Latest Hearthstone News

If you've been looking forward to the next Hearthstone expansion, you'll be happy to hear that the wait is nearly over. On Tuesday, December 7th, the Kobolds & Catacombs expansion will launch with 135 new cards, new card types, a new Legendary Weapon for each class and the free single-player mode called Dungeon Runs.

In the latest Hearthstone chat, Mission Designer Dave Kosak speaks about the process to develop the upcoming free Dungeon Run portion of the Kobolds and Catacombs expansion. Dungeon Run brings rogue-like elements into the game where players will take on deadly battles to score epic (and phat!) lewt.

Starting on November 14th, Death Knight Hero cards will no longer be able to be drafted during Arena game play in HearthStone. Blizzard feels that the permanent Hero Power upgrades are hard to counter when present in the Arena, even if fun to be overpowered.

At BlizzCon we sat down with Dean Ayala, Game Designer, and Becca Abel to talk about the next big expansion coming to Hearthstone. The game had some of the best announcements at BlizzCon with Kobolds & Catacombs announced as a rogue-like single player experience (and over 100 new cards to boot). Hearthstone remains one of the best card games out there, but changes coming look to bring a lot of the community back to the game who might have taken time off in recent months.

Earlier today, Blizzard's Hearthstone team spent time outlining the game's next expansion and what players can expect. Information was provided about Legendary Weapons, Unidentified Items, Spellstones, new cards and free Legendary Cards.

Hearthstone players will be able to get in on some Hallow's End action starting October 24th. During the first week, just logging in will earn you a free Whispers of the Old Gods card pack and an Arena Ticket. Week two nets you a Knights of the Frozen Throne card pack and another Arena Ticket. In addition, you can take part in a brand new "dual class Arena mode" where you choose a Hero and a Hero Power from another class and combine them. Heroes will be in costume too.

Hearthstone's Josh Durica took part in a recent live stream event to lay out the details about forthcoming mechanics changes heading into the game later this month. The goal is, he said, to make Hearthstone "strategically deep: a game of careful choices, calculated risks and exciting events".

Nemsy Necrofizzle is a new alternate Hearthstone Warlock Hero that can be claimed for free by players taking part in a Fireside Brawl during a Gathering. The event to claim Nemsy begins on October 17th. Fireside Gatherings are public events during which players can "Brawl" in a Tag Team event (mini 3v3). Anyone can host a Hallow's End Fireside Gathering by visiting the Hearthstone site and setting one up on the specially dedicated page.

From now until 12:00 am Pacific / 3:00 am Eastern, Hearthstone players who log in will be rewarded for doing so with a treasure chest filled to the brim with 100 gold. Best hurry, ye scurvy dogs, before yer time runs out. YARR!

Hearthstone was recently updated to v9.1 with a number of big changes to some older cards and much more. Davrim Gaming takes a look at those changes and offers thoughts on the way to a review of what's changed in the game.