Heroes of the Storm gets new characters and a new no-holds-barred Arena mode

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Heroes of the Storm players will get a bevy of new content in the popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game.

During the annual BlizzCon fan convention, developer Blizzard announced a new mode called Arena today. Normally, players get to pick which characters they play as, but in Arena, the selection process will be randomized. That means both competing teams could end up with the same characters. You get one hero and one of their abilities before jumping into a match. Blizzard described these battles as a “small, dangerous, single-objective battleground.”