One of the most persistently annoying mechanics in Hearthstone is Taunt. When a minion has Taunt, you have to attack…
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Hearthstone has shifted and bent its shape a handful of times over the years. When its first Naxxramas-themed…
Hearthstone’s science-themed expansion The Boomsday Project drops tomorrow, and players are out in numbers doing…
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Hearthstone is a game about careful preparation, where you amass a grand collection of cards so that you can build…
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Update, June 8, 12:20 PM ET: Since the publication of this story, Blizzard has addressed the backlash over patch 11.2
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Hearthstone is about to get a feature that fans have been begging for since its earliest days—a mode that lets you…
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Hearthstone’s biggest tournament of the year, the HCT World Championship, is officially underway in Amsterdam. To…
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Every once in a while, a formerly crappy Hearthstone card finds its place in a deck and works so well that it starts…