Channel: nerdSlayer Studios

Category: Gaming

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Description: Blizzard's red-headed step-child. Merch: teespring.com/stores/nerdslayer-merch Patreon: patreon.com/nerdslayer Amazon: amazon.com/?tag=nerdslayerg-20 Humble Bundle:humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=nerdslayer Twitch: twitch.tv/nerdslayerrr Twitter: twitter.com/nerdslayerg Discord: discord.gg/nerdslayer #DOAG . Death of a Game is a series dedicated to uncovering the mysteries surrounding the death of a game or company. nerdSlayer defines the term "death" in the context of the show as either... 1. Literally dead. 2. Had a mass exodus of players and never recovered (expectations etc). 3. The company ceased to exist. We follow a timeline of events, to uncover clues concerning why a game or company doesn't do well, and attempt to put it all together at the end for a deduction explaining how or why the game failed based on the evidence gathered. Sources: news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm web.archive.org/web/20120723161030/http://www.playdota.com/forums/blog.php?b=264 web.archive.org/web/20121109072424/http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/01/07/valves-next-game youtube.com/watch?v=AAgUx0nmgRc heroesofthestorm.gamepedia.com/Alpha . youtube.com/watch?v=i6SFTbDh8tQ pcgamesn.com/blizzard-all-stars-everything-we-know web.archive.org/web/20130208162620/http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/21/hands-on-with-blizzard-dota-tweaking-the-genre-blizzard-created web.archive.org/web/20120604075718/http://kotaku.com/5883938/blizzard-and-valve-go-to-war-over-dota-name pcgamer.com/get-dota-2-now-using-paid-for-early-access-pass web.archive.org/web/20120724090129/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/05/11/valve-blizzard-reach-dota-trademark-agreement.aspx youtube.com/watch?v=0ecv0bT9DEo&t heroesofthestorm.gamepedia.com/Alpha news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/17345414/heroes-closed-beta-patch-notes-january-13-2015 news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/19529833/heroes-of-the-storm-patch-notes-june-2-2015 gameinformer.com/games/heroes_of_the_storm/b/pc/archive/2015/06/04/majestic-multiplayer-mayhem.aspx destructoid.com/review-heroes-of-the-storm-292749.phtml ign.com/articles/2015/06/02/heroes-of-the-storm-review polygon.com/2015/6/9/8751383/heroes-of-the-storm-is-expensive-this-is-your-guide-to-what-to-buy youtube.com/watch?v=-RYw5wAKKc0 youtube.com/watch?v=PI3LgTPghik polygon.com/2016/6/9/11899284/heroes-of-the-storm-cloud9-2015-world-champion-team-disbands escharts.com/tournaments/hots/hgc-fall-championship-blizzcon-2016https://escharts.com/blog/HGC-history youtube.com/watch?v=4900jOY8cCM news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/20638783/heroes-of-the-storm-2-0-open-beta-notes-march-29-2017 youtube.com/watch?v=UgJLvtx5PzI youtube.com/watch?v=7sPd6WlNpGo youtube.com/watch?v=kZdHDsxykQ8 polygon.com/2017/11/6/16615076/heroes-of-the-storm-update-alan-dabiri-interview-blizzcon-2017 youtube.com/watch?v=XQV2MLHFYFg heroeshearth.com/b/ghostdunk/read/what-statistcs-and-machine-learning-can-teach-us-about-the-gameplay-changes-in-heroes-of-the-storm youtube.com/watch?v=J2LiUsEOqcU forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2018/06/04/game-director-says-heroes-of-the-storm-improved-but-still-more-to-do/#2e4adae533a4 us.forums.blizzard.com/en/heroes/t/a-message-from-alan-dabiri/1761 vg247.com/2018/12/14/heroes-of-the-storm-devs-moving-to-other-projects-2019-esports-canned us.forums.blizzard.com/en/heroes/t/a-message-from-kaeo-milker/10022 venturebeat.com/2018/12/15/heroes-of-the-storm-eulogy-for-once-blizzard-couldnt-balance-the-casual-and-competive gamerant.com/blizzard-heroes-of-the-storm-esports-end. us.forums.blizzard.com/en/heroes/t/i-feel-betrayed/9798 reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/a21fx4/statistically_predetermined_40_win_rate_if_your pcgamer.com/heroes-of-the-storm-pros-try-to-salvage-their-careers-after-blizzard-killed-its-pro-scene heroeshearth.com/b/ghostdunk/read/what-statistcs-and-machine-learning-can-teach-us-about-the-gameplay-changes-in-heroes-of-the-storm venturebeat.com/2019/07/29/heroes-of-the-storm-reminds-us-it-isnt-dead-with-a-new-original-hero-and-ranked-system bleedingcool.com/2019/11/23/former-blizzard-reps-discuss-ending-heroes-of-the-storm-esports invenglobal.com/articles/9757/former-blizzard-employees-open-up-about-hgcs-cancellation-unsustainable-workload invenglobal.com/articles/10051/2019-heroes-of-the-storm-year-in-review youtube.com/watch?v=ZGhP77lUqJ4