{"id":47580,"date":"2018-12-14T04:42:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T12:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=47580"},"modified":"2018-12-14T04:42:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T12:42:26","slug":"heroes-of-the-storms-roster-can-see-retirement-looming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2018\/12\/14\/heroes-of-the-storms-roster-can-see-retirement-looming\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes of the Storm&#8217;s roster can see retirement looming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heroes of the Storm is winding down. Blizzard is moving staff from Heroes of the Storm onto other projects. While the studio <a href=\"https:\/\/news.blizzard.com\/en-us\/blizzard\/22833558\/heroes-of-the-storm-news\">assures fans<\/a> that they will continue to support the game by adding new heroes, and staging community events, the &#8220;cadence will change&#8221; from this point onward. Presumably, that operational pace will not be getting faster.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Ultimately, we&#8217;re setting up the game for long-term sustainability.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With the resource changes, there&#8217;s bad news for competitive players. Blizzard will not be holding the Heroes Global Championship or the Heroes of the Dorm tournaments in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heroes of the Storm is winding down. Blizzard is moving staff from Heroes of the Storm onto other projects. While the studio assures fans that they will continue to support the game by adding new heroes, and staging community events, the &#8220;cadence will change&#8221; from this point onward. 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