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Blizzard Steps Up Abusive Chat Penalties in Heroes of the Storm

Blizzard Entertainment, creator of Heroes of the Storm, announced they will be rolling out improvements to their reporting system for abusive chat. They will be changing the way they penalize repeat offenders by increasing the severity of the actions they take against their accounts. Currently, players in Heroes of the Storm who are regularly reported for abusive chat incur a

Heroes of the Storm Silences Accounts for Offensive Language

Heroes of the Storm, made by Blizzard Entertainment, is now able to silence the accounts of players who use offensive language and harass their teammates. This is being implemented in addition to the weekly suspension and ban waves. Community Manager Nate Valenta posted the following on a Heroes of the Storm Forum post on April 18, 2018: Starting today, we're

Heroes of the Dorm Returns for 2018

Heroes of the Dorm is a competition where teams of college students play Blizzard Entertainment's Heroes of the Storm video game in an attempt to win money for their college tuition. This is the fourth year of Tespa's collegiate Heroes of the Storm league. This year, Tespa is adding regional play. Each college will field their strongest Heroes team to

Play Heroes of the Storm and Get a World of Warcraft Mount

Blizzard Entertainment announced that the Primal Flamesaber Mount is now available. It is a mount that can only be used in World of Warcraft. In order to get this new mount, a player must play Heroes of the Storm (another one of Blizzard's games). Mounts are very useful in World of Warcraft because they can help your character get from one place to

Player Threatened Blizzard Entertainment with AK-47 Over Silence Penalty

In September of 2015, Blizzard Entertainment added a silence penalty to Heroes of the Storm. (Blizzard will soon be adding a silence penalty to World of Warcraft as well.) Players who earn a silence penalty lose the ability to chat with most other players. It is understandable that being silenced will irritate players who were being abusive in game. Even

Blizzard Adds Silence Penalty to Heroes of the Storm

Those who cannot play nice with others in Heroes of the Storm are about to receive some consequences for their bad actions (and words). Blizzard is introducing a Silence Penalty in the release of their next patch. It will limit the ability of a player who has been reported multiple times to interact with other players. Heroes of the Storm