The Next Hearthstone Expansion is “Fractured in Alterac Valley”! Release Date Is December 7th

Blizzard has just released a cinematic trailer for the new expansion. It’s called “Fractured in Alterac Valley” and it will, to the surprise of no one, be about the Alliance vs Horde conflict. For those unfamiliar with WoW, Alterac Valley is a massive 40v40 Battleground set in a frosty environment.

The expansion is set to release on December 7, which is only 3 weeks from now. It’s shorter than the usual time period between announcement and release mostly because we just had a Deadmines mini-set (which was pushed back by the release of Mercenaries game mode) and they probably didn’t want to pile up the news, let players try out the new cards first before announcing even more.

But that’s not all for today. Patch 21.8 (assuming they go with the usual patch naming) should go live later today and bring four Constructed balance changes – most likely alongside some Battlegrounds/Duels/Mercenaries updates. And according to yesterday’s teaser, we should also get the first card revealed today. Can’t wait for that!

Check out the trailer here:

Stonekeep

A Hearthstone player and writer from Poland, Stonekeep has been in a love-hate relationship with Hearthstone since Closed Beta. Over that time, he has achieved many high Legend climbs and infinite Arena runs. He's the current admin of Hearthstone Top Decks.

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5 Comments

  1. Showwwwteeeeeee
    November 16, 2021 at 9:46 am

    This song was mega cringe…

    • Stonekeep - Site Admin
      November 16, 2021 at 9:47 am

      Really? I liked it…

      We had some better HS trailer songs, but for me it’s definitely above average.

    • Gentagelsen
      November 16, 2021 at 9:54 am

      Yeah, but i’d say it’s “cringe done right” level of cringe.

  2. Bobrok
    November 16, 2021 at 8:38 am

    Imagine if we will also have 40vs40 Battlegrounds in Hearthstone))

  3. Sambidexterous
    November 16, 2021 at 8:28 am

    That crab pet tho, lol!