Latest Hearthstone News

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.

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft News - Hearthstone's "Oktoberbrawl" has officially kicked off. Participants on each of the two teams will be gifted ten Classic card packs as well as a Welcome Bundle. In addition, every Monday through October 10th, players on both teams will be gifted another ten packs from two different expansions and one team member will be given a second pack award "based on a percentage of total wins earned in Ranked Play by players using their team's card back".

Blizzard has swung the Hearthstone nerf bat on five different cards leading to some serious changes coming in the next update. Three of the cards come out of the Basic class card group and include Hex, FIery War Axe and Innervate. "[T]oo many Basic and Classic cards in individual decks means less fun when new expansions are released", developers wrote in a blog on the official site. "We would rather make balance adjustments to them instead of moving them to the Hall of Fame."

The Hearthstone video from today's Gamescom presentation is a cute reminder that there's always someone lurking around a tavern ready for a spirited game of cards. Everyone's got a story too. You'll see some of your favorite characters from Warcraft sprinkled throughout. It's a fun look!

The second set of missions for Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne has been released. These missions will send players to Icecrown Citadel itself to the Upper Reaches. They'll face off against three new bosses and earn a card pack for completing the missions.

VentureBeat has a great new video starring none other than everyone's favorite Lich King, Arthas Menethil. In the video, LK reads his fan messages as only he can.

That goofball Arthas the Lich King is back at it in a wacky new video where he's taking his new internship at Blizzard HQ quite seriously. See what goofy hijinks he's pulling on our favorite Hearthstone developers as you prepare for tomorrow's launch of Knights of the Frozen Throne.