Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, ‘The Boomsday Project’ expansion

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity awaits the intrepid scientists, engineers, and . . . test subjects of Azeroth in The Boomsday Project ™, the next expansion for Hearthstone®, Blizzard Entertainment’s smash-hit digital card game. On August 7, the infamous Dr. Boom’s delightfully irresponsible experiments will be unleashed upon players in the form of 135 new cards and a slew of mischievous new gameplay mechanics.… Read the rest

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, ‘Global Games voting’ now live

The Hearthstone Global Games are nearly upon us, and we’re calling on card-slingers from around the world to vote for the players they’d like to represent their homeland.

We’ve narrowed down the field of viable competitors to the nine highest Hearthstone Competitive Point earners in each eligible nation. The top point earner per country has been locked in as the team Anchor, but it’s up to esports fans to decide the remaining three players to form their national team.

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Hearthstone Collegiate Championships Varsity Division

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More gamers are going to college every year, and schools that invest in esports are seeing results. Tespa is leading the charge toward making esports more integral to the student experience. It’s a lofty goal—and to get there, Tespa is collaborating with colleges and universities everywhere to bring gaming into the spotlight of varsity competition.… Read the rest

Hearthside Chat with Dave Kosak: Monster Hunt

Daxxarri – Hearthside Chat: Monster Hunt

Start stocking up on vials of holy water and cannonballs, because The Witchwood’s free, single-player missions, the Monster Hunt, goes live on April 26 at 10:00 a.m. PDT!

Join Lead Mission Designer Dave Kosak, along with Mission Designers Paul Nguyen and Giovanni Scarpati, for a Hearthside Chat that will equip you with everything you need to know for a successful Monster Hunt!… Read the rest

Hearthstone Global Games 2018

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Everyone, get in here—because we’ll soon be going to the polls to decide the teams for the 2018 Hearthstone Global Games (HGG)! Until then, though, here’s a rundown of the full program.

Voting Criteria

Team eligibility this year will be determined by Season 1 Hearthstone Competitive Points (CP). A country or region’s top point earner will automatically be the team anchor unless they decline.

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HCT in the Paese Del Sol—Italy

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Pack your bags and sunglasses—the Hearthstone Championship Tour’s next stop is in the Paese Del Sole! Literally translated as “land of the sun”, HCT Italy Powered By Zotac is the first Hearthstone tour stop in the country’s history. The event will take place July 6 to 8, 2018 at the PALA2A in Varese, home of the city’s basketball team.

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HCT 2018 Season 1’s Point Leaders

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Season 1 of the 2018 Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) now has its final Competitive Point (CP) standings, and it paints an interesting picture of the year to come as the chase for placement in the Hearthstone Masters System continues.

If CP earnings are any indication, Europe is the region to watch as we begin the Year of the Raven.… Read the rest

Hearthstone’s latest expansion, Witchwood’s spooky new Echo keyword

Hearthstone Lead Initial Designer Peter Whalen went into detail on the spooky new Echo keyword coming in Hearthstone’s latest expansion, The Witchwood. Cards with the Echo keyword can be played again and again on the same turn, as long as you have the mana.

One of the main goals of Echo is for the keyword to be useful both early and late game so players have the freedom to decide the best time to play their cards: should they play their Echo card as soon as they have the mana or hold off until they can play the card multiple times in one turn for an even bigger effect?… Read the rest

Hearthstone World Champion’s Stomping Grounds at HCT Taipei

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The Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) is on the move once again! This time, it lands in Taipei—hometown of 2017’s HCT World Champion, Chen “tom60229” Wei Lin.

This online-to-offline tour stop will have four online qualifiers, from which 16 finalists will emerge. They will move on to compete at HCT Taipei, held in the Blizzard Arena Taipei on April 27 and 29.… Read the rest

Hearthstone, Two new decks coming to the upcoming Witchwood expansion

Hearthstone Lead Designer Dean Ayala went into detail on two new kinds of decks coming to Hearthstone in the latest expansion, The Witchwood: Even- and Odd-cost decks.

Two new neutral Legendary cards enable players to fully embrace the Even- and Odd-cost mechanic: Baku the Mooneater and Genn Greymane.

  • Baku the Mooneater asks players to build a deck with only odd-cost cards and rewards them by upgrading their starting hero power to make it more powerful.

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