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Gamescom 2015: Heroes of the Storm gets three new Heroes and Infernal Shrines battleground

It's time for the next stage in Heroes of the Storm's Eternal Conflict update, as Blizzard unveiled what's next during its Gamescom 2015 press briefing. Get ready for three new characters and an all-new Battleground.

Ozzie Mejia

August 5, 2015 3:41 AM

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There's no way Blizzard was about to leave its breakthrough MOBA on American soil. The publisher did indeed have some news regarding Heroes of the Storm and its continuing Eternal Conflict update. Just weeks after unleashing the evil King Leoric, the update's next stage has arrived in the form of the game's latest character, the Diablo Monk, who will now go by the name Kharazim.

Kharazim will act as a melee support character and, as hinted during Shacknews' E3 interview with Blizzard, he will be the game's first character to have two distinct selectable traits.

But that isn't all, as Blizzard also revealed the next Heroes of the Storm battleground, called the Infernal Shrines. Also inspired by the world of Diablo, this battleground also utilizes the duality of heaven and hell as its main motif. However, the main objective appears to revolve around spires, as well as summoning some of the great demons of Diablo lore.

Both Kharazim and the Infernal Shrines trailers can be seen below.

Is that still not enough? Well, it appears that Blizzard has also unveiled some more new characters. Hearthstone players love to hate him. It's the mighty Hunter, Rexxar. And representing the world of StarCraft, it's Artanis, who will act as the series' first warrior representative.

NEW HERO - Rexxar: the half-ogre, half-orc beastmaster will soon join the hunt in the Nexus! pic.twitter.com/juGTlYBOkF

— Heroes of The Storm (@BlizzHeroes) August 5, 2015

Artanis, Hierarch of the Daelaam, will warp into the Nexus as our first @StarCraft warrior! pic.twitter.com/kDzlF8ELcQ

— Heroes of The Storm (@BlizzHeroes) August 5, 2015

More information on all of these reveals can be found on Battle.net. Release date information was not provided, but Blizzard will go into more detail during a public stream this Friday at 9AM PT.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?