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# Blizzard’s small, interesting, and free Hearthstone is open to the world today
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/blizzards-hearthstone-goes-open-beta/
- Published: 2014-01-22T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:24:11.000Z
- Description: Gather ’round the hearth. Stone.
- Author: Kelly Burke
- Tags: News, Beta, blizzard, card games, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

If you love *Warcraft* and collectible card games and things that are free, then you’re in luck—today Blizzard finally released the open beta of [*Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft* ](http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/?ref=killscreen.com)in North America. The game’s been in closed beta for awhile, but, this being Blizzard, it’s already blown up. Now’s the time to hop aboard, ye stragglers.

As a card game, it’s fairly straightforward. One of the biggest things that sets it up apart from, say, *Magic: The Gathering* is its lack of interrupts. You can’t play anything during your opponent’s turn, but things stay up-tempo regardless. We love that a monolithic company like Blizzard was able to release something fast and loose like this. Ubisoft is poised to do the same, with small teams using the UbiArt engine to create *Child of Light* and *Valiant Hearts*. Hey, other publishers: where’s your *Hearthstone*?