Play With Your Boomsday Cards Early - Attend a Boomsday Pre-Release Event on August 4/5!
Traditional card games are no stranger to dedicated pre-release events, and now Hearthstone is joining in on that fun too!
August 4th and 5th, Blizzard is running some Fireside Gathering events designated as a pre-release event. Attending an event allows you to open your Hearthstone packs early and play with your cards in a special Fireside Brawl against other players at the event.
- The special brawl is only available at Fireside Gatherings.
- You can only use cards in the brawl that you open from your own card packs.
- No cards can be disenchanted or crafted until the expansion launches.
This means that we're going to see a client patch before August 4th with the new cards (no Saturday patches). This is going to be one short reveal schedule.
Event Locations
North America
Join in the Pre-Release parties happening across this continent! Open your packs ahead of time and take part in special Fireside Brawls—there will be tons of fun for everyone!
- Esports Arena - Santa Ana, CA
- Alley NYC - New York, NY
- The Wall Gaming Lounge - Las Vegas, NV
- The Cave Gaming Center - Fairfax, VA
- Vigilante Gaming Bar - Austin, TX
- Meltdown Toronto - Toronto, Canada
- Meltdown Quebec - Quebec, Canada
Brazil
If opening your packs early isn’t enough of a draw, maybe a special drink themed after The Boomsday Project and a Hearthstone burger might be? Pick up some sweet event-only collectibles like the lab flask your drink comes in at Brazil’s only Pre-Release party, which will be themed around Boom Labs!
- Taverna Medieval - São Paulo, Brasil
Russia
Open your packs early at Russia's only official Pre-Release parties in Moscow and Saint Petersburg!
- Cyberspace Arena - Moscow, Russia
- Playloft GaGa - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Europe
- Meltdown Brussels - Ixelles, Belgium
- Meltdown Caen - Caen, France
- Meltdown Lyon - Lyon, France
- Meltdown Rennes - Rennes, France
- Meltdown Toulouse - Toulouse, France
- Meltdown Troyes - Troyes, France
- Meltdown Madrid - Madrid, Spain
- Meltdown London - London, UK
- Kawiarnia Hex - Kraków, Poland
- Gecko-Bar Hamburg - Hamburg, Germany
- Meltdown Bordeaux - Bordeaux, France
- Meltdown Grenoble - Grenoble, France
- Meltdown Montpellier - Montpellier, France
- Meltdown Strasbourg - Strasbourg, France
- Meltdown Tours - Tours, France
- Meltdown Budapest - Budapest, Hungary
- Meltdown Valencia - València, Spain
- Esports Game Arena - Alphen aan den Rjin The Netherlands
- Löwen - Niederglatt, Switzerland
- Moviatics s.r.o - Prague, Czech Republic
Taiwan / SEA
Join in the Pre-Release parties happening across this continent! Open your packs ahead of time and take part in special Fireside Brawls—there will be tons of fun for everyone! More events will be announced soon.
- Thailand Esports Arena - Bangkok, Thailand
South Korea
Meet and play against Blizzard developers, open card packs with your favorite local Hearthstone stars, and witness an invitational tournament with some of the country’s most popular players! The South Korea Pre-Release party will also have lucky draws and Fireside Brawls for you to play in. Participation is via lottery.
- Inven - Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Japan
Open your packs with fellow fans at Pre-Release parties in two major cities! You’ll also have the opportunity to take part in interactive minigames! Don’t forget to take your selfies at The Boomsday Project’s special photo booth.
- E-sports Square Akihabara - Tokyo, Japan
- Pumpkinrocks - Osaka, Japan
Australia
Enjoy The Boomsday Project Pre-Release with the community and pro players alike! You’ll get to pick up some lucky draw loot and build your very own meta-shaking decks with attending pros. This event will require you to pick up a free entry ticket beforehand—click on the location name to find out how!
- Good Games Top Ryde City - Ryde, New South Wales
Blog Post
Quote from BlizzardOpen your packs early and revel in some Fireside fun prior to The Boomsday Project’s official launch—only at a Pre-Release event near you!
What’s Pre-Release?
Pre-Release events are special Fireside Gatherings where you can open any packs you have from the upcoming Hearthstone expansion early—and play with them in unique Fireside Brawls! That means you’ll be able to open the packs you pre-purchased, as well as any others you may have earned via Tavern Brawls or other events.
How Exciting!
Opening new packs is always exciting, but Pre-Release events take that excitement even further by allowing you to actually play with the cards you’ve opened before the expansion’s official release in two different Fireside Brawls.
- There’s Your Basic Boomsday Brawl, a deck-building brawl that will allow you to construct decks using the cards that you open during the Pre-Release event.
- And then there’s also A Scientific Recipe, a pre-constructed brawl that will have new deck recipes from the upcoming set for you to play with!
Your newly-opened cards will be viewable in the Collection Manager, though they’ll only be playable at an official Pre-Release event prior to launch. You also won’t be able to disenchant or craft cards until the expansion’s official launch.
Where Can I Go for Pre-Release?
In celebration of The Boomsday Project’s impending launch, we’ve put together a ton of Pre-Release events for you to enjoy across the globe! All of these events will take place over the weekend of August 4–5 in local time unless otherwise stated. Click on an event name below for more details!
Finally, don't forget to pre-purchase your card packs for The Boomsday Project's Pre-Release!
Pre-Purchase
Mega Bundle
This bundle includes 80 The Boomsday Project card packs, 1 random Golden The Boomsday Project Legendary card, the Mecha-Jaraxxus card back, AND a new Warlock Hero to add to your collection: MECHA-JARAXXUS, EREDAR LORD OF THE MEGA BUNDLE!
You can get both The Boomsday Project pre-purchase AND the Mega Bundle, though each is only purchasable once per account. You can use your new card back and Warlock Hero right away, but you’ll have to wait for official Pre-Release events to arrive before dissecting your packs.
We can't wait for you to try out the new cards, so look for a Pre-Release event closest to you and get in there! Additional locations will be added in the coming weeks, so please stay tuned. We'll see you in the tavern!
Chicago never gets any events or tournaments :(
North, south, east, and west always get all the love. MIDWEST IS A PLACE TOO!
Will the location spoof method still work for this?
I am a cave frequenter and help with events. Was just talking to the event organizer for there after this was announced and they said there's something in place to require the local wifi log in. I am not sure what, and he didn't go into specifics. I don't know if there's a work around or even if that's just for their location. But I was under the impression it won't work this time.
The Sad moment when you live in Denmark and there is no gathering in Copenhagen :(
Me too; I live in Denmark.
Denmark is not on the list.
It seems like 99,9 % of all Hearthstone player will physically not be able to attend even with a car full of gas.
its a good thing cars can aquire more gas!
sure Kappa
Now i get why the release is on a tuesday this time and not thursday. So the card reveal starts on monday, meaning the patch has to hit on the next week early (its tuesday i believe?! cant remember) so they have to show all the cards in one week, thats interesting.
Moving to NYC is finally paying off.
I just want Hearthpwn to get a card to reveal. :(
The level of supplemental support you give Hearthstone is amazing, and it should be recognized more.
No Senegal :(
Portugal? no? ok!
i like this idea and really hope blizzard expands on it. i live in plum city, wisconsin (its a city in name only) so i don't have any where close by that i can go to.
Seems oddly restrictive to only allow packs acquired before the event to be opened. No dis-/enchanting and no additional packs means that some may get very little out of their packs and can't build anything fun. Why not just allow attending players to build decks using ALL the new cards?
Well, there'll still be the deck recipe brawl. I'm glad that's on time at last and not a month after expansion release.
It's just a different format. Like Arena or MtG (pre-release) drafts. There's regular constructed the rest of the year (to get used to and ultimately bored of in the end). Nothing odd about it.
Yay, my country isn't on the list. That's fine. I will go on vacation on of those countries on the list. I'm sure it will be beneficial long term.
NO UKRAINE (((((
Activision Blizzard is pro-putin :(
I live in Norway, am I fucked?