For the online card game Hearthstone Blizzard announces a price increase for the cash shop. This affects Hearthstone on PC, Mac, the Battle.net shop, and on Android devices.
Blizzard states: We regularly take a look at prices worldwide and adjust our prices to local and regional conditions.
On March 22, Blizzard plans a significant price increase in the Euro region.
- 2 card packs will cost 2.99€ – 30 cents more
- 7 packs will cost 9.99€ – 1 euro more
- 15 packs will cost 19.99€ – 2€ more
- 40 packs will cost 49.99€ – 5 euros more
- 60 packs will cost 69.99€ – 7 euros more
- One adventure wing will cost 6.99€ – 1 euro more than currently
- And an arena ticket will be available for 1.99€ – that’s 20 cents more than at the moment.
All these items are currently also available for the in-game currency “Gold.” There will be no changes to the gold prices.
The price for the prelaunch pack for the next expansion Un’Goro is expected to be unaffected by the price changes.
Hearthstone has proven to be a real cash cow for Blizzard.
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