Our latest coverage of Hearthstone.
Blizzard announced late last night that Hearthstone's next adventure will be called One Night In Karazhan. The story of this adventure is that you're invited to a party at "Azeroth’s most terrific tower—Karazhan" as a guest of the wizard Medivh. The adventure will introduce new cards, a new board, new class challenges, and more, most of the details of which [...]
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Don't think you can make it to BlizzCon 2016? Blizzard has you covered with the BlizzCon 2016 Virtual Ticket and Goody Bag, both of which were announced yesterday. The Virtual Ticket, which costs $39.99, entitles you to livestreams of the event. "On-demand replays" will be available "for at least three weeks after the show." Various in-game items for "World of [...]
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Blizzard announced today via press release that it has teamed up with Facebook to bring Facebook login integration to its games, as well as use "Facebook’s Live API in order to create its own 'Go Live' streaming functionality for its games." The new set of features resulting from the partnership will be available in the following titles: Diablo III, Hearthstone, [...]
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Today was a good day for Activision Blizzard shareholders (ticker ATVI) as the company reported $1.46 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 (vs $1.28 billion in the same quarter last year). These numbers handedly beat expectations and the company's stock soared over 6%, making the company worth a bit over $27 billion. Aside from posting stellar revenue [...]
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Popular Hearthstone streamer Massan has been under a lot of scrutiny from the Hearthstone community in the past year. Many streamers believe he has been using viewbots to bring in viewers to his stream. A few detailed posts on the Hearthstone subreddit have come out over the last year providing evidence that there is a good chance that he at [...]
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Blizzard has announced that, right in time for the Whispers of the Old Gods expansion, Hearthstone has broken the 50 million registered players milestone. The announcement does not specify how many of these users are active, but 50 million have registered for the game. Given the way that Blizzard's account system works, I am assuming that all "registered players" have [...]
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Hearthstone's Whispers of the Old Gods expansion went live yesterday, bringing with it 134 new cards. Among those cards are the Old Gods: "C’Thun, N’Zoth, Yogg-Saron, and Y’Shaarj." Familiar faces are now "corrupted" and the expansion is said to "[turn] everything players know about Hearthstone inside out." Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime had the following to say about the release. "Whispers [...]
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In an effort to ensure that "Hearthstone is always as dynamic, fresh, and fun as it can be," Blizzard has announced a new round of nerfs to existing cards. The cards nerfed come from the Basic and Classic sets because "those sets will form the foundation of both formats for years to come." Perhaps the strongest reactions are to the [...]
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As of today's patch, Hearthstone players can now pre-purchase Whispers of the Old Gods' 50 booster packs for $49.99 bundle. They will not be able to open any of the packs until the expansion releases sometime before May 31st. However, they will be able to access their exclusive card back upon purchase. The way that deck slots are unlocked has [...]
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Blizzard announced today that Hearthstone's latest expansion is Whispers of the Old Gods. The expansion will bring 134 new cards to the game, including the Old Gods "C’Thun, N’Zoth, Yogg-Saron, and Y’Shaarj." The new cards—some of which are familiar cards that have been given an overhaul—promise to "give your decks new and bizarre forms." C'Thun will have a set of [...]
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