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Kripparrian Joins Dean Ayala and Chris Sierra for the Ashes of Outland Final Reveal Stream on Wednesday
Wow, crazy to think we're almost done with card reveals!
In just two days time, Kripparrian will be joining Dean Ayala and Chris Sierra of the...
Blizzard Releases 10 Fun Facts on Hearthstone's Battlegrounds
On the weekend, Dean Ayala, Hearthstone's design lead on both the core game and Battlegrounds, released some fun facts about Hearthstone's newest game...
Were you Expecting The Caverns Below to be Unnerfed with Hearthstone's Next Expansion? Think Again
Dean Ayala has confirmed that The Caverns Below is not one of the cards being unnerfed when the first expansion of 2020 returns.
Last week we learned...
10 Hearthstone Cards are Having Their Nerfs Reverted Including a Year of the Dragon Card
Dean Ayala has announced that we're going to see 10 cards have their previous nerfs reverted!
5 of these cards are currently in the Wild format.
4 of...
Blizzard's Dean Ayala Talks About No Plans for Wild Nerfs & Asks the Community About Rotating Formats
Hearthstone's Senior Game Designer, Dean Ayala is back on track after his wedding and answering questions this evening on Hearthstone's Wild game...
Blizzard Shares Deck Winrate Data from the Top 1% of Hearthstone Players, Possible Balance Talks in a Few Weeks
Blizzard's Dean Ayala shared winrate data from the past few days on decks from the highest-ranked players in the game - the top 1%.
In addition to...
Blizzard May be Reverting Card Nerfs on the Next Set Rotation
Oh boy! Dean Ayala has announced that some cards may be getting their nerfs removed when the next expansion releases.
Dean was out on the official...
The Popular and the Powerful - Iksar Gives an Update on the Hearthstone Standard Meta
Dean "Iksar" Ayala took to Twitter yesterday to give us some insight on the Standard Meta at high ranks according to Blizzard's own data. He kept it...
Hearthstone Devs Speak! Iksar on Nerfing Cards, Buffing Cards and Power Level
It was a busy week last week for Hearthstone; the second round of nerfs for Descent of Dragons went live, including some buffs for Battlegrounds and...
Hearthstone is Getting a Balance Patch - Changes Coming to Battlegrounds, Rogue, Warrior, and Galakrond Archetypes
Dean Ayala has been a popular guy on Twitter recently as he has announced the team is putting together a new Hearthstone balance patch.
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Hearthstone Releases Ranked Play Distribution for the First Time in 5 Years!
For the first time since September 2014, we've got the ranked play ladder distribution for Hearthstone!
Hearthstone's Dean Ayala tweeted out the...