Do you need even more Hearthstone in your life? Are you sad you can’t be deck dueling 24/7 because you don’t have internet access on your tablet while on a bus ride? Blizzard feels your pain and hopefully you’ll have 3G/4G or EDGE service where you go because now you can play Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft on your tiny mobile phone screen. Tiny being a relative term in mobile phones now with the iPhone 6 at 4.7″, the iPhone 6 Plus at 5.5″, my aging Samsung Note 3 at 5.7″ and the Sony Xperia Z Ultra at 6.44″. When you consider most tablets are between 7″ to 10″ we really aren’t losing too much real estate when moving to our giant phones.
No matter Blizzard knows every bit of screen is previous to you and sometimes in the heat of battle on a smaller cellphone screen you would have blamed the interface for your Hearthstone loss. Not every phone will meet the Hearthstone mobile requirements but they seem inline with what you would expect. On Android you’ll need at-least Android 4.0 with 1GB of RAM while on iOS you’ll need iOS 5.0 or later and at-least an iPad 2, iPad mini, iPhone 4s, iPod Touch 5 or an iPad Air. You can download the game free right now at Google Play or iTunes App Store.
PRESS RELEASE
HEARTHSTONE®: HEROES OF WARCRAFTTMGOES FULLY MOBILE
Blizzard Entertainment’s acclaimed free-to-play strategy card game now available on iOS® and AndroidTM mobile phones
PARIS, France.—April 15, 2015— Calling all mobile duelists, it’s time to take your decks on the go—Hearthstone®: Heroes of Warcraft™ is now playable on iOS® and Android™ mobile phones. This version features an all-new interface specially crafted for smaller screens, making it easier than ever to keep the fun of Hearthstone at your fingertips.
“We’re excited to welcome mobile gamers to the Hearthstone community,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Hearthstone’ s quick, super-accessible gameplay is perfect for gaming on the go , and with the mobile versions it’s incredibly easy to jump into a match and have some fun.”
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is a fast-paced, easy-to-learn digital card game for players of every skill level. Hearthstone offers a wide variety of ways to play, whether you want to prove your prowess in ranked matches, test your chops as a deck-builder in the Arena, battle crafty A.I. opponents to win new cards in the Solo Adventures, or challenge your friends to a duel.
The mobile version of Hearthstone brings all of the exciting features and content available in the Windows®, Mac®, and tablet versions of the game, includingGoblins vs Gnomes™, Curse of Naxxramas™, and the newly released Blackrock Mountain™. As with the other versions of the game, players will have full access to their existing card collection when they log in to the game on their mobile phones.
In celebration of Hearthstone now being more portable than ever, anyone who completes one game in any mode on their mobile phone will receive one free Classic card pack from the original Hearthstone set. (Players who downloadHearthstone on their iPad® or Android tablet and finish a game for the first time also receive a free Classic card pack.) Win or lose, that free card pack is yours just by playing a game in Play, Arena, or Practice mode.
Visit playhearthstone.com to learn more about Hearthstone, then head to the Google Play™ store or Amazon Appstore for Android, or Apple® App Store™ for iOS, to download the game for free and start dueling!
About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft® and the Warcraft®,StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com ), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track record includes nineteen #1 games* and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active players.
*Sales and/or downloads. Based on internal company records and reports from key distribution partners.
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Android is a trademark of Google, Inc.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Blizzard Entertainment’s expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including statements about the mobile version of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause Blizzard Entertainment’s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Blizzard Entertainment and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Blizzard Entertainment nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Blizzard Entertainment or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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