Yesterday Blizzard announced the “soft” launch of the collectible card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft on iPad: the project became available in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. And already today it is in the top 2 by downloads in Canada and Australia.
The game also shows itself well in terms of cash: in the Canadian grossing of games, it is already in 19th place.
Recall that the game is a simplified Magic: The Gathering. This is Blizzard’s triple debut – its first card game, its first F2P project, its first release for mobile devices.
The mobile version repeats exactly all the features of the “desktop editions”, so that players with “tablets” can fight with fighters sitting in front of monitors.
The game will soon appear in other countries, and will also expand the list of supported platforms to iPhone and Android devices. For those who can’t wait, we suggest using the help of TeamViewer (or just get yourself a Canadian account in iTunes).
The release of Hearthstone on PC on March 12, 2014 was preceded by a long beta testing phase (the game has been tested since August 2013). To date, the number of gaming accounts has exceeded 10 million. According to analysts, Hearthstone is able to raise more than $200 million in cash this year.
The company was founded in February 1991 as Silicon & Synapse. It received its current name in 1994. From 2007 to 2013, it was merged with Activision. It is mainly known for three IP – Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft.