Ringing Hell's Bells

So with less than a week until the release of Reaper of Souls, a quick retrospect on Diablo's patch 2.0 overhaul is in order!

Heroes Of The Storm is now in Technical Alpha!

Hello everyone, Kieran 'Mukea' Miller here again and today Heroes Of The Storm went into Technical Alpha! Heroes Of The Storm is Blizzards upcoming MOBA (Massively Online Battle Arena) game and as a massive Blizzard fan and former League Of Legends player I am incredibly excited for this. The heroes that you can play as are all from Blizzard games (Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo) and there are already lots of heroes to play as. From what I can tell it follows a similar concept to most other MOBAs where there's a set of free characters to play that changes regularly, and to keep a character you either have to save up in game currency or pay for it with real money. On top of this there are also skins you can get for each character, some can be bought and others have to be earnt via in game quests for that character.

 Only big streamers / video makers and I think a few randomers got keys but there is no NDA so people are already streaming it on Twitch.tv. I opted into the beta as soon as they announced it at Blizzcon and I hope I get in, can't wait to destroy people as my favourite World of Warcraft champions such as Illidan Stormrage!

Anyway, that's all from me for today, so goodbye until next time!

Hearthstone - Changes to Nat Pagle and Tinkmaster Overspark!

Hello everyone, Kieran 'Mukea' Miller here again and today I am bringing you information about some card changes that will be coming to Hearthstone. Nat Pagle and Tinkmaster Overspark are two cards that are incredibly RNG based and can either win or lose you a game based on the outcome. Both cards are currently heavily used in high end gameplay and I will explain the changes that are coming to these cards.

Hearthstone Review

Unfamiliar with the Warcraft universe having largely steered clear of the entire franchise, I have been hearing great things about Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, the new card game based on the series' lore. The game is still in beta but is free to play and despite my beliefs that it would be a poor iteration of other fantasy card games, the positive noises I was hearing (especially from other members of this blog - it's worth noting that this review is my opinion, as are all the reviews I post, not that of the rest of the team) and the non-existent price tag inspired me to put aside me prior assumptions and give it a go.

Hearthstone - Over excited Rogue makes a rookie mistake.

Hello everyone, Kieran 'Mukea' Miller here again to bring you a quick story about something that made me laugh in a ranked game a few days ago. Below I have posted the screenshot relevant to what I am talking about.

As you can see I was only on eight health, and the rogue said a hearty "Well Played!" as he slams down his Leeroy Jenkins and buffs it up with a Cold Blood to get the damage he thought he needed to finish me off, however he clearly wasn't paying attention because Leeroy Jenkins only has two health and I have a two attack Gnoll on the field. He tries to attack my face and suddenly realises his error, and sadly says "Mistakes Were Made". From this error he wasted two cards (one of which is a very powerful Legendary card) and also his whole turn. I felt very sorry for him, but it was a very rookie mistake to make, he just passed the turn and I killed Leeroy Jenkins with the two Whelps that it spawned, and went on to win the match. Goodbye from me until next time!