Heroes of the Storm - Lost Vikings Patch Overview

A short overview, breakdown of the Lost Vikings patch in Heroes of the Storm.

In a few words:

• New Hero: The Lost Vikings, (Olaf, Baleog, and Erik)
• In-game Communication: It is now possible to view recent in-game chat messages by opening the chat box to type a new message
• A new Quest Log button has been added to the lower-right portion of the bottom navigation bar, next to the Friends List button
• Player Profile - a lot of updates
• The tracking and penalties for leaving in-progress Quick Match and Hero League games before they are finished have been changed:

Leaving multiple Hero League or Quick Match games without reconnecting will now flag the player to receive the following penalties:
-The flagged player will be disallowed from queuing for Hero League games until a Quick Match game is played to completion.
-Leaving additional games early will cause the number of Quick Match games required to increase.
-When a player who is flagged for leaving games early joins a party, the entire party will also become subject to these penalties.
-Leaving a Hero League game during Draft Mode will now only penalize and flag the player who left the draft, and will no longer penalize the rest of that player’s party members.
In addition, the flagged player will still lose a significant number of Ranked Points upon leaving Draft Mode.

We got many nerfs and buffs, you can find the full patch notes here :

http://eu.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/17906504/heroes-closed-beta-patch-notes-february-10-2015-10-02-2015

Heroes of the Storm - Lost Vikings Gameplay (Pajama Party)

Taking a early look at The Lost Vikings (gameplay) in Heroes of the Storm with the Pajama Party skin.This is not a build, guide video.

Skills:
(Trait) Fast Restart
Death time for the Lost Vikings is reduced by 25%.
(Q) Spin to Win!
Activate to have each Viking deal 50 (+ 10 per level) damage to nearby enemies.
(W) Jump!
Makes all Vikings Invunerable and able to pass over enemies for 1.5 seconds.
(E) Norse Force!
Activate to have each Viking gain a 100 (+20 per level) to 200 (+40 per level) point Shield, depending on how many Vikings are alive. Lasts 7 seconds.
(R) Longboat Raid!
Hop into a Unstoppable Longboat that fires at nearby enemies for 30 (+16 per level) damage per second and can fire a mortal that deals 50 (+ 20 per level) damage in an area. The boat has increased Health for each Viking inside. Last 12 seconds. Requires all surviving Vikings to be nearby.
(R) Play Again!
Summon and revive all Lost Vikings at target location after a Viking channels for 2 seconds.
(Z) Go Go Go!
The Vikings gain 40% increase Movement Speed for 4 seconds.

Heroes of the Storm - Muradin Ranked Gameplay (Hero League)

Ranked gameplay in hero league (draft mode) with Muradin using the Wonder Billie mount.This is the current competitive format for Heroes of the Storm.

Build Showcase video : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvCQhjMdWj4&list=PLPu1MBLqtny5l2iNa3ujZjZ_xBhTipAjL&index=32

All Heroes of the Storm - Quick Guide for Ranked Gameplay

Along with Blizzard's new option, to buy access to beta version of Heroes of the Storm, by buying the Founder's Pack, a lot of people new to the game want, and need more information to know how to play, what character is more powerful, which character to use in ranked games, and how to choose the right one, and so on.

I thought that a quick guide to all heroes of the storm would be useful (a sort of buyer's guide) Please keep in mind that the info presented here reflects my views and my views alone and are relevant at the time of publishing.

Want more detailed info/build on a specific Hero ? You can find it here :https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu1MBLqtny5l2iNa3ujZjZ_xBhTipAjL

Heroes of the Storm - Nazeebo Ranked Gameplay (Hero League)

Ranked gameplay in hero league (draft mode) with Nazeebo using the Grimskull skin and nazeebra mount.This is the current competitive format for Heroes of the Storm.

Heroes of the Storm - Raynor Gameplay & Build

My build for Raynor (gameplay) in Heroes of the Storm using the Dire Wolf mount.Keep in mind that your choice in talents may have to alter depending on your setup/map and opposing team.

Skills

Let me Try - Astray (PC Game on Steam)

Astray is a first person horror/puzzle game set in a recent past setting, the action takes place at and around a old museum.... So is it any good ? Short answer is "Yes it is".
Let's get into the "why?"

-Very good atmospheric sound, highlighting unusual events such as a door slamming with good directional placement.

-The graphics are done well for a game of this price, never being to dodgy to break the feeling.

-The UI is minimalist which in my opinion is ideal because it helps you get fully immersed into the actual game.

-The plot is moved along by notes which you can find scattered across all of the exhibits, it pays to read these so you get the overall picture of what is going on in the scary old museum.

-The puzzles are pretty straight forward from what i played never being to complicated and frustrating the player, the point of such a game is not to put your brain on overdrive with solving puzzles but to give you a rush of adrenaline.

The wrap this up i would like to point out that i do not play allot of horror games because well... I'm a bit sensitive to them :) so keep that in mind. I do not think that a hard-core player of horror games will be to scared but for a occasional player such as myself the game delivers the punch it sets out to.

You can not really ask more then the game provides at this price point, its a solid recommendation from me.

If you would like to get a better view on the game you can check out my first impressions video: