Hearthstone. The most important games of the decade
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Release date: 2014
Genre: card game
Platforms: PC Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
What kind of game is this?
World of Warcraft in card game form. Free, but with micropayments. Hearthstone's creators hit the jackpot with rules, visual presentation, cross-play between platforms - all these features have made the game suitable for e-sport providing it with huge success. The game maintains regular support from Blizzard developers in the form of patches and expansions, which – as boldly announced – could last up to twenty years. To date, this card has gained a player base of over 100 million.
What do we owe to Hearthstone?
Hearthstone's success was thanks mainly to a boom for card games. Many game universes have wanted to have their own decks with heroes – with varying results. For example, Valve studio with its Artifact learned that in a painful way, and Witcher's Gwent can only dream of Hearthstone popularity. On the other hand, quite original productions have also appeared, such as Kards, a card game set in the realities of World War II rather than a fantasy setting. Hearthstone was a game that blazed Blizzard's trail in the free-to-play formula. A year after the premiere, Heroes of the Storm MOBA was released, and in 2017, StarCraft 2 was released on the F2P model.
What games have emerged thanks to Hearthstone?
- Gwent;
- The Elder Scrolls Legends;
- Legends of Runeterra;
- Artifact ^^;
- and many other card games.