Hearthstone

In a change from how things have been done in recent years, the Hearthstone team has decided to unveil all three upcoming expansions in their next calendar, the Year of the Raptor.

Today is the Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct stream and with BlizzCon normally scheduled for this time of year there's a lot of excitement building around the 45-minute showcase as all the announcements typically revealed at the Anaheim Convention Center are likely to get their spotlight here instead.

Blizzard is celebrating 30 years of Warcraft with announcements for the Warcraft-centric franchises.

Space.

Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to explore space: Hearthstone takes us where no Murloc has gone before as we try to find the Draenei a new home in The Great Dark Beyond. The expansion is now live so it's time to hop in our starship and head to the stars, or join some of your favorite Hearthstone content creators act it out as the crew of the starship Exile's Hope in the team's expansion teaser below.

The next Hearthstone expansion, The Great Dark Beyond, is releasing on November 5, 2024.

Perhaps the most exciting new feature coming in Hearthstone's next expansion, The Great Dark Beyond, is the new Starship keyword, which lets players slowly assemble their own spaceship to blast away at their enemies.

Try out the cards from the brand new The Great Dark Beyond expansion with the new Hearthstone Pre-Release Tavern Brawl.

One of the stated goals for the Hearthstone Pre-Release Tavern Brawl — which went live on Tuesday — was to "add value to our pre-purchase bundles." But does it, and if it does, does it provide enough additional value for you to reconsider if you will purchase future bundles?

Hearthstone is getting a new minion type: the Draenei have joined the fray in The Great Dark Beyondexpansion, and they're all about rewarding you for playing more and more Draenei.