Our latest coverage of Hearthstone.
The Death Knight class has made its way to Hearthstone this week with the release of the online collectible card game’s March of the Lich King expansion. Players who join battles using the new class will gain access to a new Hero Power called Ghoul Charge which, as the name suggests, will allow them to summon a Ghoul that can [...]
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Arthas won’t be marching into Hearthstone until next week, but Blizzard has already laid the groundwork for his arrival in true Blizzard style. Patch 25.0 rolled out yesterday as a pre-patch for the Warcraft-themed online CCG’s upcoming March of the Lich King expansion. The patch introduces a various card updates, new signature card cosmetics, duel changes, the Enhance-o-Mechano hero, and [...]
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Hearthstone has kicked off its second battleground season with its new, highly-criticized monetization system that makes a significant change to how players can purchase the new season pass. For Season 1, season passes could originally be bought directly using real-world money. In Season 2, however, players will first need to purchase premium currency called Runestones which they can then use [...]
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It’s time for Murloc Holmes to don his detective’s cap, grab his magnifying glass, and investigate the Murder at Castle Nathria as the eponymous Hearthstone expansion officially goes live. The expansion introduces 135 new cards to collect and battle with, the new “Location” card type, the new Infuse keyword, 10 new Legendary Suspect cards, and 1 new Iconic Investigator card [...]
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Several Hearthstone players who’ve been inactive for quite a while have reportedly received a bundle of card packs for free upon logging in to Battle.net. Some players received 150 card packs while others received just 20 free packs as a “welcome back gift” from Blizzard. The free card packs are apparently part of a marketing test being run by Blizzard. [...]
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After embarking on a journey to the depths of Azeroth’s oceans, Hearthstone players will soon be heading to the Shadowlands where a murder mystery is waiting to be solved. Murder at Castle Nathria will bring players to the afterlife where they’ll help the illustrious Murloc Holmes and his sidekick Watfin investigate the mysterious death of Sire Denathrius. “The Shadowlands is [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment has been slapped with yet another lawsuit, this time over Hearthstone’s allegedly deceitful microtransaction model. Polygon reports that the lawsuit was filed by Nathan Harris, a parent from Arizona whose child spent over $300 on the online collectible card game over the span of three years. The child reportedly bought numerous card packs using her father’s credit and [...]
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Hearthstone kicks off its first-ever Battlegrounds season and gets invaded by slithering sea serpents with the release of Patch 23.2: Rise of the Naga. The update features the addition of the Naga minion type, the new “Spellcraft” keyword, and several new heroes, including the queen of the Naga herself, Queen Azshara. Aside from getting an infusion of ocean-dwelling snake people, [...]
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Queen Azshara and her army of Naga are rising from the depths of Azeroth’s oceans and making their way to Hearthstone’s Battlegrounds Season debut. Season 1: Rise of the Naga will reset Battlegrounds rating and will come with a new hero, a new keyword, and a new minion type – the Naga. “Naga are spell-thirsty minions that are drawn to [...]
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Amazon has partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to bring Amazon Prime users a whole host of freebies for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone. Overwatch and Hearthstone players will get various in-game goodies from now until September 14th in the form of monthly loot boxes. A total of four legendary and three standard boxes are up for grabs for the popular [...]
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