This is even more hyped than BF4, it seems to me.

What's the deal? Someone explain to me. Is this WoW 2.0 or something? Why are the masses constantly going on about it?

Because blizzard.

First new game that's not from Diablo, Starcraft or Warcraft franchises in how many years? xD

But seriously. Why the hype? =))

Technically it is still based on the warcraft universe.

I stand corrected =)

Its sad, but it feels like that answer is just not enough anymore.

Shootmania: The Trading Card Game.

it's the wow trading card game, in video game form.

I happen to enjoy card games like these and wanted to try the beta out

Oh, I'm not judging or criticizing. It's just that everyone and their mother are seeking beta keys, and I was wondering where this mass excitement originated from.

I can now see that being based on WoW IP it has the massive audience it has. =)

It's just a fun, casual game in general. Perfect to kill an hour or two. The massive hype behind is purely because it's a Blizzard game, pretty sure.

but fatal1ty!!!

I would also like to get one! :)

You have been given a PC with unlimited options, countless adventures to embark upon, gaze upon the nicest, cutting edge graphical masterpieces, enjoy sick platformers, manage a whole god damn country down to every citizen, plan careful attack on foreign empires, play through a story-driven interactive game, build your dream character and role play, really the fucking sky is the limit and people decided to play something where you pretend to play cards where you pretend to own beasts and cast spells.

<- posted this on a few heartstone streams and got banned.

Why are cardfaggots so upset? Just rename the game to heartstone.pl

You have been given a PC with unlimited options, countless adventures to embark upon, gaze upon the nicest, cutting edge graphical masterpieces, enjoy sick platformers, manage a whole god damn country down to every citizen, plan careful attack on foreign empires, play through a story-driven interactive game, build your dream character and role play, really the fucking sky is the limit and you decided to go to streams of a game you don't like to spam this.

However, I don't like the idea of playing card games on PC or whatever platform, collecting card games without real cards sound really meh.

edit: typo

http://www.duelofchampions.com/en/index.aspx

so i played this for a few weeks and now i don't feel the need to play hearthstone anymore. besides the nohypeness and the shitty interface and options, i think it's somewhat better.

Magic is just so much more complex and fun

Scolls!?!

Hearthstone beta key generator working on November 24!

http://hearthstonebetagen.blogspot.com/

MTG > HEARTHSTONE

Isn't MTG like... expensive?

very

But you can buy cards in hearthstone so same thing really lol.

Hearthstone = babby's first mtg

Hearthstone Open Beta is now live in Europe! If anyone here is interested. :P

Is this the future of gaming? Where's the skill? I don't get it...

Hope not! Its a simple 1v1 TCG. Some people like it. There is strategy in it so it requires some skill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2rzqw6nYbM (Blizzcon)

you're saying that like everything else is suddenly irrelevant.

it's a really fun distraction and a very nice introduction to this type of card games (which felt really unappealing in the past for me).