Hearthstone

Hearthstone has been updated today with a patch that bring a pair of new features including the ability to import decklists that can then be shared with friends. In addition, players can now quest together during "friendly challenges". These two features are among a long list of improvements and quality of life additions.

Blizzard is celebrating 70 million Hearthstone players with a card pack giveaway. Log in starting today and you'll receive three free Journey to Un'Goro card packs. These packs come from the latest expansion to the game and will help out players who may not have purchased it earlier.

In case you missed it yesterday, Blizzard announced that HearthStone's newest expansion is now live. Journey to Un'Goro takes a prehistoric journey back in time. The expansion features 135 new cards and some interesting new mechanics.

The Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft community site has been updated with a new blog post dedicated to the release date of the latest expansion to the game, called Journey to Un'goro.

The Hearthstone Winter Championship is set to kick off next weekend in the Bahamas. From now through the start of the competition fans would be able to choose one from 16 participants and get free card packs depending on their success. Even if your chosen player doesn't get very far, you'll still win one card pack from Mean Streets of Gadgetzan simply for voting.

Blizzard is preparing Hearthstone players for the Journey to Un'Goro expansion set for release in April. As part of the expansion's lore, a character named Professor George Herbert Doyle IV will be starring in a "short-form" web series, the first episode of which debuted earlier today. It was preceded by a text-based lore article of several of the good professor's journal pages.

Blizzard has announced the next Hearthstone expansion. As rumored, it is Journey to Un'Goro, taking place in the World of Warcraft location Un'Goro Crater. In a new video, Production Director Jason Chayes and Game Director Ben Brode introduce the expansion. New content includes 135 minions and spells along with new Elemental minion type for Murlocs, Dragons, Pirates and Beasts.

One of Hearthstone's well-known voice actresses, Lani Minella, has accidentally leaked the potential name of the game's next expansion: Lost Secrets of Un'Goro, an iconic location in World of Warcraft that is packed with prehistoric creatures. Her resume reveals she voiced Golakka Crawler, Pteradactyl, Anklesaur, Hydra and Brontosaurus.

The 2017 Hearthstone Championship Tour Winter Championship is heading to the islands, the Bahamas, in fact. The top four players from each region will take part from March 23-26, 2017.

The folks at GoodGaming.com have sent over this week's slate of tournaments for Hearthstone. Both EU and NA players can take part in events that feature prize pools between $250 and $1,500. In addition, the site is featuring a guide to "RenoMage".

Hearthstone players can take note of this week's slate of tournaments for both the EU and NA regions thanks to Good Gaming. Prize pools range from $750 to $3500 and take place from today through December 10th.

The folks at Good Gaming have a new line up of Hearthstone tournaments for both European and North American tournaments this week. EU Series 5 / 6 / 7 8 / 9 are active for players with prize packages of $1000 / $6000 / $750 / $750 / $1500 respectively. NA Series 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 are available for $1000 / $750 / $3500 / $750 respectively.

Those Hearthstone players looking for a little more goblin in their lives will be happy to hear that the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan expansion will be launching this Thursday, December 1st. The expansion is already available for pre-order on the Blizzard Store. MSoG comes with 132 new cards, three new factions, a new board and much more.

Good Gaming has a trio of Hearthstone tournaments taking place this week. North American participants can take place in Series 2 for a $1000 prize pool or in Series 4 for $2500. European players have a chance at $750 in Series 4.

Our friends over at Good-Gaming.com have a neat new guide for those interested in trying out the "Ramp Druid" Archetype in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. The guide gives tips on building the perfect Ramp Druid deck, including which core cards are needed, what tech choices make the most sense, several variants to spice things up and some handy strategy tips.