Hearthstone - WoW TCG Game Announced

Hearthstone - WoW TCG Game Announced
Blizzard just announced Hearthstone, the online Free to Play WoW CCG Game! More details to come. You can start talking about it in our new Hearthstone forum!

  • Free to play online collectible card game.
  • Opt in to beta in your Battle.net account management!
  • Beta begins this summer, with release this year.
  • Playable on PC, Mac, and iPad.
  • The game will be easy to pick up, but have a good amount of depth and complexity.
  • The board is 3D, with lots of animations to make gameplay more exciting.
  • There will be over 300 cards with the initial launch
  • You can purchase more card packs for roughly $1 per five cards, or slowly earn them through gameplay.
  • There will be Basic and Expert cards, with Expert cards being broken down into categories like Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary.
  • You’re guaranteed to receive at least one card of rare or better quality per pack.
  • Each card in the pack also has a chance to upgrade to a “Golden” version of the same card.
  • Disenchant cards that you don't want to receive dust, which is used to craft new cards.
  • There is a deck builder, which can build decks for you, or you can build your own.
  • The game will be a 1v1 game using Battle.net matchmaking.
  • Playing will allow you to earn medals every week.
  • You can also play against AI at different levels of difficulty.
  • Any purchases you made during the beta will be credited back to you in the form of new, unopened card packs at launch.
  • Read more in the Hearthstone FAQ.
  • Check out some of the screenshots, videos, artwork, and a wallpaper on the official site!










This article was originally published in forum thread: Heartstone - WoW TCG Game Announced started by Boubouille View original post
Published on 2013-03-22 02:05 PM
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  1. mvaliz's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Venziir View Post
    Yeah that's why it's FREE TO PLAY....
    From what I read it's "Freemium" - didn't somebody above say that in the presentation they showed booster packs costing $1?
  1. Belize's Avatar
    What did everyone seriously expect. Blizzard is known to save big things for Blizzcon. So many miniature black holes have just formed...
  1. mmoc8ee790e781's Avatar
    Wait, this must be the 1st of April joke.
  1. mvaliz's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Larwood View Post
    Except Heartstone is free to play, so derp much?
    See above. There's a difference between "free" and "Freemium".
  1. StationaryHawk's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Eiffeltower View Post
    Wait, this must be the 1st of April joke.
    That wagon left back when Mists of Pandaria was announced.
  1. Larwood's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ettan View Post
    Meh I expected something more.
    This product does not interest me the slightest.
    Not being interested is understandable, I'm not exactly there myself.

    But how people could be expecting more just baffles me. They said it's going to be something new, and this is not Blizzcon. Did people really think they would announce a major new game different to all their other stuff at some place other than Blizzcon?
  1. mmoceeceb76e25's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Qoo View Post
    That's exactly the problem. Earning it will take quite some time, so people who don't have enough time will have to buy it. I'm sure there will be enough incentives (e.g. rare WoW ingame pets) to get people to buy those packs by the dozen. Just like the real life TCG.
    Awww poor them. It's Blizzards fault now that they dont have time to play? Bad Blizzard how dare you.

    Obviously they aren't going to develop and release a product that can't gain any sort of profit, nobody is that stupid. The game is free though, if you have time or not you never have to spend a penny I dont see the problem.
  1. Belize's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Frozen Death Knight View Post
    Well, one thing I do really like about this type of development within Blizzard is that they have plans for making smaller releases like this. If this proves to be successful, I could see new opportunities for them to go into other genres and widen their views in regards to their franchises, even the ones that have been one ice since the 90s.

    While Hearthstone is not a "heck yeah!" moment like their other games have been when being announced, I do see it as a positive thing.
    Wow there, we do not accept mature comments on these forums

    On a serious note, I was thinking the same team. It looks like they want to keep that small dev team to make a bunch of smaller games like that, which could turn out really well in the long run.
  1. Expectations's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by mvallas View Post
    See above. There's a difference between "free" and "Freemium".
    Link a F2P game that doesn't have a micro transaction system.
  1. mmoc4359933d3d's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by dotSeed View Post
    Android has a larger marketshare but users don't actually buy apps in nearly the same number. It's not really stupid for developers to publish to platforms that are going to earn them more money, since they're going to be counting on people buying packs to make money from this.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...nloads-country
    Probably because no-one develops (or takes forever, during which time the excitement and care level just dies) good apps for Android, because they're all jizzing on iPads. If I load up the Google Play store right now and look at games, I see a $20 Final Fantasy effort GTA and Angry Birds. The rest of it is literally shovelware or apps that don't even work properly and are ripoffs of other games (at least 9000 Minecraft clones).

    At this rate I'll probably have to buy an iPad just to get some good on-the-go gaming. Baldur's Gate STILL isn't out for Android.
  1. FattyXP's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by beyazkeyat View Post
    I see the appeal, but it ain't for me. Oh well.

    I've got an idea...those who aren't blindly hating this/blizzard/the world and saying things like "bli$$ard" let's just leave the thread. Let these angry nerds have their rage fest at something so completely minute that doesn't actually effect them and let's go have actual good conversations while they're seeing red. GOGOGOGO
    You haven't been paying much attention to Magic: The Gathering then. The Pro Tour for that was huge in the 00's. The game is still rather big now, with huge tournaments being held ALL the time. With Pro Tours and Grand Prix still happening every year. There are shops around me that have them literally 7 days a week.
  1. Larwood's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by mvallas View Post
    See above. There's a difference between "free" and "Freemium".
    No shit, really? And what exactly has that got to do with people paying for apps?
  1. Draahl's Avatar
    I understand that pokemon and mgt players might find this fun, but to announce it as a game that will be fun to watch? This caters to an extremely minisqule population so i doubt this abit. Fun for the few who likes it tho
  1. Whidbey's Avatar
    TCG's are about facing someone across the table, figuring out their strategy, watching for tells, and actually having real cards you can show off for bragging rights.
    It's watching your opponent's face as you win one of their cards, or seeing them as the mumble cuss words( if they mumble them) as you blow their hand off the field.

    This is a total miss. Next will be integrating it as the combat system for WoW ala wizard101.
  1. Mortal Strike's Avatar
    Looks like a lot of fun, but wish there was a version I could play on my Galaxy Note 2. No need for an iPad. Might have to see if I can trade something for a used one.
  1. mmoc6765cb3ae1's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by mvallas View Post
    See above. There's a difference between "free" and "Freemium".
    Elucidate us. All F2P would be Freemium if that were the case so it comes down to semantics
  1. Magruun's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Qoo View Post
    That's exactly the problem. Earning it will take quite some time, so people who don't have enough time will have to buy it. I'm sure there will be enough incentives (e.g. rare WoW ingame pets) to get people to buy those packs by the dozen. Just like the real life TCG.
    I don't think thats a problem as long as it's not pay to win.
    you cannot expect a company to release a game without some way of making money from it.
    A game like TF2 shows it is possible to have a F2P game that allows you to buy stuff without destroying the balance, if Blizzard does it like TF2 I think Heartstone will be quite popular. especially the iPad version is a great idea.
  1. Leialyn's Avatar
    This is the big announcement? a CARD GAME? What are we, kids that play Yu-Gi-Oh? Fail...
  1. docb22's Avatar
    pass pass pass ill pass
  1. FattyXP's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by larwood View Post
    no shit, really? And what exactly has that got to do with people paying for apps?
    because the app will be free, derp derp
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