Hasta La Gadget!

A couple of months ago, Blizzard finally took the wraps off Heroes of the Storm, the company’s first MOBA game (we suppose DotA doesn’t count since it was not developed by them). The game had previously been known as Blizzard All-Stars and was in development for the past few years, which is typical of Blizzard who has been known to delay releases in order to ensure a good product is released.  In any case last we saw, Blizzard had released the game’s cinematic trailer as well as some gameplay trailers, but for gamers who are wondering just how a game of Heroes of the Storm plays out, you will be pleased to learn that actual gameplay footage has since been released.

This footage shows us what the game looks like, right from the launch screen, all the way into a match itself. The game is played by Mike “Husky” Lamond along with the game’s director, Dustin Browder, where commentary on the game is provided while the game is played. Blizzard has also promised to share more news regarding development on a more regular basis from now on. Either way if you’re looking forward to seeing what the game has in store for you, be sure to check out the video above, but note that it runs for almost 20 minutes, so you might want to grab some popcorn and enjoy it!

Heroes Of The Storm Gameplay Footage Released original content from Ubergizmo.

The other day we reported that Blizzard had decided to give their upcoming MOBA, Blizzard All-Stars, a name change to Heroes of the Storm. We’re not sure if that was necessarily a catchier title, as far as legal contention goes, it looks like Blizzard All-Stars would have been a safer choice. It seems that over in Finland and in the EU trademark office, there already exists a game called, Myrskyn Sankarit, which when translated to English pretty much stands for “Heroes of the Storm” as well. Given that the game was published in July 2013, with the Indiegogo campaign having been launched in 2012, safe to say that its creator definitely beat Blizzard to the punch.

According to the game’s creator, Mike Pohjola, he expressed his concern about both games existing peacefully. Pohjola’s creation is a pen-and-paper game and while both games are definitely of different genres, the similarity in title could confuse gamers who might think that Pohjola’s creation is a spin-off of Blizzard’s game and vice versa. We’re not sure what Blizzard plans to do about this and it would be hard for them to contest that they were there first, especially since the title of the game was only recently changed, although Blizzard could also argue that Pohjola’s trademark registration was made after the leak of the Heroes of the Storm filing. Either way we guess we will just have to wait and see how this one plays out.

Blizzard’s Heroes Of The Storm Name Already Trademarked In EU original content from Ubergizmo.