The Lost Vikings is a side-scrolling puzzle/platform video game series, so named after its titular protagonists. The series was developed by Silicon & Synapse (later Blizzard Entertainment). Inspiration was taken from Lemmings when creating the game. Characters from the franchise will be included in Heroes of the Storm. Dustin Browder has noted it has a particuarly passionate fan following amongst the Heroes of the Storm team. As of November 2011, there are "paper designs" for the characters. However, there are likely to only be one, maybe two Lost Vikings heroes.