A leak on Wednesday afternoon may have spoiled a surprise that some League of Legends' players have been waiting on since last year (or even longer).
Although the upcoming Teamfight Tactics' brand new mid-Set expansion is not live or on the Public Beta Environment (PBE) quite yet, Riot Games announced on Tuesday morning what players can expect to obtain if they choose to purchase the Fates II pass.
Big news was announced to the Teamfight Tactics' community on Monday morning as Riot Games officially unveiled what players can expect in the game's upcoming mid-Set expansion titled Festival of Beasts. In the post, the game's development team confirmed what had been previously leaked in regards to the new champions, traits and origins coming to the auto chess title as well as a few leaving the pool.
A day after Riot Games announced the theme of the upcoming Teamfight Tactics mid-set expansion set to launch in January, a potential leak of the incoming champions pool and traits made its' way onto the game's official subReddit.
As the holiday season is upon the Teamfight Tactics' community, Riot Games decided to announce what players can expect under their Christmas trees on Monday afternoon with information pertaining to the upcoming mid-set expansion. Titled Teamfight Tactics: Fates Festival of Beasts and schedule to go live on January 21, 2021 in patch 11.2, players will see six traits removed and 20 total champions.
A new Hearthstone World Champion was crowned on Sunday afternoon as Kenta "Glory" Sato took down Jaromír Vyskočil three games to one in a grand final unlike any in the competitive scene's history. In an event held entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sato pumped his fists close to his chest before folding his face in his hands in front of him as Vyskočil conceded for the final time.
On Tuesday morning, Activision Blizzard announced that the eighth expansion in the iconic MMORPG's franchise, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, became the fastest-selling PC game of all time.
After weeks and weeks of frustration within the Hearthstone community, Blizzard Entertainment on Monday afternoon revealed how they plan on tweaking the updated rewards track that players can use to unlock in-game cosmetics and content.
Less than a month after the final Hearthstone expansion of the year Madness at the Darkmoon Faire, went live the game's passionate, dedicated, and vocal community is up in arms. No, there isn't a specific card or class dominating the meta that has the official Hearthstone subreddit busting at the seams with anger (though some would argue Demon Hunter is a little too strong at the moment). Rather, it's those at the tippy top of the game's food chain, Activision Blizzard, drawing ire from every which angle.
A week after the Teamfight Tactics' development team pushed through patch 10.24, a B-side patch was announced and implemented on Tuesday afternoon. First teased by the game mode's Lead Designer Stephen "Mortdog" Mortimer on Monday, the full details were revealed in a post on the company's official site.
An attempt at a light-hearted, community-driven event turned sour on Wednesday afternoon when Blizzard Entertainment's Old Gods Ask Me Anything (AMA) announcement was met with frustration from members of the Hearthstone community.
On Monday afternoon, the Heroes of the Storm community was greeted by the 90th playable hero to enter the nexus as Hogger, the gnarly, nasty gnoll, was announced on the game's official Twitter account.
With Hogger announced as the 90th hero coming to Heroes of the Storm on Monday afternoon, let us take a deep dive into what his kit and talent tree include, according to the game's development team.
On Wednesday evening, Twitch, one of the largest live streaming platforms in the world, announced they were suspending one of their most popular personalities after an event that took place over the weekend.
When Madness at the Darkmoon Faire launched on Tuesday, things were a little different. While many were talking about cool cards and decks they were experimenting with, more were focused on an announcement Blizzard had made earlier in the day.
On Thursday, November 11, Twitter user @step_nie published a statement via Medium, claiming Riot Games had created Seraphine in her likeness. Seraphine is the most recent League of Legends champion released by Riot in 2020, and is the first to have an entire online persona that lives through a Twitter account, @seradotwav.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Legends of Runterra development team announced what players can expect in the upcoming 1.14 patch, which features a myriad of balance changes to some of the most (and least) played cards in the game. In addition to the following card adjustments, the development stated that these were the last ones they have planned in the Call of the Mountain expansion before the first Seasonal Tournament kicks off in December. Also rolling out with the patch is the first iteration of a spectator mode so players can watch their friends play games live inside the client for the first time.
Set to kick off their regular season action on Saturday, November 7, the Heroes Hearth Community Clash League (CCL) features some of the most well-known and talented amateur and former professional players from around the world.
As if Tuesday's announcement wasn't enough, Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone team announced one of the largest patches in the game's history is going live on Thursday, impacting two multiplayer game modes. Titled patch 18.6, more than 30 cards and hero abilities in the Battlegrounds and Duels game modes saw balances changes, substantially changing metas and playstyles.
Reveal season has begun in the world of Blizzard Entertainments's digital card game, Hearthstone, for their upcoming card expansion titled Madness at the Darkmoon Faire. On Tuesday afternoon, the game's development team unveiled the first two cards that are coming to the set outside of what was shown at the reveal stream two weeks ago. And, surprisingly enough, they're Hunter cards and they both really, really want to go face.
