Blizzard deals up Hearthstone's Curse of Naxxramas expansion next week

The first major add-on for Blizzard’s popular Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft collectible card game is nearly upon us.

Curse of Naxxramas should debut on PC, Mac, and iPad on July 22. This new campaign introduces a single-player adventure mode to the head-to-head online card battler. The release is coming at a key time in the multibillion online game industry, as Hearthstone has slid down the top-download and top-grossing charts for iPad recently. Blizzard plans to break Naxxramas up into five parts that you can purchase for $7 each, but you can get the first one (the Arachnid Quarter) for free during the month-long launch event. If you do that, you can purchase the rest for $20. Players can also use in-game gold to buy the expansions. Each one will set you back 700 pieces of the shiny yellow stuff.