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Marvel Snap previews its May update with five more mutants and heroes
Marvel Snap is about to take May by storm thanks to its A Blink in Time season. Second Dinner's Ben Brode -- as hyper...
Marvel Snap gets even more multiplayer with today’s battle mode
It's been one of the most requested features of Ben Brode's Marvel Snap: A one-on-one battle mode to duke it out between friends. And...
First impressions of Marvel Snap, an addictive mobile card game by Hearthstone’s former director
Feeling the effects of the "superhero movie fatigue syndrome" that's going around these days, I wasn't overly eager to check out Marvel Snap when...
Former Hearthstone devs reveal Marvel Snap multiplayer CCG with beta signups open now
No, it's not a bean, a clicking noise, or a government assistance program: Marvel Snap is just a a new multiplayer card-collecting game. Nuverse...
Blizzard’s sexism scandal continues, 2500 devs sign letter condemning Acti-Blizz response
It's now been a week since California filed a brutal discrimination and harassment lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard following a two-year investigation. Last week and over...
The Hearthstone leads Blizz lost last year just scooped up the Marvel IP with their new studio
Blizzard had a rough year losing key figures at the company last year - heck, this week it lost its CFO to Square Inc....
Hearthstone’s new puzzle labs is coming next week as its production director departs
Just because Hearthstone's Boomsday Project expansion is out and about doesn't mean that the dev team is done with its crazy experiments.
In fact, next...
Former SWTOR creative lead James Ohlen departs BioWare, former Hearthstone boss Ben Brode announces new company
Some industry news this morning: James Ohlen announced that he's retiring from BioWare after more than two decades at the company. MMORPG fans will...
Hearthstone Game Director Ben Brode departs from Blizzard to form new game studio
Without a doubt, one of the most vivacious and well-loved personalities at Blizzard Entertainment has been Ben Brode. The Hearthstone game director injected a...
BlizzCon 2017: Hearthstone announces Kobolds and Catacombs expansion with single-player dungeon run
On one of the best BlizzCon stages to date, Hearthstone Game Director Ben Brode stole the crowd's collective candle with an announcement of the...
Hearthstone’s game director fields questions about the expansion, ladder experimentation, and new heroes
With Knights of the Frozen Throne coming to Hearthstone next month, excitement is reaching a fever pitch for this already-popular card title. Game Director...
Hearthstone dev performs an epic Un’Goro rap
Consider this your weekly public service announcement to remind you that game developers are people too -- weird, strange, and totally geeky people. As...
Hearthstone senior game designer addresses player ‘restlessness’
Have you ever become frustrated with a studio for its lack of communication and the perception that the developers are goofing off instead of...
Hearthstone dev tackles the issue of card consistency
Being able to clearly understand what a card does and how it can be used is the subject of a new designer insights video...
Hearthstone’s senior game designer discusses the dark side of new content
Hearthstone is a pretty successful game with four expansions under its belt, yet every single expansion has an interesting danger hanging over its head....