BlizzCon 2018 Opening Ceremony - Hearthstone Expansion Announcement
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Expansion Launches December 4.
The largest event of the year, BlizzCon, has arrived! We'll be updating this post live with everything that happens within the opening ceremony. You should expect to see brief details on the new Hearthstone expansion alongside a couple of card reveals. More information about the new expansion will then come later on during the dedicated "What's Next" panel.
Note that the Opening Ceremony will be broadcast on all of Blizzard's Twitch channels for free, but the rest of BlizzCon (outside of Esports) will require access to a Virtual Ticket. We've embedded the stream down below.
- The Challenger's Bundle - "Ready to Rumble" Card Back, 17 Card Packs - 19.99 USD
- Rastakhan's Rumble - New Alternate Shaman Hero: King Rastakhan, "Ready to Rumble" Card Back, 50 Card Packs - 49.99 USD
- Discuss the new cards.
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Opening Ceremony Live Recap
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- Rastakhan's Rumble is the name of the next expansion, leaked by PCGamer.
- Ben Thompson has taken the stage. Audio is cutting out - woot!
- Gurubashi Arena is where we're fighting in the new expansion.
- In the single-player mode for Rastakhan’s Rumble, Rumble Run, compete for glory before cheering crowds in a no-holds-barred smackdown in the Gurubashi Arena! Players will choose a troll champion and climb the ranks in this gladiatorial contest to be crowned champion.
- Spirits are a new mechanic - each class has one. They are minions with stealth for one turn.
- Overkill is a new keyword. If you deal more damage then you need to kill a minion, you get a bonus.
- Logging in when the expansion launches gets you a free Legendary Loa card and two copies of the spirit from the class of your random Loa.
- Logging in also gets you six free card packs for the expansion.
Blizzard
- Destiny 2 is Free for everyone on Battle.net - Must redeem by November 18th through Bnet Gifts to keep it.
- Mike Morhaime, Blizzard's old president, has taken stage to introduce BlizzCon.
- Mike passes the torch to Blizzard's new president, J Allen Brack
- Overwatch raised 12.7 Million for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
- Heroes is getting a new hero. She isn't from any of Blizzard's franchises.
- Orphia, the new hero, is free for everyone at BlizzCon or with a Virtual Ticket.
- WoW Classic launches next Summer.
- WoW Classic can be accessed by players with an active subscription to WoW.
- WoW showcased a new cinematic featuring Saurfang and Anduin.
- Overwatch is playing a new cinematic on Route 66 with McCree eating some delicious pie.
- Overwatch is getting a cowgirl - Ashe!
- Warcraft III Reforged! An HD remake of Warcraft III Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne.
- Culling of Stratholme is playable at BlizzCon.
- Warcraft III Reforged comes with a Hearthstone card back.
Watch Live
The Opening Ceremony is available for free to those without a Virtual Ticket. If you want to watch the panels though, you'll want to buy a Virtual Ticket.
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come on bud, you should move on, there is many people in the world better than ben brode
if Bwonsandi isn't in this expansion I'll be severely disappointed, but if he is I'm getting the bundle and hero cause lore
I think he will be the Priest Loa.
No question he's a priest legendary
Are the Troll champions legionaries, rumble run champions you play as, or possibly both?
Warcraft 3 HD remake, W4 would be better, still i LOVE this.
Humans tournament like this:
Trolls tournament like dis:
6 mana to kill 3 healths for the effect?
Prismatic Lens + Shirvallah = win win win
if you draw Shirvallah via Prismatic Lens = win
playing high cost minions + low cost spells = win
playing the overcosted (low) mana spells for a higher Shirvallah cost reduction = win
I miss the old Ben. :(
Can't help but notice Shirvallah doesn't say "this game" on it. Given the wording on the spirit shark, maybe its just a vernacular change but I really hope they don't expect you to draw it first before you discount it.
Also Holy Wrath ftw
just consistency at its finest. If it had to be in hand it would specify "while this is in your hand".
I guess they stopped using "this game" as it turned out to be redundant.
Peter is on Drugs
The Paladin Legendary is okay, has insane value for 0 mana,
I think it works like Arcane Giant but with mana of spells instead of spell cards, so it doesn't look to shabby.
Hopefully we get some strong spell cards for this paladin card, specially board removal spells, cause that's what we lack for our control Paladins.
Who is this "Ben" imposter? There is only one BEN that can be a part of Hearthstone!
Let's call him Ben junior.
Looks like they listened to the people who complained about the previous bundle. Now they are just including the hero in the main bundle.
But, they gave the complainers an out, allowing them to purchase a smaller bundle for less that they will still complain about, until the hero is just part of that cheaper bundle. One step forward, two steps back?
***Disclaimer: heavy sarcasm here for the most part. It was fine what they did last time, and this is, yes, even better, even though I hardly care about the Shaman class (other than good ol Shudderwock decks =P).
I bought it and it isnt showing up
So when do we get the hero skin? Not on HS for me.