Hearthstone's first expansion builds on the rivalry between goblins and gnomes

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The first expansion for Blizzard's free-to-play digital trading card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, called Goblins vs Gnomes, is now available to players. Focusing on the rivalry between Warcraft's two inventor races, the Goblins of Undermine and the Gnomes of Gnomeregan, the update comes with 120 new cards, new Mech minion types and more.

Here's a look at all that's on offer in Goblins vs Gnomes:

  • Over 120 new cards, including new mech subtype
  • Packs cost the same as existing expert packs (100 in game gold or $2.99 for two packs)
  • Cards are also craftable
  • Free arena pass over the weekend gave players chance to sample the selection

Players in the Americas have access to the expansion starting today, December 8, with those in Europe, Korea, Taiwan, and China able to enjoy the update from December 9. Available for Windows, the game can be downloaded from here. Let us know what you guys think of Hearthstone in the comments.

Source: Blizzard

Harish Jonnalagadda
Harish Jonnalagadda
46 Comments
  • Lol after many hours I guess I wasn't waiting for such news First comment yess!!
  • First comment, first comment,
    Come here, claim your prize.
    Which probably means your comment will,
    Get deleted and die. ;)happy first comment!
  • Why are you whining about it? Don't be jealous go wait for the next article to come
  • someone2369 is not jealous, he means that you shouldn't do it again. He's helping you learn. :) See it this way, first comments have absolutely no value. ^_^
  • Yeah exactly Slovenix. They don't know how it feels to be there at the top
  • First comment has a value. It makes people rage for no real reason. :)
  • You could write in the title if it's a pc, xbox or WP game...
  • Well, the only trading cards I use are Pokemon.
  • Same here. xD
  • Who knew there was a rivalry between goblins and gnomes? I, FFS, didn't.
  • xD
  • Uh, the first expansion was Curse of Naxxramas.
  • Blizzard didn't consider than an expansion actually.
  • Yeah, right...
  • Naxxramas was a single player adventure, not an expansion, blizz said so themselves. And there is a difference. One has thirty new cards, the other has 120. Also, this expansion ROCKS
  • Also, all the cards in Naxx were free free, meaning all you needed to do was play through and you'd get the cards. The expansion cards have to be gained, like the expert cards in the original were, through packs and occasional Arena prizes.
  • How is this Microsoft related? Other than play it on PC...
  • How is the upcoming Candy Crush release Microsoft related? Other than play it on Windows Phone...
  • Well, the website does deal with Windows games...
  • Maybe because the site is called WINDOWS CENTRAL and I think you can play it on a WINDOWS machine, BUT I'm not REALLY sure....... *_*
  • You should be sure. I believe the site IS called Windows Central.
  • How are the twitch streams Microsoft related? Other than playing on Xbox? How is the Lumia camera related, other than running on windows phone? Candy crush, like the guy said. It's a high profile game. This gets old. :(
  • Lol, man I had the same thought... then I read the tag for the article.
  • i feel addicted to news, and you cant get high on normal ones, you need good stuff like denim updates and so on.
  • I agree. We want Denim news!
  • Oh so true.
    I'm mainlining Cortana right now.
  • Anyone updated dream league soccer game? If so is there anything new like more leagues or something.
  • Probably Soon™
  • And let's not forget BETA title !
  • Microsoft will be separating the mail app too from the wp os. this will be very bad.
  • Don't worry, everything will be fine when W10 comes.
  • but integration is better than keeping apps separate like on android. MS has ficked up many things from wp8 like music, hubs etc. now email which the most imp will be separated for app updates then u can imagine how it would be.
  • Integration is one of the best things on Android, no reason to not be the same on W10 :)
  • android integrated what's wrong with u?
  • Try using one. I'm sure you already know how. Why do you think Microsoft is doing the same thing.
  • Xbox mail.
  • That's good. It will finally get regular updates.
  • I need Magic:The Gathering
  • After hours of waiting I get this.a game which has very less to do with windows aaaaand I have no idea abt the game. ---_____---
  • It runs on Windows. It's about as relevant as any game covered that runs on Xbox, or windows phone for that matter. Don't see what the issue is. Games have been and will continue to be a big part of the website.
  • I said very less to do with windows, didn't I?
  • I really like playing Hearthstone. I haven't tried the expansion yet, I didn't know there was going to be one. It would be better if they're was a Windows Phone app; I'd play that a lot more.
  • Well it comes out today so we can excuse you for not trying it yet :)
  • Haha wasn't expecting this news!
  • Blizzard puts out lots of expansions :P
  • I picked this up after having it with WoW. Very similar to the physical WoW TCG, but far less complicated and far more fun. Some of these new cards are ridiculously fun and broken.