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
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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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Sure why not?
Blizz definitely killed the hype for this expansion by having to announce it in the main hall full of Warcraft players. I'm sure 80% of that crowd never played more than 2 hours of the game. The silence after each card announcement was awkward.
Sucks to be the sound technician today.
I hope they figure out a way to bring back the joy of brawling in Gurabashi arena to get at that damn chest.
That Rogue shark card is going to get nerfed for sure.
Gonnna craft a golden one!
Would put it on the same price point of the larger bundle. The point is to have better value the more you spend.
This is the way HS ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.
Maybe I'm in the minority but I like the Challengers Bundle. Yeah its only 2 extra packs and a mediocre card back, but I like that they are starting to get lesser priced bundles instead of going with the higher priced ones like the last expansion.
The cards revealed, however, are pretty underwhelming. I'm hoping they show something a little more impactful during the next later today. Either way, I'm already saving my gold!
overkill should work like trample from mtg
this way here is just not overkilly enough
I don't know those cards seem like stuff we already seen before..
These are only 4 cards out of 100+ . Have some patience.
The game board looks pretty damn amazing! <3 I rly hope there is some kind of secret to trigger as well :)
Has there been a secret in other recent boards? I thought there was actually nothing to do in the Witch's Cauldron in Witchwood, and I haven't played too much in Boomsday so I never cared to look for a secret there haha, but quick Google searches reveal nothing.
I know about the one with the key in K&C, but that hardly felt like a secret.
Not recently no, thats why i hope there will be now. The board is kinda asking for it i would say :)
Hey blizzard, instead of giving paladin yet another vanilla legendary with random keywords shoved in, how about a win condition, you know, something fun that might actually encourage me to play ANY differnt archetype instead of the braindead aggro paladin.................. it doesn't have to be viable, but at least interesting......... pls.
132 cards left to see kid
how many of these are paladin's legendaries?
prismatic lense you can play it turn 4 shut the hell up
a big minion on turn 4, very cool, i guess my point is too hard to understand
Doesn't need one. It could be something like Odd Warrior where you either outvalue or gain tempo over time. Most decks don't need a Dragoncaller Alanna to win games.
your point is shit and you clearly just want to play mechathun
thats all there is to understand