25 days
For those who thought the game was already shuttered, HotS went into maintenance mode a few years ago - 2022 I think? Basically that meant that they weren’t actively developing it anymore, I think they stopped balance updates and only committed to patching major bugs or security vulnerabilities.
Of course, they never stopped taking your money if you wanted to buy their boosts.
This news has me conflicted. On the one hand, HotS was my favorite MOBA - it does several things right that other games in the genre consistently fail at and they took some major chances on unique character designs. On the other hand, I wouldn’t piss on a Blizzard exec to put out a fire, I don’t even want to play their free games
Honestly, I find the pitch can be the hardest part about developing a game. You want to be able to describe your game in twenty seconds or less while still pointing to something unique about it.
It’s way easier said than done, but that’s the attention span you have to deal with sometimes. Many people take less than a second to decide if they’re going to pass on a game.
It does look like a neat game, but I’m also curious about what sets it apart. There’s something of an excess of supply in the video game market.