Our latest coverage of Hearthstone.
Blizzard is determined to keep the hype train rolling for their Hearthstone Journey to Un’Goro expansion with the debut of their comical web series, Wonders of Un’Goro. In the video, Professor George H. Doyle IV begins his journey to Un’Goro crater encountering one mishap after another. Professor Doyle is played by Danny Pudi who is best known for his role [...]
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Ever heard a game developer rap, or seen one for that matter? Hearthstone Game Director Ben Brode surprised fans of the game with an epic Un’goro rap on YouTube. The YouTube video, which now has nearly half a million views, was in response to a fan petition on Reddit for him to sing a song in exchange for the lack [...]
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Hearthstone's next expansion has been officially announced and will send players to the heart of Un'Goro—my favorite Vanilla zone. It will become available sometime in early April. Pack your journal and a trusty quill, because there’s more to the inhabitants of Un’Goro than meets the eye—135 all-new minions, spells, and more await you in Hearthstone’s newest expansion. There's a new [...]
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Hearthstone has left the Year of the Kraken and is headed into the Year of the Mammoth. Soon, the first expansion of 2017 will be released and previous expansions "Blackrock Mountain, The Grand Tournament, and League of Explorers" will all have their cards relegated to Wild format. Several cards will also be moving to the Hall of Fame set. They [...]
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Latest data from Superdataresearch shows that the digital collectible card game market is set to generate $1.4B in revenue in 2017. Of the entire collectible card game market (including physical CCGs), digital CCGs made up 61% of the market. Hearthstone led the pack in 2016 with worldwide earnings of $395M and Shadowverse trailed at #2 and surprised everyone with $100M [...]
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In a silent move, Blizzard has stripped the subtitle "Heroes Of Warcraft" from Hearthstone. It's not the first name Blizzard has parted ways with. Back in September the company announced Battle.net was being sent to a retirement home. Blizzard seems to be in the midst of rebranding: simplifying their IPs. To solidify the change Blizzard even asked the admins at [...]
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Hamilton Chu unveiled the latest expansion to Hearthstone today at Blizzcon called "Mean Streets of Gadgetzan". As the name of the expansion implies, many of the new cards are themed around Gadgetzan, the bustling goblin town of trade and commerce. Aside from a slew of cards, a new mechanic is being introduced this expansion called tri-class cards. Certain cards across the 3 [...]
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Newzoo has released a new report detailing the "Most Played Core PC Games in September" and there are a few interesting notes included. While it hasn't knocked League of Legends out of its #1 most played spot, the release of Legion saw World of Warcraft shoot up three ranks, knocking Minecraft, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Hearthstone down one place each. While [...]
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Barely breaking a sweat during your free weekly Tavern Brawl sessions on Hearthstone? Well, things are about to get a lot more challenging as Blizzard Entertainment introduces the new Heroic Tavern Brawl mode. In a recent dev update, Blizzard announced its plans to replace a regular Tavern Brawl week with a one-week stint of the new mode. The Heroic Tavern [...]
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Do you regret naming yourself "xX_Reaper432_Xx" the moment Overwatch came out? Maybe you've decided that you like playing as McCree more or perhaps you've just run into one too many other Reapers and it's hard to tell when someone's talking to you. In the past, you would have been stuck with that name for all eternity, wondering why you ever [...]
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