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Giveaway Conclusions

This evening we have wrapped up a total of four giveaways! We have finished our most recent beta key giveaways and our BlizzCon in a Box giveaway.

• If you've won a Beta Key: Winners have been sent private messages on HearthPwn or on Twitter depending on where you won. Login to both services and check! Winners of beta keys have 48 hours to respond before we give them out to new people.
• If you've won a BlizzCon in a Box: Winners have been private messaged on HearthPwn and have 24 hours to respond with the required information detailed in our message to you. If you don't respond in 24 hours, we will give your box to someone else - these must be dealt with ASAP!

We'll have more information regarding additional giveaways starting early next week!

Hearthstone Highlights - Boulderfist Ogre

Another episode of SireRamen's Hearthstone Highlights has clubbed its way to the front page. Today's episode highlights the history and tactics of the Boulderfist Ogre. If you'd like to see more content by SireRamen, check out his thread in our Streams and Videos forum!

MLG & ManaGrind Tournaments This Weekend

This weekend kicks off the very first MLG Hearthstone Tournaments, run by the guys from ManaGrind! There will be two tournaments taking place this weekend, one for North America and another for Europe. If you've got a beta account in either region, and you're interested in playing some competitive Hearthstone, there's still some slots open for participation in either event! If you're wanting to participate in the event, check out this thread for more information on how to do so!

• The North American Tournament is being run on Saturday, October 26, 2013 starting at 4pm EDT! (Information / Rules / Brackets / Players / Prizes)
• The European Tournament is being run on Sunday, October 27, 2013 starting at 2pm EDT! (Information / Rules / Brackets / Players / Prizes)

In addition to these tournaments this weekend, there is also a competitive Hearthstone ladder for both North America and Europe! And don't forget, if you want to tune in to any of the tournament action this weekend, many players will be streaming over on Twitch! Be sure to browse the Hearthstone directory on Twitch to find players streaming their games!

Meta-Game Forecast

Noxious and Ezm0d from ManaGrind discuss the class representation and decks from the previous two tournaments, and give their expectations on what we will see this weekend in terms of the meta-game.

Hearthstone Beta Test Opt-In Update

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

There’s been a tremendous interest in Hearthstone – more than we could have ever anticipated! Beta keys have been primarily given out via opt-ins, and we have supplemented our opt-in keys with additional giveaways from supportive fansites, press, bloggers, and broadcasters to give you an idea of who to go to for additional, fun Hearthstone content in the future. However, we understand that there are many players still waiting for their chance to try the game; we know that waiting can be frustrating, and we thank you for your patience.

In the meantime, we wanted to update everyone that we have been aggressively increasing both the frequency and the quantity of our beta invites and we intend to invite every player that has opted-in to the Hearthstone beta into the Closed Beta Test before the game goes into open beta. Remember though, this is closed beta: You’ve seen that we’re still working on plucking out the pesky sprites, stabilizing the servers and implementing interesting incentives to keep Hearthstone an amazing experience that you want to keep coming back to. We’re going to be adding more and more people into the closed beta as we continue working on the aforementioned issues, and we will be working hard to get everyone that has opted-in into the Hearthstone Closed Beta Test soon.

Haven’t opted-in to the Hearthstone beta? Click here!