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Iksar’s Twitter Q&A – January 13, 2021 – Roundup of All Answers
Yesterday, Hearthstone Game Designer Dean “Iksar” Ayala had a Q&A session on Twitter, with people asking lots of questions about the game’s balance, design, specific cards, mechanics and so on. Sadly, Twitter is kind of a mess when it comes to such things. Messages are short, you have to create long threads if you want […]
January Ladder Counts For Masters Tour Qualifiers, More Esports News Coming Next Week
Most of the pro Hearthstone players are eagerly waiting for some Hearthstone news. We all knew that there will be no events, no qualifiers and such in December 2020, so many pros have taken a break from ladder (or even Hearthstone in general). We were supposed to get some news about the 2021 schedule soon, […]
Hearthstone Art Challenge 2020 – Finalists, Jurors’ Choices, Honorable Mentions
A few months ago, Blizzard has teamed up with IX Arts to host a 2020 art challenge, where professional and amateur artists alike could compete for some prizes (and fame) by creating a Hearthstone-style artwork. Challenge results were already announced last month, but sadly I missed them. Still, the contest had so […]
Top Standard & Wild Legend Decks – Darkmoon Faire Week 8 – January 2021
Finally, a balance update was released just before the weekend. It’s not big or anything, in fact just two cards got nerfed, but it also led to some interesting reveals, so I honestly don’t mind. As for the specific cards – Edwin VanCleef and Boggspine Knuckles were the ones touched (+Elistra the Immortal […]
Alec Dawson: “Big Changes Coming to Hearthstone in 2021”, “Hall of Fame as it has existed will be no more”
I’ll be honest that things got a little bit more confusing with more Tweets from Senior Game Designer Alec Dawson. Previously, he confirmed that Edwin VanCleef will be rotated out to Wild with its nerf reverted. Shortly after, however, he said that “Hall of Fame as it has existed will be no more”. What does […]
