The latest event for Blizzard's free-to-play MOBA Heroes of the Storm is now live, and it brings a new hero to boot.
Spearheading the Lunar New Year event is new hero Li-Ming. You may recognize her from Diablo III, but now she's entered the Nexus of Blizzard's all-star battler to dish out some damage to the enemy team. She's a deadly spell slinger who has brought all of her iconic abilities from Diablo III, so players of that game should have a good idea what she's capable of.
Aside from a new hero and updates to existing ones, the update brings a new way for players to earn some gold. From now until March 1, players will find a new special event quest once per day in their quest log. Upon logging into a match, teams that have players who have yet to complete the day's special quest will have a 50 percent chance to spawn a monkey elder that must be defeated. Defeat him and he will drop a red envelope, which will award every player with the quest 100 bonus gold.
Considering winning a match of Heroes of the Storm only awards 30 gold per game, 100 bonus gold per day is a pretty nice bonus. Players who complete 25 matches during the event will be rewarded a unique new player portrait as well.
Though you won't be able to use all your newly acquired gold, Blizzard is releasing a number of Lunar New Year-themed skins for players to spend money on. New skins for Illidan and Jaina are now available, as is a special Chinese dragon mount. Skins from last year's Lunar New Year event are also once again available for purchase, and include skins for Chen and LiLi.
You can check out some of the new content in the trailer below.
