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Blizzard Designer Talks About Porting Hearthstone to Nintendo Switch Porting Hearthstone to the Nintendo Switch is a �discussion worth having� according to at least one Blizzard designer. Principal game designer for Hearthstone Mike Donais spoke briefly on the subject in an interview recently. While Blizzard�s made clear in recent months that there�s no officially announced plans to bring Hearthstone to Nintendo�s new console, the platform�s launch success might have changed things. Donais, speaking for himself, agrees. For Donais, however, it�s less about the Nintendo Switch�s success than it is about what just makes sense. He notes that Hearthstone is already available on both iPads, or tablets, and phones. Why wouldn�t Hearthstone on the Nintendo Switch also work? Of course, the Nintendo Switch doesn�t have cellular network connectivity for playing on the go and who knows how a complicated online game would work with Nintendo�s new online services. Nevetheless, Hearthstone just make...

Blizzard Announced Upcoming Balance and Ladder Changes in Hearthstone Blizzard have ended speculation as to the fate of Small-Time Buccaneer by announcing nerfs that will be active with Update 7.1. The ladder system will also see a small change. The changes were outlined by Blizzard in a Reddit post, and they should shift the metagame significantly. The big, although expected, news is that Small-Time Buccaneer will be nerfed to become a 1/1 rather than a 1/2. This puts it into turn 2 ping range and should stop the card getting out of control. It remains to be seen if it will still be playable considering it will still fetch patches, and still trade one Mana for two Mana in a lot of early game situations. Spirit Claws also sees a change, and although expected by many, was a minor surprise to me as Blizzard generally dislike messing with cards from adventures. The cost of the card has been raised from 1 Mana to 2 Mana. This might seem like a minor change, but the implications are huge. I...