A picture of a team composition screen from Heroes of the Storm. The player's character is shown towards the front of the screen, and icons of the other players are paired off to the right and left, behind the main character's avatar.
The early training mode in Heroes of the Storm matches you up with A.I. teammates.
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Heroes of the Storm is bound for China

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase said they will bring Heroes of the Storm to Chinese online gamers.

The move is a big one since China is the biggest market for PC online gaming, and all of Blizzard’s big hits have been blockbusters in the Asian market.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.