Inside Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire, New Duels Mode, And Revamped Rewards

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Though Blizzard has long supported Hearthstone with regular expansions, new game modes, and quality-of-life improvements, the coming weeks will bring all three at once. The new expansion, Madness at the Darkmoon Faire, brings back the fan-favorite Old Gods--huge minions with wild game-changing effects. A new game mode, called Duels, brings the popular Dungeon Run mechanics into multiplayer. And these big new additions are coming alongside a completely revamped progression system, which will let you earn seasonal rewards across all the different modes. We've also seen the first batch of new cards coming to Darkmoon Faire, so check out our gallery of all the Darkmoon Faire cards we've seen so far.

I played an early session of the new Duels mode, which like Dungeon Run makes you feel severely OP. I also spoke with game director Ben Lee, Darkmoon Faire set lead John McIntyre, designer Liv Breeden, and engineer Sarah Chen about Hearthstone's most ambitious game update in years.

Old Gods at the Darkmoon Faire

The centerpiece of these updates is Madness at the Darkmoon Faire, the new Hearthstone expansion coming November 17. That expansion adds a 135 new cards as usual, including the four Old Gods. These 10-Mana neutral minions were first introduced in Whispers of the Old Gods, the third official expansion, in 2016. They've remained popular since, and so Blizzard is bringing them back with new unique effects that echo their original powers.

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