Hearthstone news and interesting facts

Marcin Przala, 18 January 2023, 13:39

Blizzard's recent attempts to reach an agreement with China's NetEase have failed, resulting in the American giant abandoning the country's gaming market as early as January. With one small exception.

Jakub Tarchala, 24 August 2022, 14:09

Blizzard has done it again. After announcing monetization in Diablo IV and Diablo Immortal, the gaming giant plans to make Hearthstone a pay-to-win game.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 20 May 2022, 12:45

Blizzard has decided to nerf a very valuable card in Hearthstone. This time, however, there was no controversy thanks to the company's quick response.

Krzysztof Kaluzinski, 05 March 2022, 13:53

After more than 3 years Ben Lee decided to leave the team responsible for the development of Hearthstone. The producer will work on a new mysterious project from Blizzard.

GRG, 01 September 2021, 09:37

We've learned the details of the new Mercenaries mode in Hearthstone and seen an extensive gameplay footage.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 20 February 2021, 15:34

Hearthstone is entering the Year of the Gryphon with a lot of changes. Blizzard's card game will add the Forged in the Barrens expansion, a new game mode, and hundreds of cards.

Adrian Werner, 01 November 2020, 17:16

Activision Blizzard's report states that 10 million people still play Overwatch every month. Moreover, the popularity of the card game Hearthstone is growing.

Adrian Werner, 22 September 2020, 11:03

Blizzard Entertainment has announced BlizzOnline, a virtual event to replace the BlizzCon.

Bart Swiatek, 15 July 2020, 12:36

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that card game Hearthstone will ger a new expansion, titled Scholomance Academy in August. The DLC will introduce 135 new cards and several mechanics.

Bart Swiatek, 03 July 2020, 11:58

Byron „Reckful” Bernstein - one of the best known World of Warcraft streamer - committed suicide yesterday. Reckful has been struggling with depression for years. The WoW community paid tribute to the deceased by organizing memorials inside the game.

Jacob Blazewicz, 17 March 2020, 22:49

Blizzard revealed the attractions of the Year of the Phoenix in Hearthstone. This includes the announcement of the Ashes of Outland expansion with Illidan Stormrage and a new hero class, but also a free deck for new and returning players, as well as changes in ranked mode.

Konrad Serafinski, 28 January 2020, 12:11

One of the creators of Hearthstone revealed to PowerUp that the developers were working on a VR version of the game. In the end, the project was discontinued, but an interesting prototype has been created.

Adrian Werner, 13 November 2019, 10:48

The open beta of Hearthstone Battlegrounds, the new Auto Chess-like gameplay mode in the popular card game from Blizzard Entertainment, has just begun.

Paul Wozniak, 01 November 2019, 20:40

A new expansion for Hearthstone has been announced, called Descent of Dragons. As you can guess, most of the cards will revolve around dragons and related mechanics. The game will also include the a new mode modelled on the genre of auto chess (auto battlers).

Frozen, 30 October 2019, 21:39

Punishing a player for supporting protests in Hong Kong turned out to be a blow not only to the image but also to the financial position of Blizzard. Two days after the event, Mitsubishi Motors resigned from sponsoring the Hearthstone tournament.

Bart Swiatek, 29 October 2019, 14:09

In recent months, three experienced developers - Dustin Browder, Eric Dodds and Jayson Chayes - have left Blizzard Entertainment. In the past, these artists have played important roles in projects such as StarCraft 2, Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone.

Jacob Blazewicz, 29 October 2019, 13:24

Blizzard has announced another attraction of this year's BlizzCon. The company treated us with a short trailer preparing us for the announcement of a new expansion to Hearthstone, which will crown the Year of the Dragon story campaign.

Julia Dragovic, 17 October 2019, 12:54

After the AU Hearthstone team supported Hong Kong protests in an official stream stream, Blizzard decided to impose a six-month suspension penalty on the players.

Konrad Serafinski, 13 October 2019, 19:58

The end of the tension between Blizzard and Blitzchung. The player posted a personal statement on Twitter in which he admitted that he understands his error and thanked the company for the reduction of his suspension and returning of his prize.

Konrad Serafinski, 12 October 2019, 21:42

It's been a nightmare week for Blizzard. The company banned a tournament winner, prevented user account deletion, to mention just a few mishaps. J. Allen Brack, company's CEO decided to speak. In a long press release, he announced that he would reduce the penalty for Blitzchung and pay him his tournament prize.

Julia Dragovic, 08 October 2019, 16:38

Chung „blitzchung” Ng Wai supported the protests in Hong Kong in a recent in an interview after winning Hearthstone Grandmasters. Blizzard quickly removed Twitch streams and imposed severe penalties on the gamer - including a one-year suspension.

Paul Wozniak, 16 September 2019, 16:24

During one of Hearthstone's biggest tournaments the German player Linh „Seiko” Nguyen took part in the qualification for a tournament in Auto Chess. Playing two matches at the same time contributed to his defeat at Hearthstone Grandmasters.

Adrian Werner, 22 March 2019, 22:04

Thanks to SuperData company we learned the results of the digital video game market for the past month. Apex Legends made the best debut in the history of free-to-play games, and Anthem earned over $100 million.

Jacob Blazewicz, 02 March 2019, 18:01

Blizzard revealed a roadmap for Hearthstone. The Year of the Dragon will introduce e.g. a large new Adventure and three expansions. At the same time, nine cards will be added to the Hall of Fame.

Milosz Szubert, 23 November 2018, 15:28

Blizzard has unveiled one of the new cards from the upcoming Rastakhan's Rumble expansion. It refers to the infamous Corrupted Blood plague that hit World of Warcraft in September 2005.

luckie, 29 November 2016, 12:37

Blizzard Entertainment announced a release date for Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, the next expansion for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. This one is coming out on December 1.