Blizzard Entertainment announced today that Heroes of the Storm will officially launch on June 2, following an open beta testing period beginning May 19.
The free-to-play online team brawler brings together a diverse cast of iconic characters from Blizzard’s realms of science fiction and fantasy, including Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo universes, and challenges them to compete in epic, adrenaline-charged battles.
Heroes of the Storm invites players to customize heroes to suit their style and then team up with friends for some all-out mayhem. The game features a variety of gameplay modes including Cooperative and Quick Matches. Experienced players can also join forces against other teams of players in competitive, draft-style ranked play.
Heroes of the Storm will launch with more than 30 playable Heroes and 7 dynamic Battlegrounds with more Heroes and Battlegrounds to be released later. Players can customize the look of their Heroes with a variety of skins, as well as switch between a stable of special mounts that help them cover ground on the battlefield more quickly.
To celebrate the launch of Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard will be holding a live-streamed event on June 1 in London, U.K.
Heroes of the Storm has received a Teen rating from the ESRB. In addition to the English version, the game is available fully localized into Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Polish, European Spanish, Italian, Russian, Korean, traditional Chinese, and simplified Chinese.