It may come as a somewhat shocking realization to players who have stuck with the game from the very beginning, but in 2020, Hearthstone will celebrate its sixth birthday. Blizzard's landscape-breakin
Towards the end of the year, the lists come out. What were the best songs of the year? Which sports moment defined the past twelve months? Which was the best game released? But 2019 offered something
Crossover events are quite a common thing in video games nowadays. Mario and Sonic battle it out in their Olympics games every four years, Jump Force unites some of anime's most well-known characters,
The following was sent to Inven Global as a press release. HARRISBURG, Pa. – (December 20, 2019) The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Esports Association (PIEA) announced its official launch today,
On Wednesday afternoon, the Hearthstone development team released a blog post detailing their most recent round of nerfs to their collectible card game and auto-chess game mode, Battlegrounds. With the Descent of Dragons expansion launching a little more than a week ago, this round of nerfs is the fastest to come after a card set was introduced in the game's history. As "Shamanstone" has returned as a meme within the community due to the class's higher-than-average power-level, the development team moved quickly to even out the playing field prior to members of the company taking a holiday break in the upcoming days. While there are numerous cards in the current meta that individuals suspected would be targeted in this round of balance changes, three Shaman cards and one neutral power-house were hit.
Hearthstone's latest expansion, Descent of Dragons, has only been out for 24 hours but that hasn't stopped high-level players from dissecting the ever-changing meta and creating decks to wreak havoc on the ladder with. As all nine classes received new tools at their disposal, forging 30 card decks can be overwhelming shortly after an expansion goes live. Not to worry though, we have gathered some of the most popular and powerful decks from across the internet and compiled them below for novices or experienced players who want to try something new but aren't sure where to start.
Ever since Blizzard Entertainment released their take on the next great thing in gaming, auto-chess, it's all the Hearthstone community is talking about. When Battlegrounds went live in the Hearthstone client back in the middle of November, a switch was flipped. Content creators, professional players, and viewers flocked to the game mode in droves. In the weeks since, that remains true. At this point, one may forget that Hearthstone is a digital card game opposed to an auto-chess giant. Or is it now both?
As the final Hearthstone expansion of the year is set to be released next Tuesday, the development team surprised players one more time on Thursday afternoon with a special announcement via a company blog post. A little more than two weeks after the Hearthstone Battlegrounds team implemented four new heroes into the game mode, they're back at it again with three more. Joining the pool of selectable characters are Sylvanas Windrunner, Edwin Vancleef and Arch-Villain Rafaam. Additionally, Millificent Manastorm and Lich Baz'hial are returning after a brief absence. To keep the number of heroes at 24, Patches the Pirate, Bartendotron, Pyramad, Professor Putricide, and Trade Prince Gallywix are rotating out for the time being.
With all eyes in the Hearthstone community focused on the Descent of Dragons expansion launching on Tuesday, December 10, the development team shared a blog post Thursday afternoon detailing additional content coming next week as well. A small bit of news is the announcement of the final Year of the Dragon solo adventure, Galakrond's Awakening, which is coming out in January and will allow players to collect 35 new cards. According to Blizzard, more information will be coming in the near future.
Blowtorch Saboteur Class: Common Rarity: Epic Type: Minion Mana: 3 Stats: 3/4 Battlecry: Your opponent's next Hero Power costs (3) Inven's exclusive card reveal for Hearthstone: Descent of Dragons is
'Tis the season in Hearthstone! On Tuesday afternoon, Blizzard Entertainment announced the return of their Winter Veil seasonal event for Hearthstone. Set to kick off on Wednesday, December 11 (the day after the upcoming expansion, Descent of Dragons goes live), players will be rewarded with a free Winter Veil Treat Card Back just for logging in during the three-week-long event (ends the 31st).
With the (almost) full League of Explorers added to Blizzard Entertainment's auto-chess game mode, Hearthstone Battlegrounds, in a recent patch, it only makes sense that one of their most notorious villains joins them. In a recent stream, Mike Donais, the Principal Game Designer on Hearthstone, confirmed that Arch-Thief Rafaam will be coming in a patch coming on Thursday, December 5.
With a little more than two weeks until Hearthstone's final expansion of 2019 (Descent of Dragons) is released, Blizzard Entertainment has begun revealing some of the 135 cards that players will be able to play with on December 10. On Monday morning, the team released a video showcasing a few new cards with Senior Game Designer, Chadd Nervig, as an on-site reporter.
On Friday morning, Jeremy "Disguised Toast" Wang, one of the largest content creators in the world, announced that he has signed an exclusive agreement to stream on Facebook Gaming for the near future. Wang, who has millions of followers across his numerous social media and streaming platforms, will make his debut later in the day at 12 p.m. PDT on his official channel, according to a statement from his agency.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Hearthstone development team shared a blog post about what's coming in their auto-chess mode called Battlegrounds. Within the post, four new heroes (which were recently revealed via data miners) were confirmed and the four heroes they would be replacing were made public. Additional design decisions were brought to light as well.
On Tuesday evening, data miners revealed that inside Hearthstone's most recent patch (15.6.2.36393) were four upcoming heroes for the game's auto-chess game mode, Hearthstone Battlegrounds. While the information can change at any time with if new patch ships, the League of Explorers will become selectable characters when players first fire up a game of Battlegrounds. All of them except maybe their most famous member that is. The following custom art images are from Hearthstone Top Decks to visualize what players may experience.
Situated on an idyllic campus setting, offering over 100-degree programs, Robert Morris University-Pittsburgh, has recently entered the ranks of varsity and club esports. And, in doing so, it sought out an individual to not only coach, but one with the insight and acumen to interweave esports into the overall university mission. They found that individual in Richard Zapp.
Although the game has only been out for one week, Activision Blizzard's development team is making sure that Hearthstone Battlegrounds is getting the respect it deserves. On Monday afternoon, a member of the Hearthstone community team shared the game's first patch notes since the mode went into Early Access last week. With numerous balance changes, game fixes, and updates taking place, Blizzard is working to ensure that Battlegrounds isn't a flash in the pan. The following changes are currently live on the PC version of the game while the mobile version will be updated over the next few hours.
Jeff Kaplan, top Overwatch developer for Blizzard, said that blitzchung's suspension should be "reduced more eliminated" in an interview with the Washington Post.
Activision Blizzard's take on the popular auto-chess genre, Hearthstone Battlegrounds, has only been live via early access for three days but that hasn't stopped the game's community from debating over what (or who) is best. With 24 different heroes to choose from, all of which have a unique hero power that is intended to keep gameplay fresh, there are bound to be some that are better than others at any given time depending on the meta.
