Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Is Out

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has officially launched, very close to end of beta. Download the game for free today and thrill to strategy card battles galore.

Based on the latest patch notes, joining in now means you can avail of a new set of Ranked Play rewards, including new card back designs, Golden Heroes, and bonus starts. They have also been rebalancing cards for competitive play, and are implementing a new reconnect feature. If you get disconnected from a game, the new feature will give you 60 seconds to get back in.

Of course, with the official release, the game is now also officially available around the world. The systems have been setup so that each region has different servers and data. Subsequently, you can play different regions by making new accounts for those regions in the Battle.net Desktop client. However, you will not be able to get save data carry over across regions.

If you missed our prior coverage of Hearthstone, you can read the announcement here and find out all about the World of Warcraft spinoff here. Happy card playing!