Hearthstone is a turn-based card game. The player has an opponent and they both have a thirty-card deck and a selected hero with a unique power. Using mana points, casting spells, the aim is to bring the enemy’s life to zero. By winning the player receives either new cards, in-game gold or other prizes. The game features several modes of play, including casual and ranked matches, as well as daily quests and weekly challenges to help earn more gold and cards. New content for the game involves the addition of new card sets and gameplay, taking the form of either expansion packs or single-player adventures that reward the player with collectible cards upon completion.
Blizzard has announced some sizeable changes in its esports plans for Hearthstone for the coming year. More than $4 million in prizes will be given out at professional esports events for the game this year, although those events will vary in intensity and organization. A large portion of the Blizzard Hearthstone system will be moving online. This will include a three-tier approach to esports competitions. Also, there will be some new changes over how the rankings points for esports teams […]
Information on the next Hearthstone expansion appears to have leaked through the Blizzard Korea channel on YouTube. The expansion is expected to be called the Brawl of Rastakhan. The name is based on the images found on the channel and how the Korean characters translate to English. The new expansion would be the last of the expansions to take place in the current Year of the Raven. The first images of the possible expansion were gathered from the YouTube channel […]
Miami University in Oxford, Ohio is the latest college in the United States to get on the esports bandwagon. In particular, Miami University is supporting an esports team that competes in Hearthstone events. The team also competes in many other events although Hearthstone is the primary game that it is focusing on at the moment. The team is also expected to grow in size with more sports involved. The university has developed its own varsity esports team. This team is […]
After several months of competition, the group stage of the Hearthstone Global Games is coming to an end. Several teams have already finished their competitions in the group stage. In the matches that did not have that huge of an impact in the final standings, Hungary managed to win their last match of the group stage. This made them tied with Greece for the second place in their group. Despite that, both Hungary and Greece will be advancing to the […]
At the start of this week, Hearthstone eSports scene has been involved in the Hearthstone Global Games that have started recently. At the same time, other important news came as a big surprise. The news was announced by Red Bull Media House. In their press statement, they have announced the second season of Team Brawl: Hearthstone. It is a unique eSports tournament, which proved to be a very successful move last year. Hence, Red Bull Media House has decided to […]
The fifth new expansion to Hearthstone will be released in the early part of April as a means of starting a new year for the popular Blizzard esports game. The Journey to Un’Goro expansion will be released on April 6 and will expand upon what people can do in Hearthstone. There will be 135 new cards included in this particular game. Most of the cards have been revealed to the public prior to the official release. The changes in the […]
Hearthstone 2017 Championship Tour has for many years produced many very interesting matches and surprised winners in those matches. Just the other night, the final match of the Hearthstone 2017 Winter Championship was held, and the winner of that match and the Hearthstone 2017 Winter Champion title is Alexey ‘ShtanUdachi’ Barsukov. ShtanUdachi is a Russian player who has recently been considered as one of the main contenders for the best breakout performances managed to win the title by winning against […]
Many of the world’s top Hearthstone players will be competing in the 2017 Hearthstone Winter Championships this weekend in the Bahamas. Sixteen players are competing with four coming from each of the major Hearthstone regions. The event has already produced a few surprises. This has made for a surprisingly big event that could ruin the fun in the sun for some of the competitors and even some bettors at this event. Two Regional Champs Defeated Two regional champions have already […]
On March 16-18, in Burbank California, four eSports teams will be playing for the Trinity Series crown in the Hearthstone competition. The process of determining which teams will be playing in the finals lasted seven weeks, and after 120 Hearthstone games, we finally have four teams that will participate in this event. However, the line up for the finals was not the one that many fans were expecting because a major upset happened and one of the favorites will not […]
Recently, the Year of the Mamoth announced that there will be introducing certain changes when it comes to the Hearthstone’s Constructed format of play. However, that were not the only news that the Hearthstone players and fans had to adapt to. Blizzard also announced that certain changes will be coming with the next update and these updates will be dealing with the Arena competitions. These changes will mostly affect availability of certain cards such as Blackrock Mountain, The Grand Tournament, […]