{"id":648827,"date":"2026-03-30T04:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heroes-of-the-storm-development-winds-down"},"modified":"2026-03-30T04:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:30:18","slug":"heroes-of-the-storm-development-winds-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/heroes-of-the-storm-development-winds-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes of the Storm development winds down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/heroes-of-the-storm-development-winds-down.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Blizzard is celebrating the recent seventh anniversary of its MOBA Heroes of the Storm by trimming development in order to focus only &#8220;on client sustainability and bug fixing&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>In a brief <a href=\"https:\/\/news.blizzard.com\/en-us\/heroes-of-the-storm\/23820714\/heroes-of-the-storm-update-july-8-2022\">update<\/a> posted yesterday on the official website, Blizzard said it would now treat the MOBA in a &#8220;manner similar to our other longstanding games, StarCraft and StarCraft II&#8221; by continuing seasonal rolls and hero rotations, but with no plans for new &#8220;for-purchase content to be added&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>As a thank you to all who&#8217;ve stuck with the game, Blizzard is offering the &#8220;incredibly rare&#8221; Epic Arcane Lizard mount to all players with next week&rsquo;s patch.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heroes-of-the-storm-development-winds-down\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heroes-of-the-storm-development-winds-down\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard is celebrating the recent seventh anniversary of its MOBA Heroes of the Storm by trimming development in order to focus only &#8220;on client sustainability and bug fixing&#8221;. 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