In somewhat surprising news, Johanna Faries has been appointed as the head of Blizzard Entertainment. Faries is mostly known for her work at Activision, where she was most recently the chief of the Call of Duty franchise.
]]>Hearthstone has just got its next expansion revealed at Blizzcon. Titled 'Showdown in the Badlands', it's a wild west themed set, in which players can mess around with a variety of new cards based on the beloved World of Warcraft zone. You can watch the trailer for yourself below!
]]>BlizzCon 2023 kicked off yesterday and you can watch Day 2 right here.
]]>BlizzCon 2023 takes place in November, and ahead of the event, the studio is offering folks two paid bundles featuring in-game goodies to celebrate; however, many players of Blizzard games are unhappy with the purchase prices.
]]>Activision Blizzard has quietly laid off several staff from its Hearthstone team, in what the company has called "organizational changes". This has left former staff - one of which was close to 20 years at the company - looking for work.
]]>Following their split earlier this year, NetEase is reportedly suing Blizzard over the refunds for games no longer available in China.
]]>Blizzard Entertainment has announced it will suspend most Blizzard game services in mainland China due to the expiration of the current licensing agreements with NetEase.
]]>Gaming is a pricey hobby, but not every game comes with an up-front cost — and indeed, the best free-to-play games never require you to spend a single penny of your own cash in order to enjoy them to the fullest.
]]>Hearthstone Battlegrounds - the auto battler mini-game nestled inside the popular Warcraft card game - has gotten a sizable new feature that is sure to shake up the meta. Buddies are unique companions, with each hero having their own dedicated helped to turn the tides and play into their strengths.
]]>Hearthstone Mercenaries is a new minion-focused gamemode where you create parties of powerful characters to collect procedurally-generated bounties in PvE and battle other players’ mercenary gangs in PvP.
]]>Blizzard has issued an update to its Battle.net launcher that lets you add friends from around the world — though its own games will still be region-locked.
]]>In Activision Blizzard's financial report last night, it was revealed that Blizzard’s revenue grew 7% year-over-year (yoy), but that player numbers were down.
]]>A new Hearthstone expansion is on the way, and it's called Forged in the Barrens, and it will be the first released for what's being called the Year of the Gryphon.
]]>If you were a fan of the original Hearthstone experience – how the game looked and felt at launch – you're going to love Blizzard's plans for the coming year.
]]>What to expect from the digital event has been posted.
]]>Sounds like the usual mix of game updates, Q&As and community goodness, without being packed into a convention centre.
]]>Recent changes to Blizzard's World of Warcraft-themed card game have left some users unhappy.
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]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>Hearthstone’s Ashes of Outland was announced during the game’s 2020 Showcase. Here’s what you need to know.
]]>What would a virtual reality version of Hearthstone look like?
]]>Galakrond’s Awakening, a new story-driven experience for Hearthstone, kicks off in a couple of weeks and brings with it 24 new encounters and 35 new cards.
]]>During BlizzCon we got chance to sit down with some of the key Hearthstone team and chat about some of the cards coming to Descent of Dragons, the game’s upcoming expansion.
]]>After a fun start to the game mode, Hearthstone: Battlegrounds has received its first major meta shake-up with a batch of new heroes.
]]>Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan was "relieved" when the company reduced Chung 'Blitzchung' Ng Wai's suspension and returned his prize money.
]]>Yesterday, Hearthstone Liooon, real name Xiaomeng Li, became the first woman to win a BlizzCon title after defeating Brian "bloodyface" Eason 3-0 in a best-of-five series at the 2019 Global Finals.
]]>A recent Q&A session at BlizzCon 2019 was interrupted by a gutsy kid shouting free Hong Kong.
]]>The next Hearthstone expansion, called Descent of Dragons, will arrive on December 10.
]]>Blizzard's J.Allen Brack apologized during BlizzCon 2019 regarding its decision to temporary ban Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai during the Hearthstone Grandmasters.
]]>BlizzCon 2019 kicked off today and you can re-watch the opening ceremony right here.
]]>Notable gaps in Blizzcon's timetable suggest some major announcements could be preparing to drop.
]]>It doesn't look like a pro Magic: The Gathering Arena championship player will face reprisal for pro-Hong Kong protests.
]]>United States politicians are now weighing in on Blizzard's recent ban against a professional Hearthstone player who spoke out in favour of the Hong Kong protests.
]]>Blizzard is continuing its suspensions against professional gamers who speak out in favour of the Hong Kong protests.
]]>Blizzard announced overnight it will give Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai back his prize money and his suspension will be shortened.
]]>A core member of the Hearthstone Grandmaster casting team is stepping away from future events.
]]>In the wake of Blizzard's recent Hong Kong incident, Epic Games is now saying it won't do the same.
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]]>Employees of Blizzard are protesting their bosses following the contentious decision to remove Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai from the Hearthstone Grandmasters and rescind prize money.
]]>The professional Hearthstone player who recently spoke out in support of the Hong Kong protests has been removed from Hearthstone Grandmasters.
]]>Hearthstone Grandmaster Linh "Seiko" Nguyen lost while trying to juggle two games at once.
]]>Hearthstone's Saviors of Uldum expansion is getting a new solo campaign on September 17.
]]>What's coming next in Hearthstone.
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]]>The next Hearthstone expansion is called Rise of Shadows and is released today. Blimey!
]]>Five bad guys from previous Hearthstone decks are back in the next expansion, Rise of Shadows.
]]>Second Dinner, the studio recently founded by former Hearthstone leads, has revealed its first project.
]]>Hearthstone's next expansion is out now, and the new set is thematically built around the popular troll tribe that's also been a big part of WOW's recent Battle for Azeroth expansion.
]]>Blizzard will host a Hearthstone livestream today showing off some of the new cards coming to the Rastakhan’s Rumble expansion.
]]>Hearthstone: Rastakhan’s Rumble will be released next month and it comes with 135 new cards and new mechanics.
]]>BlizzCon 2018 kicks off in a few hours and the leaks have already started. This one is for the next Hearthstone expansion.
]]>The 12th BlizzCon show is underway this weekend, and it all kicks off today.
]]>Blizzard posted the BlizzCon 2018 schedule overnight, and it appears some sort of Diablo announcement is planned.
]]>Activision Blizzard thinks Hearthstone has already proved the effectiveness of cross-play, but integrating other games will take some time.
]]>With a sharp rise in popularity over the last few years, leading to both streamed and televised events, it wasn't unreasonable to consider for a moment whether esports would finally be included in one of the world's top competitive events: the Olympics.
]]>The Boomsday Project is Hearthstone's thirteenth expansion if you include all of the Adventures released for the game, and it's a card set that turns once more to the kind of Mech-fuelled mayhem that powered 2014's Goblins vs Gnomes expansion.
]]>The Boomsday Project is the next expansion for Hearthstone and it comes with 135 new cards and "mischievous" game mechanics.
]]>After working at Blizzard for 15 years, Hearthstone's Ben Brode is leaving to start a new company.
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]]>A new expansion will go live in Hearthstone this month, and the game's eighth card set goes by the name of The Witchwood.
]]>Blizzard has confirmed that it's not working on a Nintendo Switch version of Hearthstone.
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]]>Apple has updated its App Store review guidelines to include a subsection telling developers to disclose the odds of getting different types of in-game items from loot boxes in their games.
]]>Well hello there, Temporus.
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]]>Hearthstone players can collect 135 new cards when the next expansion, Kobolds & Catacombs, releases in December.
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]]>BlizzCon 2017 starts today, and you can watch the opening ceremony right here along with us. Wow. Has it been a year already?
]]>Blizzard will soon open an eSports arena in Los Angeles.
]]>Soon, Twitch users will be able to filter Overwatch streams by hero and Hearthstone streams by Hero class and Game Mode. Soon as in today.
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]]>You won't be able to play Blizzard games on Windows XP, and Vista starting this October.
]]>Knights of the Frozen Throne is the next expansion for Hearthstone. The new expansion takes the fight to Northrend this August.
]]>Including the single-player adventures!
]]>In China, Hearthstone players must now purchase Arcane Dust to earn "free" card packs.
]]>Hearthstone changes suggest Blizzard is taking a company-wide look at RNG-based rewards.
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]]>Hearthstone has hit a nice big player milestone, so everyone gets a little present.
]]>Blizzard authentication servers are suffering from an issue that's affecting all of the company's games.
]]>Blizzard has continued to slowly distancing itself from Battle.net branding over the last few months, and the transition has now been applied to the game launcher with the latest update.
]]>This week's Tavern Brawl in Hearthstone is a bit more exciting for those looking forward to the Journey to Un’Goro expansion.
]]>The next Hearthstone expansion has been announced, and it's called Journey to Un’Goro.
]]>The first Hearthstone expansion for 2017 is on the horizon, and there will be three total released this year.
]]>Some tweaks are coming to Hearthstone in the near future, which will both put a floor on how far down the rankings you can drop and nerf two cards that are being overused in the meta.
]]>Voice actress' resume leaks Lost Secrets of Un'Goro as Hearthstone's next DLC.
]]>All of Blizzard's games will be offline for three hours tomorrow.
]]>The most watched games on Twitch last year didn't involve many new releases.
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]]>Hearthstone: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan players can look forward to compensation for disappointing packs.
]]>You won't be waiting long to play Hearthstone's next expansion.
]]>Hearthstone's game designer and senior producer talk changes to Arena.
]]>Miss any of our BlizzCon 2016 coverage over the weekend? No need to fret. We've rounded up the important bits below.
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]]>Players of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft will venture to the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan.
]]>BlizzCon 2016 kicks off today, and you can watch the opening ceremony right here.
]]>It looks as though Hearthstone's next content update is Gadgetzan and goblin related, going by various Blizzard teases.
]]>The latest Hearthstone update is live, and it not only contains balance changes to several cards, but it fixes several bugs and applies changes to certain Murlocs. Read on for the full patch notes.
]]>Hearthstone has a new paid mode that sounds a little bit like gambling against stacked odds.
]]>Blizzard considers this one card nerf the most controversial change it's ever made to Hearthstone.
]]>If you attend Blizzcon this year, either in-person or remotely with a Virtual Ticket, you'll receive some neat digital extras for numerous Blizzard games.
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