Hearthstone Battlegrounds adds Elemental tribe and new rating system

Blizzard Entertainment has announced some big changes coming to Hearthstone’s Battlegrounds mode on September 29, including 16 new minions, four new heroes, and a revamped ranking system.

Hearthstone is a digital card game that has been out since 2014 and has continued to be a money-maker for Blizzard. However, the experience had felt stagnant for some fans in the past couple years. Battlegrounds, which debuted last November, gave the free-to-play game a new mode inspired by the auto chess genre. For many players (myself included), it is their new preferred way to play Hearthstone.