Blizzard serves up new features for Heroes of the Storm

New game mode, battleground and several new characters - including the first character controller by two players.

Blizzard announced some news for Heroes of Storm during Blizzcon 2015. First, the new Arena mode. Here two teams will face each other in an enclosed space during five-minute battles, where all the characters are chosen randomly. Blizzard also announced a batch of new characters: Greymane, Lumara and Cho'gall (who will be controlled by two players!).

The latter character will be offered to visitors at BlizzCon (local or via virtual ticket), and some random users of Battle.net. Blizzard also announced a new Battleground, Towers of Doom, which will feature several new rules as you'd expect from a new Heroes of the Storm map. Blizzard describes the mechanics as follows:

"Each Core is protected by a barrier that cannot be destroyed by Heroes. Instead, teams must clash to activate the Altars that rise within the town. Once an Altar is claimed, each of the capturing team's Bell Towers will fire on the opposing Core. Six Bell Towers in total guard this Battleground—but their allegiance is fickle. Upon destruction, a Bell Tower will turn against its former allies, each adding one more payload to the explosive volley that will fire when an Altar is captured."

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