Blizzard recently announced Scholomance Academy, Hearthstone‘s (Free) next expansion, with dual-class cards and a lot more coming to the game. Today, Blizzard revealed that the expansion will have special private pre-release Fireside Gatherings from July 31st until August 3rd. These will let players open Scholomance Academy card packs before the expansion releases on August 6th. Players will be able to register their own one person event to open these packs as detailed on the official Hearthstone blog. If you missed details for the expansion, read this and watch the trailer for it below:

If you’d like to pre-order the expansion, there are two options as usual. The Scholomance Academy Mega Bundle priced at $79.99 includes 80 packs, five golden card packs, a random golden legendary, the Kel’Thuzad Mage Hero and card back, and a Tavern Pass, which gives you 4 Arena tickets and has som perks for Battlegrounds. The pre-purchase bundle for $49.99 includes 55 packs, the Kel’Thuzad card back, and a random golden legendary card. Scholomance Academy launches on August 6th on iOS, Android, and PC platforms. Have you been playing Hearthstone recently?