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Hearthstone will dish out another batch of Galakrond nerfs in an update coming later this week, to say nothing of changes to other problematic cards like Necrium Apothecary and Ancharr. The update also contains a few deceptively small buffs to some Battlegrounds minions and heroes, with more Battlegrounds balance changes …

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With the debut of Hearthstone’s Rise of Shadows (opens in new tab) expansion and the set rotation into the Year of the Dragon (opens in new tab), the Hearthstone meta has shifted completely – and plenty of staple cards are no longer part of the Standard format. If you just …

Is it too late to return to Hearthstone? It’s a question worth asking, because video games aren’t these static things anymore; they’re not products, they’re seasons. In a bid to entirely consume an audience, developers and publishers are continually updating their games with new features, new systems, new content. Games …

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Hearthstone’s Year of the Raven (opens in new tab) is officially in full swing, ushered in by The Witchwood, the newest expansion full of spooky monsters and new effects. We’re only a week into this brave new meta, but even with three older sets rotating out of Standard and an …

I’m not crying – I’ve just got a little crafting dust in my eye. In a heartfelt post (opens in new tab) on the Hearthstone forums, game director Ben Brode (opens in new tab) has announced (out of nowhere) that he’s leaving Blizzard Entertainment to start a new company. Brode …

One of the most exciting additions to Hearthstone (opens in new tab), courtesy of next month’s expansion Kobolds & Catacombs (opens in new tab), is a brand-spanking-new single-player mode called Dungeon Run. “Our goal was to create a mode with all the flavor and storytelling of Adventures, but something that …

The team at Blizzard has already revealed its plans for the future of card-battler Hearthstone, but what about the current state of the game? In the latest issue of GamesMaster, the team sits down with game director Eric Dodds to talk all things Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.. GamesMaster: The previous …

Have you heard of Hearthstone (opens in new tab)? It’s quite popular in that ‘maybe an intervention is in order’ kind of way. Speaking to GamesMaster, director Eric Dodds wants it to stay like that, he just hasn’t worked out how yet. “I want Hearthstone to be played over a …