Heroes of the Storm overhauls competitive rankings, adds two new Warcraft characters

Competitive Heroes of the Storm players will soon have a new way to measure their skills.

At a media event earlier this week in Newport Beach, California, developer Blizzard Entertainment announced that it will get rid of the old Ranked Play format in its popular multiplayer online battle arena game (MOBA). Currently, Heroes of the Storm uses a ladder system that players can ascend — starting from Rank 50 and maxing out at the top with Rank 1 — by playing in ranked matches against players of similar skill. But on June 14 in North America (and rolling out to other regions throughout that week), Blizzard will replace it with League Tiers and Divisions.