Hearthstone's final version will feature cross-platform play

Hearthstone's mobile versions won't feature a beta, like its PC counterpart, however once all versions are final and released, they'll all be able to play against each other.

Ozzie Mejia

November 11, 2013 10:00 AM

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Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is also coming to iOS and Android. And once all versions are finalized and released, they'll be able to interact with one another.

Lead designer Eric Dodds confirmed that the PC version of Hearthstone will release first, with iOS and Android versions coming later. However, since Hearthstone decks are tied to a player's Battle.net account, cards can be accessed across all platforms. Not only that, but card battles can also be conducted cross-platform.

"You could start in the morning playing on your PC and then, in the afternoon, pick up your iPad and you'll have all of your decks there," Dodds added. "When you're choosing to play, I might be playing against some other iPad person or I might be playing against the PC version."

Hearthstone's mobile version is expected to release in the second half of 2014.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?