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Blizzard's big announcement at this year's PAX East convention was Hearthstone, a new collectible trading card game based on the Warcraft universe. We managed to get a look at Hearthstone and have a full analysis of what we saw. Check it out before heading to the comments to discuss.
Coming to PAX to hear that Blizzard was making an announcement really was a big deal. For weeks we went back and forth about what it was. Blizzard All-Stars was our first guess. Then came the idea of a Diablo expansion. At last we sat down to see Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft a collectible card game for the PC, Mac, and soon after the iPad. I know it does not really fit into the MMO genre, but Hearthstone is a good step for Blizzard in a business sense, and it was certainly unexpected by those in attendance. If nothing else, it shows that the core of Blizzard's team are true gamers, that they love all sorts of gaming experiences. The WoW card game has been a money-maker for years now, and this seems poised to go even further when it hits the iPad.
Read more of Garrett Fuller's Analyzing Blizzard's Hearthstone.
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I've always been intrigued with these types of games. If blizzards claims are true that it's for anyone and everyone then I may just have to give this a go. I hope it has a strong tie in with WoW itself in that there is a chance to get in-game card drops from mobs/dungeons/raids/pet battles etc.
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I just hope you can play it from within the game like LoN and that you get five free decks every month like LoN. Of course, I'm assuming LoN still does that. I haven't played in years now.
On your other point.....it's amazing how many things Blizz copies from other games, isn't it?
Note: I'm referring to Everquest 2 not Everquest, when I speak of LoN or Legends of Norrath.
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Please note: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is a free to play game whereby you are able to earn more cards simply by playing (or crafting). Other than that, games are not free to make, and if you're of the mind that everything should be free for you because of something in the past, then you likely won't enjoy how most of the world works.
I'm skeptical as a whole of a card game, but I'm definitely glad it's a choice for those who enjoy them. Might check it out myself at some point when it's released.
LoN was for EQ and EQ2, and actually a standalone client. And yes, subscribers to either game still get 5 free packs a month.
Pretty sure LoN copied the WoW TCG first, but SoE made it digital (improved upon what WoW did). the whole point of both was to get people to spend money for in game loot.
You could play it as a standalone game OR from within EQ2's interface while staying IN game.....but yeah.
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Yeah, I played LoN a bit in EQ when i had some time to kill before a raid. Got a kirin mount from a free pack too, loved my goat. the other EQ mounts at the time fromn LoN looked like long turds. this was a time when EQ mounts were not that diversified (mostly horses and Drogmors) so they really stood out
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Thanks for ruining the entire genre of games, and the entire community. Burn in hell BLizzard.
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BIG news? a card game....rly? (talking about a niche market hehe)
They better hit us with info about "titan" or something because i aint impressed with a card game for my tablet tbh.
imo another greedy stunt.....selling you card at (only) 1$ per 3 cards (just guessing here) and you'll want them all right.....maybe they put a total of about 600 cards in it ? that's 200$ thank u for a card game if you want the whole game....hehe.
Enjoy, i'll pass thank u blizz.
i hope you are right on this one and the game is (almost) totaly free 2 play for you and people who enjoy these card games.
Like i sayd i was just guessing, but the same thing could be sayd about D3.....you dont have to use the AH if you are willing to grind for 4 hours a day and waiting weeks or even months until the item drops you can can advance with in the game.
Just saying that imho it seems like they are giving you a game but that's just not the way blizzard works anymore.....they want the money and nothing else for as little effort as possible, but again that is just mho.
Hope it IS free and it wont cost the fans of card games a dime but blizz isnt realy known for giving free stuff in the last years. (20$ mounts anyone?)
Looking forward to it, as I always wished they made a Magic Gathering or Yugioh for tablets and smartphones..
no idea how valid
but IGN states the beta starts this summer
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/22/blizzard-reveals-hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft
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