Galakrond’s Awakening will be the culmination of the year-long narrative that took place throughout Hearthstone in 2019—the Year of the Dragon. Galakrond’s Awakening also marks a return to the game’s original Solo Adventure format, where players tackle a series of unique boss encounters with pre-built decks to earn 35 new collectible cards. Once earned, these cards can be added to Standard and Wild decks, adding fun new options to further shake up the meta game. Upon completing Story mode as the League of E.V.I.L. and League of Explorers, players will unlock Heroic mode, where they can take on harder versions of the encounters armed with their own decks, which can include any of the cards in their Collections.

“The Year of the Dragon has been a dynamic and exciting one for Hearthstone, with a series of meta-shifting expansions, an ambitious year-long story, and a rapid cadence of new features and updates that have fundamentally evolved the game,” said J. Allen Brack, president of Blizzard Entertainment. “Galakrond’s Awakening will bring the story we’ve been telling in the game all year to an epic and fitting conclusion, and we can’t wait to share it with everyone.”

Galakrond’s Awakening consists of four installments that will roll out weekly starting January 21. Each installment includes two chapters—one covering the League of E.V.I.L., and another covering the League of Explorers—for a grand total of eight chapters in this Adventure. Individual Installments will be available for $6.99 or 700 in-game gold, or as a complete bundle for $19.99 USD. The first installment, Battle of the Frozen Coast, will be available on January 21, and all players can experience the League of E.V.I.L.’s chapter completely free, along with the ability to earn four new cards for completing it. For a limited time, players who pre-purchase the bundle will receive a Golden Classic Pack in addition to the full Adventure.

Galakrond’s Awakening will be playable in Hearthstone on Windows® and Mac® PCs; Windows, iOS, and Android tablets; and mobile phones. To learn more about Galakrond’s Awakening, visit www.descentofdragons.com.

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This is not a joke, there actually is a playable Guild Wars 2 card game out right now. Heroes of the Mists is a fan-made CCG game that is based off ArenaNet’s MMORPG.

UK web designer Like Dowding is the creator, and the game can be played for free right now on his site. Each of the cards are expertly designed with art style that will be familiar to many who are familiar with the MMO. You’ll see your favorite locations, characters and races too. The base deck has over two hundred custom cards at the moment, with more in development.

But how exactly does the game play? Well, the objective of this CCG is to defeat the opponent’s Hero. Each Hero will start with 80 Health and the first player to receive 80 Damage to their Hero loses the game. Each deck must contain 40 cards each. And 10 of those cards will be given by the Profession you choose which are Skill cards.

The remaining 30 cards are a combination of Minion cards that will be the damage dealers. Every turn, players will spend Endurance to summon a Minion or Skill cards to damage the opponent Hero.

As it stands, the game does sound interesting. It’s a lot like other card games out there that shares a world with their MMORPG counterparts. There seems to be a decent amount of deck-building meta as well, considering the amount of cards already available to players.

I feel that ArenaNet should sit up and take notice. Branching out into the card genre seems like the popular thing to do these days. And I say that on the fact that Hearthstone, Elder Scrolls Legends and GWENT are all pretty big right now.

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