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Who would have thought when Hearthstone launched officially earlier this year, that the next hugely popular, competitive title to hit the PC would be a collectible card game? Well you better believe it now, as Blizzard has released an image on Twitter to celebrate the fact that it now has over 20 million players.
“Thank you all for joining us in #Hearthstone! We're going to need a bigger tavern!” reads the tweet, along with the following image:
This is a particularly huge achievement considering the game has only been out of beta since early this year. Blizzard's previous behemoth franchisee, World of Warcraft, never hit 20 million players – though part of me wonders whether this latest figure represents downloaders, or regular players.
Either way though, the game has been a huge success, combining some clever collectible elements, with a free to play model to make something that resonates with a lot of people. Plenty play it for a quick competitive romp when they have a spare 10 minutes, while others delve deep into the deck building meta-game. There's even some expanded single player elements thanks to the Curse of Naxxramas expansion.
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KitGuru Says: Who among you are big Hearthstone fans? Quite a few I would wager.
And how many people play farmville? I got invited to the beta but when I realised it was a card game I un installed fast. What a heap of rubbish.
Thats your first mistake. THinking that its rubbish because its a “Card Game” is very stupid considering its not the same as Magic The Gathering or any other card game. IF this game where to not have cards, but instead it being normal units and spells. you would prolly play it. But since its in card form, you automatically assume its rubbish/uninteresting. Maybe try it before posting such bullshit. Or maybe you dislike games like these because you are bad in Strategic games.
Oh, and on your farmville comment, those people arent “Gamers”, they are mindless facebook sheep looking to pass time. Farmville, not to be compared to actual games.