{"id":378394,"date":"2025-10-27T23:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/hearthstone-mercenaries-new-gameplay-today\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T23:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:00:55","slug":"hearthstone-mercenaries-new-gameplay-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/hearthstone-mercenaries-new-gameplay-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearthstone Mercenaries | New Gameplay Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/hearthstone-mercenaries-new-gameplay-today.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/preview\/2021\/10\/12\/hearthstone-mercenaries-new-gameplay-today\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"game-details\">\n<div class=\"game-details-publisher\"> <b>Publisher:<\/b> Blizzard Entertainment <\/div>\n<div class=\"game-details-developer\"> <b>Developer:<\/b> Blizzard Entertainment <\/div>\n<div class=\"game-details-release\"> <b>Release:<\/b> <time datetime=\"00Z\" class=\"datetime\">March 11, 2014<\/time> <\/div>\n<div class=\"game-details-rating\"> <b>Rating:<\/b> Teen <\/div>\n<div class=\"game-details-platform\"> <b>Platform:<\/b> PC <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><span>Hearthstone Mercenaries is a new game found within the Hearthstone client, that tasks players with both PvE and PvP in a tactical RPG setting. Yes, it is very different than Hearthstone. No, I don\u2019t know why it\u2019s being lumped into Hearthstone proper because it\u2019s fairly confusing. It\u2019s a completely new game with different rules, different cards, and RPG leveling, gearing, and even grinding. It\u2019s out today if you\u2019re interested, and you can join us for a quick romp through some early levels in this episode of New Gameplay Today!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<aside>It is important to keep in mind what is going on within Activision Blizzard at this time regarding ongoing allegations about the work culture. The ongoing lawsuit from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) against the company is over reported toxic workplace culture. The bulk of the suit focuses on &#8220;violations of the state&#8217;s civil rights and equal pay laws,&#8221; specifically regarding the treatment of women and other marginalized groups. To learn more about the proceedings thus far, including details listed in the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, please check out our previous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/07\/22\/lawsuit-document-against-activision-blizzard-details-a-long-history-of-harassment-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coverage here<\/a>.<\/aside>\n<p><span><span>While the missions in the Barrens don\u2019t showcase the depth or complexity that the game reaches with multiple abilities, equipment choices, or combos, it\u2019s a good way to show off some early character development and level structure. You can play bounties to your heart\u2019s content to bring back rewards, allowing you to boost your character abilities and adding permanent points via level-ups to your character roster. As you accrue packs, more options open up in terms of party composition, allowing you to create combos and specific teams designed to handle specific bounties that may be much easier with the right abilities or specializations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>You don\u2019t take anything from Hearthstone into Mercenaries (except your in-game gold) and it\u2019s a completely new experience. Let us know what you think in the comments!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/preview\/2021\/10\/12\/hearthstone-mercenaries-new-gameplay-today\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to watch embedded media Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Release: March 11, 2014 Rating: Teen Platform: PC Hearthstone Mercenaries is a new game found within the Hearthstone client, that tasks players with both PvE and PvP in a tactical RPG setting. Yes, it is very different than Hearthstone. 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It is important to keep in mind what is going on within Activision Blizzard at this time&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/hearthstone-mercenaries-new-gameplay-today\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":378395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hearthstone Mercenaries | New Gameplay Today | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Click to watch embedded media Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Release: March 11, 2014 Rating: Teen 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