Battle.net announces global play is now available in Heroes of the Storm. This may sound like all players are now in one pool regardless of region, but it actually represents the ability to switch to a different region. This actually remains quite separate, as purchases and experience do not transfer between regions, but they note that this does give players the ability to play the game while the servers for their home territories are down for maintenance. They also note that players who play in a region where a new patch is available will receive the update, and will then be unable to play in their home territory until it is patched to the new version.