Mechs are back in Hearthstone.

Hearthstone: The Boomsday Project expansion brings back the mechs

Blizzard Entertainment announced Hearthstone‘s next expansion this morning: The Boomsday Project. It will launch for the PC and mobile digital card game on August 7.

The set and its 135 cards will be the first to focus on mechs since Hearthstone’s first expansion, Goblins & Gnomes, which released in 2014. Hearthstone is the king of the digital card game market, and new expansions give players a reason to buy more packs. Card games are an important and growing market in video games worth $1.3 billion in 2017, research firm Superdata reports, and should hit $1.7 billion in 2019. Blizzard’s Hearthstone rules, making 3.3 times more than its closet competitor

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.