Heroes of the Storm
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Heroes of the Storm is a team-based multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that brings together characters from Blizzard Entertainment’s various franchises into fast-paced, objective-focused matches.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heroes of the Storm canonical | 9 |
| Blizzard All-Stars | 1 |
| Blizzard DOTA | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2423882 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Heroes of the Storm Context triple: [Blizzard Entertainment, notableWork, Heroes of the Storm]
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A.
Overwatch
Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game franchise known for its diverse cast of heroes, objective-focused gameplay, and vibrant, character-driven world.
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B.
StarCraft II
StarCraft II is a real-time strategy video game by Blizzard Entertainment, renowned for its competitive multiplayer scene and deep strategic gameplay.
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C.
Hearthstone
Hearthstone is a popular free-to-play digital collectible card game set in the Warcraft universe, developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment.
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D.
StarCraft
StarCraft is a landmark real-time strategy video game franchise known for its competitive multiplayer, deep sci-fi lore, and major influence on esports, particularly in South Korea.
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E.
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Azeroth, renowned for its expansive lore, cooperative gameplay, and long-standing cultural impact on online gaming.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heroes of the Storm Target entity description: Heroes of the Storm is a team-based multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that brings together characters from Blizzard Entertainment’s various franchises into fast-paced, objective-focused matches.
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A.
Overwatch
Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game franchise known for its diverse cast of heroes, objective-focused gameplay, and vibrant, character-driven world.
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B.
StarCraft II
StarCraft II is a real-time strategy video game by Blizzard Entertainment, renowned for its competitive multiplayer scene and deep strategic gameplay.
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C.
Hearthstone
Hearthstone is a popular free-to-play digital collectible card game set in the Warcraft universe, developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment.
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D.
StarCraft
StarCraft is a landmark real-time strategy video game franchise known for its competitive multiplayer, deep sci-fi lore, and major influence on esports, particularly in South Korea.
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E.
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Azeroth, renowned for its expansive lore, cooperative gameplay, and long-standing cultural impact on online gaming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MOBA
ⓘ
multiplayer online battle arena video game ⓘ video game ⓘ |
| announcedAtEvent | BlizzCon 2013 ⓘ |
| announcementDate | 2013-11-08 ⓘ |
| betaReleaseDate | 2015-01-13 ⓘ |
| businessModel | free-to-play ⓘ |
| crossoverFromFranchise |
Diablo
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Heroes of the Storm original characters ⓘ Overwatch ⓘ StarCraft ⓘ The Lost Vikings ⓘ Warcraft ⓘ |
| currency |
gems
ⓘ
gold ⓘ shards ⓘ |
| developer | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| developmentStatus | maintenance mode ⓘ |
| engine | StarCraft II engine ⓘ |
| esportsSupportStatus | officially discontinued ⓘ |
| feature |
hero roles such as tank, healer, assassin, and specialist
ⓘ
multiple battlegrounds with unique objectives ⓘ no in-match item shop ⓘ objective-focused maps ⓘ shared team experience ⓘ talent-based hero progression ⓘ team-based gameplay ⓘ |
| formerWorkingTitle |
Heroes of the Storm
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Blizzard All-Stars
Heroes of the Storm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Blizzard DOTA
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| gameMode |
multiplayer
ⓘ
online ⓘ |
| genre |
hero brawler
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multiplayer online battle arena ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
AI-controlled bots
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hero rotation system ⓘ party-based matchmaking ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | isometric ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2015-06-02 ⓘ |
| monetization |
cosmetic microtransactions
ⓘ
hero purchases ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayersPerTeam | 5 ⓘ |
| platform |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
macOS ⓘ |
| publisher | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| setting |
The Nexus
ⓘ
surface form:
the Nexus
|
| supportsMode |
Brawls
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Custom Games ⓘ Quick Match ⓘ Ranked ⓘ Unranked Draft ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Heroes of the Storm Description of subject: Heroes of the Storm is a team-based multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that brings together characters from Blizzard Entertainment’s various franchises into fast-paced, objective-focused matches.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Blizzard Entertainment
this entity surface form:
Blizzard DOTA
this entity surface form:
Blizzard All-Stars