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BlizzCon 2019 is over. The reveals of Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV will be the topic of conversations all the way until 2020. However, the black spot of the controversy involving Hong Kong Hearthstone player Chung "blitzchung" Ng Wai will also continue to taint Blizzard's reputation. [caption id="attachment_43018" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] He...
History in made! The Hearthstone Grandmasters just started earlier this year with the first season beginning in May and ending in July. The second season started in August and concluded in October. The global finals happenend recently at BlizzCon 2019 and we have our first ever Hearthstone Grandmasters Global Champion. [caption id="attachment_med...
We know that Hearthstone's dragon expansion is going to be huge, but that didn't stop Blizzard from throwing its autochess clone hat into the ring. The company announced a new mode in Hearthstone called Hearthstone Battlegrounds. It features eight players taking the role of familiar Hearthstone characters and doing battle against AI minions. Just ...
Blizzard just announced its new Hearthstone expansion called Descent of Dragons during this year's BlizzCon game expo. It will conclude the Rise of Shadows and Saviors of Uldum expansion story arcs. The expansion will not only bring in more dragons for players to build decks around, but will introduce new mechanics. One of them is Invoke. Basic...
BlizzCon 2019 begins tomorrow. However, the excitement for the event has been tarnished by a recent controversy that began with the suspension of Hong Kong pro Hearthstone player Chung "blitzchung" Ng Wai who was punished for issuing pro-democracy statements in a post-match interview. A recent statement from esports organisation Tempo Storm has re...
With the BlizzCon festivities coming this weekend, the last thing Blizzard wants is more bad news. Well, apart from that whole Hong Kong kerfuffle. Turns out there's more fuel thrown into that proverbial fire. In a Kotaku report on Blizzard in 2019, the article brought up an interesting tidbit: the departure of a trio of Blizzard veterans that wen...
October has been a very tough month for Blizzard. It all started when Hong Kong Hearthstone pro player Chung "blitzchung" Ng Wai was suspended after issuing pro-democracy statements in a post-match interview. His punishment has been reduced to only six months of suspension and Blizzard has promised to give Chung his prize money after initially resc...
Just today, the Deputy Chef-de-Mission of the Malaysian contingent for the SEA Games 2019 paid a visit to the esports team who will be representing the country for the six esports medal events to be contested from 1 December to 6 December 2019 in Manila. Throughout the visit the DCDM Nurul Huda Abdullah, a former competitive swimmer who has won ma...
Following the controversy which began with Hong Kong Hearthstone player Chung "blitzchung" Ng Wai's political statements, many people within the esports industry have been engaging in discussions concerning China and the Hong Kong protests which are still happening to this day. ESL co-CEO and co-founder Ralf Reichert has instructed his employees t...
Blizzard has finally issued a follow-up statement regarding the punishment dished out towards Hong Kong Hearthstone player Chung "blitzchung" Ng Wai for his politically-charged statement. President of Blizzard Entertainment J. Allen Brack wrote a blogpost not just to announce the reduction of Chung's punishment but also to provide further clarific...
The recent debacle concerning Hong Kong Hearthstone player Chung "blitzchung" Ng Wai's suspension has motivated many people to boycott Blizzard. One of those people is Mark Kern, a former Blizzard employee who helped make World of Warcraft, Diablo 2, and Starcraft. In a Twitter thread posted recently, Mark announced that he's giving up on playing ...
Update 9/10/19: Australian game studio Immutable has offered to pay blitzchung all of the prize money he lost (a total that ranges from US$7,000 to US$10,000) plus a ticket to their upcoming Gods Unchained World Championship which has racked up a prize pool of US$500,000. According to Kotaku, blitzchung has responded to the offer but it's still u...
Blizzard has just announced a new solo Adventure called Tombs of Terror for their popular digital card game Hearthstone. In the latest Hearthside Chat video, Hearthstone game designer Ryan Collins takes some time to talk about what players can expect in Tombs of Terror. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM6DADC7poA&w=560&h=315] Sto...
The 30th SEA Games this year will be a historic one as it's the first SEA Games to feature esports as a medal event. We'll see the best players from Southeast Asian countries compete in six games across three platforms throughout the six-day event. Here's what you need to know: The esports event will start on 5 December and end on 10 December 2019...
The first season of the Hearthstone Grandmasters has concluded. Here are the finalists who were champions of their own respective regions: PNC (Americas) Surrender (Asia-Pacific) Fenomeno (Europe) These finalists will be advancing to the Global Finals this November at BlizzCon 2019 with a prize pool of US$500,000 to fight for. Hearthstone Gra...
Blizzard Entertainment has announced a new Hearthstone expansion, Saviors Of Uldum. It is set to be the sequel to Rise Of Shadows and The Dalaran Heist from earlier this year, as part of the digital card game's year-long story arc for 2019. In Hearthstone Saviors Of Uldum, players will join the League Of Explorers in the fight against the League O...
Blizzard announced the next step in Hearthstone's Dalaran Heist and this time players will be heading into its underbelly. Players can now unlock Chapter 4 of the new solo adventure which will take them into the depths of The Underbelly of Dalaran. Each chapter of the Dalaran Heist has its own gimmick, and in this one, the twist alters gamepl...
With the Rise of Shadows out a few days ago, we figured it's best to help our fellow card-slingers and esports enthusiasts with a detailed guide on how to Hearthstone like a champ. So far, the meta is already flooded with great deck archetypes, but which ones are the most-sought-after? To help us with this arduous task, we have expert Hearthstone ...
Team Liyab, the official esports team of Globe Telecom and Mineski, recently won not one but two major championships at the Philippine Pro Gaming League 2019. The two events were for League of Legends and Arena of Valor. Taking home a total of P400,000 in prizes, Team Liyab defeated many other teams in the process. The Liyab League of Legends team...
Blizzard Entertainment has unveiled 12 new cards for the upcoming Hearthstone expansion. The cards include two Legendary villains, Blastmaster Boom and Heistbaron Togwaggle, and one Legendary Defender of Dalaran, Khadgar. Let's see what these Legendary cards can do; Blastmaster Boom: When played, Blastmaster Boom summons two Boom Bots for each ...
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