This story just popped up on our radar, and it’s pretty rad to see Blizzard trying to shift Hearthstone (Free) from a game you play in your basement wearing your pajamas to a game that you go somewhere to play with other people. (Optionally still wearing your pajamas, if Magic events are any indication.) Blizzard is calling them a “Fireside Gathering" and the first big one will be held next Saturday, April 26th. They’ve got a directory of venues up on their site, which is a little limited right now, but considering they only just announced this, I expect there will be many more in short order.
Playing locally using the “Player Near Me" function either on or after April 26th with at least three people on or after the 26th will reward this super-slick card back for your cards in game:
The easiest way to get it is probably going to be finding an event, or meeting up with your friends yourself assuming you know three people with Hearthstone who can all get together in one place. According to Blizzard, here’s exactly what you’ll need to do-
This card back can be obtained by playing three matches against another player on the same network using the following criteria:
- At least three people (including yourself) must be logged into Hearthstone on the same subnet.
- Each match must be played against a player that is playing on the same subnet as you.
- These matches can be played against your friends or using the Player Near Me feature, as long as the above two criteria are met.
They’re not saying when this promotion is going to end, but if you care about fancy limited edition cosmetic things in Blizzard games, you’ll probably want to carve out some time next weekend to play some Hearthstone in the real world. Personally, I’m excited to see what else they do with the Hearthstone iPad game and in-person play. This is opening some really cool doors to “fix" the problems virtual CCG’s have compared to paper CCG’s in that the in-person social aspect is totally non-existent.
Consider me intrigued.
It's already difficult enough. Upgrading costs are exorbitant and this game is becoming fast ready to be dumped by many as it demands more and more real money to progress. No real fun anymore and the update definitely doesn't make it a more enjoyable game but a more frustrating and expensive one.
This game feels way more Grindy than clash, And that's really saying something
Slow to me on starting out. Still haven't spent a cent!
Yeah... They did the most stupid thing with the latest update... Think I'll just stop playing this and delete it now... Was fun before the update though, so they can blame themselfs for loosing players for this game. Guess they got too greedy...
I deleted it after I got to like level 16 or 17. I didn't mind the battles, losing resources, etc. I actually like a challenge.
What eventually did me in was the grinding which became more than I was willing to bare. It made what started out as a fun game become very boring extremely quickly.
I mean seriously like 24 hours just to level up some of the most absurd things which wouldn't have been that bad if you had two sets of builders. Sadly that was obviously too much to ask for.
I was hoping this update would have addressed the wait time or give you more builders, but it didn't. At this point I'm just gonna put the game behind me and never look back.
Maybe I'll give Injustice another shot now that it has multiplayer. Great game that I never really gave a shot because I was too distracted playing other stuff at the time when I downloaded.
I'm thoroughly enjoying the game and I'm glad you guys are covering it. The update has some nice changes, and other changes that aren't so nice. Overall, the game is doing well and I hope it continues to stay fun.
The updated victory screen is just tow black bars that appear at the top. lol :D
Enjoying the game but it was pretty difficult already.
The game has so many TIMERS it is difficult to get any real playtime in.
For example, we cannot revenge attack on anyone attacking us? Developers say that is to encourage players to attack each other but why not allow one revenge attack but make the battle replay of their attack hide their level? Problem solved!
Then, we are forced to save up for days to try to upgrade something expensive but keep getting all resources stolen. Even if we get the update finally it tales a ridiculous amount of time!
Limited number of enemy AI and Players to attack is really what made me quit this game. That and the fact you have to train troops after every battle. You attack the 5-10 players on your map and spend an hour between attacks to train troops. Then when you finally defeat everyone on your map- there is NOTHING left to do!
For pete sakes who is in charge of this game? Their philosophy so far is so flawed it is unreal.
This game is great and it's free just like COC.
Of course kids will always be impatient so they need to spend money.
I haven't spent a penny on this game or COC.
Kids need to stop whining.
Boring. Enemies become too hard too quickly. Game is a barely veiled money grab. I'd rather they just make a good game and charge a few bucks for it. These empty cash cows a miserable blight on gaming.
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