Welcome to BlizzConline! We'll be covering the opening ceremony live in this article and will cover everything important that you need to know about the upcoming Hearthstone expansion, Forged in the Barrens, and all the other wonderful Hearthstone news.
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Live Recap
- World of Warcraft Shadowland 9.1 and Classic Updates
- Hearthstone going back to its roots in a major way
- Diablo Immortal Technical Alpha
- Blizzard Arcade Collection
- Blackthorne
- Rock and Roll Racing
- Lost Vikings
- All the classics are making a return in definitive editions.
- Available on PS4, Xbox, Switch, and PC via Battle.net
- You are getting this for free starting today if you bought any anniversary bundle.
- World of Warcraft
- The first major content update for Shadowlands is Chains of Domination.
- Players are going to be heading into the Maw for more content.
- A new charity pet! Everyone in World of Warcraft gets the pet if the community fundraises enough money.
- World of Warcraft Classic
- The Burning Crusade confirmed!
- Beta begins soon.
- When TBC launches you can move to Burning Crusade or stay in Classic.
- Hearthstone
- Year of the Gryphon!
- The new Core set will be completely free.
- Three cards in the new core set have been revealed - Dragons reimagined!
- New expansion is Forged in the Barrens!
- New Keyword: Frenzy Effects triggered the first time a minion survives damage.
- Class spells that gain power as you gain Mana Crystals.
- Collect 10 new powerful minions of the Horde and Alliance.
- Shadow Hunter Vol'jin is available for free later today.
- Hearthstone Mercenaries is a new game mode featuring RPG gameplay.
- Random generated encounters
- Upgradable heroes
- Diablo 4
- New Class - The Rogue
- Rogues are flexible in how they can be played. Freedom to create a Rogue you imagine through looks and playstyle.
- Diablo 2
- Remastered edition coming to PC and Consoles.
- Overwatch 2
- More details in their own dedicated panel.
- Talent trees and more coming!
Quote From Blizzard Coming later this year is Hearthstone Mercenaries, an all-new single-player and competitive game mode that invites players to assemble and upgrade teams from among Azeroth’s mightiest heroes and villains and put them to the test in an everchanging series of engaging tactical battles.
Players will see their mercenaries gain experience, equipment, new abilities, and evolve into more powerful versions of themselves while battling through highly replayable, randomly generated roguelike missions.
New Forged in the Barrens Cards
We've got a few new cards! Shadow Hunter Vol'jin will be given out to everyone for free today.
Core Set Cards
Three cards have been revealed from the new core set! These do not replace their older versions. The old cards sit in Wild under the legacy set when rotation happens.
Forged in the Barrens Cinematic
Watch Live
You can watch BlizzConlive on the official site or the stream below.
BlizzCon Scavenger Hunt
Blizzard and Coca-Cola have teamed up with a Scavenger Hunt! All the details can be found here.
Learn more about Forged in the Barrens
Head on over to our dedicated guide for Forged in the Barrens to learn more about the new expansion and to see all the revealed cards!
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Comments
Ysera the Dreamer seems like a big winner. Play her and immediately sap something for 0 1 mana, or push 5 damage to the face if there's something on board. Really impressed, especially given that the power levels of the card isn't shit, at least that's a good sign that he core cards likely won't be as well.
Not sure what to do with new malygos yet. Deathwing the Destroyer looks more like a powerful tech card for classes like rogue or druid. Since they withheld new Alexstrasza, it must be really something. Can't wait to see it.
Edit: Dream is now 1 mana. Still good in my book
Are these new dragons replacements or additional cards?
Both. The old versions will still exist, but only in Wild.
Can I play the new versions in the wild? If I can, can I run both old and new dragons in the same deck?
Yep. Think of the Core set as the Basic/Classic set and the Legacy set as the Hall of Fame.
Hyped for the new Malygos (and the retirement of its predecessor). More of a Two-Turn-Kill card now. Amazing draw engine.
Ysera can now easily give you lethal, maybe even an OTK combo with mana discounts, plus infinite value? Super cool.
Straight Deathwing buff. Fantastic.
So far so good. Hyped for the deep dive.
Spells have tribes now...
ARcade collection... And here I thought I would only care about HS... But 3 vikings brought back memories
Can't wait for this! It's been a pretty busy week for reveals all around the gaming world, so this is a nice way to close that out.
Hype!