At the Penny Arcade Expo game festival, the authors of World of Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft announced the development of a collectible card game with role-playing elements Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.
It will be a free PvP game in which the player will have to choose one of nine classes. Further, starting from the specialization, the user will be able to form a deck for himself. Cards for her are taken from kits, which will either have to spend money on, or earn a long time in battles. There will be five cards in each set.
Fights will take place between real players “on the network” one on one. The task of each such session is to destroy the opponent with the help of spells and summoned monsters, on whose castes mana is spent.
The mechanics of the game at this stage are very similar to the simplified and very beautiful digital Magic: The Gathering.
Out of curiosity: Blizzard initially allocated only 15 people to create the game, setting them the task of “making an epic, but small game“.
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft will be released first on PC and Mac, and then on iPad. The beta launch of the project is scheduled for the summer.