league entirely.

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        August 7, 2015 9:51 AM

        Damn. Info on Fenix hitting the reddits.

        Basically, they wanted Fenix to be their SC warrior, but also want to incorporate his defeat & resurrection as a dragoon into his kit. This was while Leoric was undergoing testing, and they decided not to throw too many resurrection mechanics into the game as once.

        Selindis since she appears in SC to date, but the SC2 team gave them permission to use the big boy Artanis and they went with that.

        The reason they wanted permission from the SC2 team before using Artanis is because they didn't want to possibly steal any of LotV's thunder, since Artanis is the game's central character.

        Both Selindis & Fenix will come.

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        August 7, 2015 11:57 AM

        Matchmaking is their highest priority

        fuckin a

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        August 7, 2015 2:22 PM

        I like it. hope they continue trying to find what works and keep things interesting

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      August 7, 2015 11:40 AM

      Blizzard is like Nintendo for adults. Raynor is my new Mario.

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