Blizzard’s online card game Hearthstone will soon be coming to smartphones. However, this brings some issues.
In an interview with Gamespot, one of the key designers of Hearthstone, Eric Dodds, talked about the upcoming port of the successful game to smartphones. A Hearthstone player will be able to compete on the phone, as we have known since November, with players who are on the PC or tablet .
However, issues also arise. Even on the iPad, Hearthstone proves to be a battery drainer, and on the iPhone, this could become much more serious.
“It is a beautiful game,” says Dodds, “so it will definitely require a lot of power. That’s one of the things we are constantly thinking about, how to get the most out of smartphone batteries.”
With the traffic that Hearthstone generates, there likely won’t be too many problems. However, Dodds warns that you need a constantly active internet connection: “I wouldn’t recommend playing it on the go.”
