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To say that a lot has happened in the world -- and especially in China -- over the past six months is a bit of an understatement.

Blizzard had a lot to announce in today's Hearthstone livestream, showing off a new expansion and a slew of other new information and cards related to the new year, the Year of the Phoenix, highlighted by the first new base cl...

While most news surrounding the coronavirus has centered around Asian territories, at least one esports event in Europe was semi-adversely affected this weekend.

When I wrote about the top free-to-play gaming news stories of 2019, I put the Hearthstone Blitzchung controversy at #1.

Once again, real life intrudes on video games.

[caption id="attachment_110751" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Image credit: People Make Games (Chris Bratt, Anni Sayers)[/caption] Last October, professional Hearthstone player Blitzchung made headlines around the world for ...

Hearthstone's latest solo adventure, Galakrond's Awakening, is now live, along with new content, heroes, and balance changes for Hearthstone Battlegrounds.

It's no surprise to hear that a CCG has a balance issue.

2019 was … certainly a year.

Hearthstone's latest expansion, Descent of Dragons, is now live, highlighting the culmination of the epic battle between the League of Explorers and the League of E.V.I.L., along with the requisite new cards and new mechanics....

Previously available only to pre-purchasers of the next expansion set, Hearthstone's auto-battler mode, appropriately named Hearthstone Battlegrounds, is now in open beta for everyone to try.

When a Hearthstone auto-battler was announced at BlizzCon, one of the questions we had was "How will it be monetized?...

Let's add some Overwatch to the ongoing Hearthstone drama, shall we?...

Hearthstone was the only free-to-play Blizzard game making news at BlizzCon 2019 (unless you count some minor Heroes of the Storm news), and there was actually quite a bit to reveal.

Jagex has some new high-level hires, and they're be set to work on RuneScape, as well as other projects.

"The suspension heard 'round the world" keeps generating news.

It took Blizzard less than a day to bring the banhammer down on a Hong Kong Hearthstone player for his interview in which he declared his support for the protests in Hong Kong.

There hasn't been any notable bad news or protests related to the Blizzard and the whole Hong Kong fiasco since last week -- and the company plans to keep it that way. As Rod Breslau reports, Blizzard will not have post-mat...

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The fallout from Blizzard's decision to sack a Hearthstone pro player and two casters over pro-Hong Kong statements continues.

“Life comes at you fast” has rarely seemed like a more appropriate cliche.

The dev team for Hearthstone's got a lot going on under the hood -- or, as they put it, behind the tavern doors -- and revealed all their plans in a blog post today.

The League of Explorers is up to some ...

It's time for the good guys to strike back, in Hearthstone's newest expansion, Saviors of Uldum, which is now live.

First the bots came for Dota 2.

UPDATE: Blizzard has issued a statement, received by Kotaku, addressing the recent changes to card art: The recent changes were applied to make those cards more visually cohesive and consistent with the art style of Hearths...

The bad guys stole the spotlight -- and a lot more -- in Hearthstone's last expansion, Rise of Shadows, and now it's time for the good guys to strike back.

Hearthstone is five years old, but Blizzard is still tweaking its class balance and core cards available to each class.

There's a lot to cover in today's Hearthstone update -- alternatively titled "Rise of the Mech," or simply "14.4" if you like your update names boring -- so let's get right to it. First off, log in between today and July 1 ...

Epic isn't just snatching games for its store -- it's also pilfering people. Nate Nanzer, the commissioner and co-founder of the Overwatch League, will be departing Activision Blizzard for a role with Epic Games, to work on...