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Hearthstone Grand Tournament Release Date

August 20, 2015 by Richard Vincenti Jr Leave a Comment

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Attention all Hearthstone fans! The release date for the Grand Tournament has been officially announced by Blizzard. The latest update to Blizzard’s wildly successful online collectable card game, Hearthstone, will officially arrive on August 24.

  • The only exception to this date is Asia, which will be able to play Hearthstone, Grand Tournament on August 25.

The Grand Tournament will feature an brand new game mechanic called Inspire. When you use your Hero Power you will trigger Inspire which in turn will provide you with a benefit like stat gains, additional minions, new abilities and much more. What happens with inspire is all based on the description of the particular card you’re playing. Ultimately, Inspire will now give you more reasons to use your Hero Power and provide a new way for you to defeat your enemies.

Grand Tournament will bring with it 132 new cards to the game, which will now provide players with a reason to spend all of that gold and dust that they have been hanging on to. Along with the new cards there will be a new board to play on and a new game mechanic called Jousting. This new mechanic will have players draw and reveal one card from their decks, the player who draws the higher cost card will be the winner. If you drew the joust card and win, then you will gain the additional benefit from that card’s description.

This is Hearthstone’s second major expansion and it looks to be a lot of fun. For complete information head to Blizzard’s Hearthstone Grand Tournament page.

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2013 World Magic Cup Enters Final Day

August 3, 2013 by Richard Vincenti Jr Leave a Comment

The World Magic Cup has been underway at the Amsterdam Convention Factory from August 2-4 and it’s been a great tournament so far. If you aren’t familiar with the World Magic Cup, it’s the  best of the best from around the world representing their home countries as they go head to head playing Magic: The Gathering.

Currently, Austria is the number one seed and they will be up against Hungary. The Czech Republic will play against New Zealand. France is up against Belgium and Estonia will face off against Iceland all in the top 8 quarter-finals. You can catch the live webcast for August 4th along with replay videos and event coverage including the latest brackets all on the event page from Wizards of the Coast.

 

Filed Under: Games, News, Video, Web, Youtube Tagged With: 2013 World Magic Cup, competition, Gaming, Magic the Gathering, MTG, tcg, tournament, trading card game, video

Featured App: Magic 2014 – Duels of the Planeswalkers

July 3, 2013 by Richard Vincenti Jr Leave a Comment

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Magic 2014 – Duels of the Planeswalkers is now available. It released on 6-25-2013 and is available on many platforms including Playstation Network, the App Store (iPad), Google Play, the Amazon App Store, Xbox Live Arcade, and PC on Steam. You can pick up the game for $9.99 or play the trial version for Free.

Magic 2014 Duels of the Planeswalkers features 10 brand new decks, 15 new encounters, 10 new puzzle challenges, and an all-new Sealed Play mode, that allows players to open booster packs and build decks to play against the AI and other players. Magic 2014 players also get a first look at cards from the Magic 2014 – Core Set, including the highly anticipated Slivers cards, creating even more seamless integration between the online and offline games.

If you haven’t played Magic: The Gathering then honestly, you’re missing out on a great trading card game. In fact, Magic: The Gathering (MTG) is the original trading card game. Yes, that’s right, MTG was the very first of it’s kind and it was invented by Richard Garfield, Ph D. and released by Wizards of the Coast in 1993.

The physical card game is so much fun to play as it offers up a great challenge and it’s a great way to get together and get gaming with your friends, but the digital game is just as good. It’s not often that a video game can match it’s real-life counterpart but the Magic series has done just that.

If your new to the game in general, don’t fear the unknown! Download the game and Magic 2014 will ease you in by showing you everything you need to know to get dueling.

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Blizzard Introduces HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft

March 22, 2013 by Richard Vincenti Jr Leave a Comment

Blizzard Entertainment has introduced a brand new game, HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft. The game is a TCG (Trading Card Game) style game that is free-to-play and features all of our favorite Warcraft characters. Build Decks and Challenge players, the core of any good card game, and that’s exactly what HearthStone is all about.

It’s exciting to see Blizzard doing something that shakes things up a bit. I can’t wait to jump in and check it out. The game will be available for Windows PC, Mac, and iPad. You can sign up to be a part of the beta and get even more information by heading to the official site, HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft.

We’ve always loved collectible card games at Blizzard, so it’s been exciting to bring everything we love about the genre to life in Hearthstone, we’re putting a lot of focus into creating a fun new game that’s easy to pick up and play, but also has a lot of depth. We can’t wait to share it with everyone.”– Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment

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Filed Under: Apple, Apps, Games, Mac, Mobile, News, OSX, PC, Windows Tagged With: Blizzard, blizzard entertainment, Gaming, Hearthstone, Heroes of Warcraft, iPad, Mac, OS X, PC, tcg, trading card game, Warcraft, Windows

Magic: The Gathering

August 29, 2012 by Richard Vincenti Jr 1 Comment

I spent many years of my childhood collecting, trading and playing card games but one that sticks out the most for me is Magic: The Gathering. I remember it like it was yesterday, waiting to for the latest issue of InQuest magazine to arrive as I worked on perfecting my deck. I would read each issue at least twice and it was always close by just in case I needed it. Many hours spent playing with friends, perfecting strategies, and honing my skills.

If you have never played Magic: The Gathering and your a fan of games like this, then you should definitely check it out.Magic artwork

In Magic: The Gathering (MTG), you (the player) are a planeswalker, which is a powerful wizard who  fights other planeswalkers for glory. You fight your battles by using spells and summoning creatures.

In order to cast these spells and summon these creatures to destroy your opponent, you need to gather mana. Mana is generated through the use of Land cards. There are 5 types of  magic used in the game, White: The Color of Justice, Blue: The Color of Wisdom, Black: The Color of Ambition, Red: The Color of Chaos, and Green The Color of Nature. The type of magic you choose to play will determine the type of land you use to gain mana.

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The popular card game is still very much alive today and is played both for fun and for competition. Although nothing beats the card game it self, one of my favorite ways to play is on the computer.

The latest version is Magic: The Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013. The game offers a solid tutorial that should help you get going if you’re not familiar with the game play. This edition will feature ten new decks, a new multiplayer mode named “Planechase”, and new puzzle challenges. The game contains some really nice artwork and the UI flows well. Backgrounds are made up of rich 3D environments,  and the game also features narrated storyline.

Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 is available for iPad, Xbox, PlayStation, and PC users can download the game on Steam for  $9.99 and the Special Edition is available for $19.99. More details on Magic: The Gathering the card game and the video game version  are available on the official site here.

Filed Under: Discussions, Games Tagged With: Magic the Gathering, mana, planeswalker, trading card game

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