Blizzard's Hearthstone for Android

Blizzard’s Hearthstone opens for beta December. The Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft beta announcement was made at BlizzCon 2013. The gaming developer had also made the announcement of its Android availability with expansion packs. The initial beta launch will be for North America. Over 1 million gaming users participated in closed beta .

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is a digital card game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The free-to-play game supports booster packs and the settings are in a Warcraft universe. Gaming users can play with booster packs, cards and choose from hero characters. The game also features arena or construction decks and prizes.

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

According to Super Data Research, the free-to-play category reached $261 million in total sales in October, up 15% from the same month last year. The report also stated Activision/Blizzard player exodus had halted, pointing at a relatively modest loss of 100,000 subscribers since last quarter. Mobile gaming revenues were up 27%, at $264 million.

The Android OS for smartphone and tablet mobile devices is an ideal platform for digital games. Gamers can simply download the game on any compatible Android device. The payment models today support Android devices when the user chooses to purchase the Android game directly from their mobile device.

Take a look at the new recent overview below:

Going first is still only slightly better than going second.

Top-level class balance looks pretty good, looking at 3 different days in October shows a different #1 class each day. 44% of our current 3-Star Master players have spent no money on Hearthstone.

Over one million players have been invited to the closed beta for Hearthstone.

Next Patch or Two

Card Changes Mind Control’s cost is changing to 10, up from 8.

Mind Control can be frustrating to play against, and is dominating play at the lower ranks. This should allow opponents playing versus a Priest to have a couple more rounds to make use of their high cost minions before they have a sudden change of mind. Starving Buzzard’s Health is changing to 1, down from 2.

Hunters were very strong against Druid, Mage, and Rogue in Copper through Platinum leagues, and this change should help those match-ups. Unleash the Hounds can blow you out in a single turn, without any minions on the table. We’re going to take a look at this card to see if there are some changes we’d like to make for the next patch. We haven’t decided on a direction yet.

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