Blizzard gives Hearthstone the silly animated short it deserves

Hearthstone has been one of Blizzard‘s biggest games since it launched in 2014. The digital card battler for PC and mobile helped to popularize an entire genre, attracting competitors like The Elder Scrolls: Legends, Gwent, and Artifact. But somehow, it has never had its own CG animated short — something its other games have. Until today.

But today, Blizzard unveiled Hearthstone’s first CG cinematic during the Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany. The video shows a stylized, more cartoony take on the Warcraft aesthetic and gives the Innkeeper, that warm dwarven voice that welcomes you every time you start the game, an on-screen presence.