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North America Connectivity Issues

Update: Yong Woo, Hearthstone's Producer, says that issues have been resolved!

This evening, players have been experiencing difficulties connecting to the matchmaking service and having opponents never connect to games. There isn't much information available now from Blizzard, but if you're having problems finding matches, this is why.

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Is anyone else experiencing connection problems right now? I was playing the game perfectly fine earlier today and yesterday but I just cannot connect to a match, the spinner keeps spinning. I relogged and I got into a match but at the end of the match right when I was going to win, it said I got "disconnected". I logged in again and did a practice match and it gave me some message that there was an error with the server.
Is this just me? Does this belong in the bug report section? I dont think its a bug, but every other game and program works just fine. Ive been in a skype call this entire time and never disconnected and just played another game online with some friends and it worked fine the entire time.

Ok, we're looking into it!

NA & EU Opt-In Waves

Players rejoice! More opt-in waves have gone out today for both the NA and EU beta regions. Over the past three weeks, we have seen 21 opt-in waves; 12 waves went out to North America, and 9 waves went out to Europe. If you're still looking for a beta key, we've got a few contests just for you!

Remember that the number of beta waves per region does not necessarily indicate one region has received far more beta invites than the other. There are plenty of factors, which we are not at liberty to, which go into deciding how many and how often beta invites go out in each region.

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

The wave of invites for the European region has concluded. Please check your emails.

The wave of invites for the North American regions should conclude within the hour.

Hearthstone Highlights - Demolisher

Another episode of SireRamen's Hearthstone Highlights has rolled on out. Today's episode highlights the history and tactics of the Demolisher. If you'd like to see more content by SireRamen, check out his thread in our Streams and Videos forum!

Beta Key Giveaway Reminder

Lastly, but certainly not least, just a reminder that our latest beta key giveaways are ending tomorrow at 7pm EDT! As of posting you've still got plenty of time to enter, please check out this news post for more information on how to win.