Blizzcon: Hearthstone What's Next Liveblog Summary

Posted 2023/11/03 at 6:24 PM by Tharid

Battlegrounds Duos Game Mode

Blizzard

Battlegrounds Duos looks to unite the competitive nature of Battlegrounds and the cooperative nature of Hearthstone.
The new game mode will be coming to Hearthstone early next year.
Both players in the duo will be able to choose their own hero and will have their own boards, including taverns and the minions inside them. Both players, however, will share health and armor values.
Through a portal on your board, you will be able to see the board of your duo partner.

In the combat phase, the first players' board will be spawned. If it's defeated, the board from the second player will spawn to deal with the remaining enemies.
You can also trade minions in your hand with your partner through the portal - it will cost 1 Gold, though!
With two taverns and two unique hero powers at your disposal, both players will be able to get the minions for their desired lineup much quicker.

Battlegrounds Duos will also introduce minions exclusive to the new game mode!
The new game mode will feature an in-depth Ping system to communicate with your duos partner during the game.

Showdown in the Badlands Card Highlights

Reno, Lone Ranger is Hearthstone's Neutral Hero. He'll return as a so-called singleton or highlander card, promoting creative deck-building.
The Excavate keyword is a new introduction, promoting a treasure-hunting playstyle, investing more and more to dig deeper and deeper into the "value" mine for high-value Treasure cards!

The screenshot above shows some of the most worthy Treasures in the game. Our sister site hearthstonetopdecks has a great explanation of how Excavate works exactly and much more info on the upcoming expansion release!

Hearthstone Catch-Up Packs

Catch-Up packs contain up to 50 depending on how many cards you've collected over the last two years.

Every Hearthstone player will get 2 free Catch-Up Packs, while Blizzcon attendees get 3 more packs.
The upcoming expansion pre-order package will also include Catch-Up Packs.

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