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Blizzard Announces Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Digital Card Game

Posted by Soulskill on from the like-magic-the-gathering-but-simpler dept.

UgLyPuNk writes "Blizzard has revealed its 'something new' at PAX East 2013: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — a 'charming collectible strategy game set in the Warcraft universe.'" Blizzard says this game is a departure from their normal development process: it was made with a team of just 15, will release this year, and it's free-to-play. Hearthstone is built for Mac OS, Windows, and iPads. There's a deck builder, a match-finder, and AI for those who don't want to play against other people. While it's free to play, and players will earn new packs of cards by playing, there will also be an option to purchase new packs.

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  1. yo dawg by Kurast · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I heard you like games, so I made a game within a game

    1. Re:yo dawg by chispito · · Score: 3, Informative

      So I heard you like games, so I made a game within a game

      Yo. Other Dawg.

      It isn't a game within a game. It's a standalone online CCG.

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  2. Competes with WoW's own TCG by idontgno · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wonder how Cryptozoic feels about Blizzard firing off a "digital trading card game" when they already have a "non-digital TCG" license? There's nothing quite so sucktacular as directly competing with your licensor.

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  3. The addiction continues by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm waiting for the Warcraft-branded groceries myself. The soda is not a great diet on its own, I need food! From Pandaria!

  4. Backwards compatible with Magic: The Gathering? by Looker_Device · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cause I still got a shitload of those cards to unload, man.

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  5. Fantastic! by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'll never play this, but I'm sure some people will enjoy it very much. I continue to wait for Titan.

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  6. So the usual F2P/P2W ploy? by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lemme guess: You get a pack of "starter pack" cards for free that makes you pretty much a target dummy for anyone who actually shelled out some dough and bought enough "booster packs" to actually create a deck that can win?

    I.e. how it works in traditional TCGs, just that they did away with the costly process of printing cards?

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