Hearthstone’s Next Major Expansion Is Showdown in the Badlands – BlizzCon 2023

Hearthstone took the stage at BlizzCon 2023 today with a major announcement: Hearthstone: Showdown in the Badlands is the game’s next major expansion, set in the Wild West of Azeroth.

Blizzard has shared the expansion’s reveal trailer, which details Hearthstone’s classic card-fighting gameplay with a Western twist. Showdown in the Badlands will serve as an origin story for Hearthstone’s Reno Jackson and Elise Starseeker, where they will work together to save the Badlands from a nefarious mining operation. The expansion includes Hearthstone’s first-ever neutral hero card. The expansion will come on November 14, 2023.

We also learned about Catch-Up Packs, a new type of pack where players can get up to 50 cards from one pack to grow their collection faster. The cards in Catch-Up Packs are all from the past two years of Hearthstone. Players will see Catch-Up Packs when they log into Hearthstone. Catch-Up Packs are included in pre-purchase bundles for Showdown in the Badlands.

For more on BlizzCon 2023, check out details on Diablo 4’s first major expansion, Phil Spencer’s surprise appearance at the show, Overwatch 2’s next hero, and how to watch the rest of BlizzCon 2023.

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