The eagerly awaited expansion for Blizzard’s free online card game Hearthstone, Curse of Naxxramas, will likely not be released this week.
A simple forum post by community manager Arathil has dampened the hopes of impatient fans for an early release: “We are still on track to release Naxxramas in July, but not on Tuesday.” Since Tuesday is traditionally the maintenance day for the US server (Wednesday in Europe), it is assumed that there will be no access to the Arachnid Quarter of Naxxramas this week, the first of the five wings.
Possible release times then: Next Wednesday, July 23, or the following Wednesday, July 30. Even then, Hearthstone would technically still be “in July,” albeit just barely.
At the moment, it is also said that the special card back that players receive for being particularly successful in the heroic version of Naxxramas is also expected to be revealed before the dread necropolis appears. This means there will be a warning beforehand. A sign to watch out for, so to speak. Unfortunately, Naxxramas will not materialize out of nowhere and lure with undead hordes. As much as players would love such surprise releases – and the actual Hearthstone originally appeared quite unexpectedly back then – it seems that this will not be the case for Hearthstone’s first expansion.
To help you pass the time until the release of Naxxramas (and so that you don’t start tearing apart half the forum like Hearthstone fans did after Arathil’s announcement), we recommend our three articles about the expansion.
- The first contains general information about the game modes
- This one provides a more detailed look at the likely properties of the bosses
- And here you will find out what you need to pay for Naxxramas.
What do Hearthstone players say? May you always have good cards? May you never encounter a Miracle Rogue in the dark?
Last-minute update 8:00 AM: It has been confirmed on the Spanish Twitter account for Hearthstone that Naxxramas is still coming in July, but not this week.
