Heroes of the Storm & Hearthstone News Summary (Day 1)

All Hearthstone news from the Hearthstone: What's Next Panel and from the Heroes of the Storm: Hero Deep Dive Panel. Possibly including some news from Overwatch cross-promotion! See below!

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

• The League of Explorers launches November 12th, 2015.
• The adventure costs $20 USD.
• Wings can be purchased separately for 700 gold or $6.99.
• 45 new cards will be introduced through the adventure.
• New Cards: The League of Explorers contains 4 wings packed with fiendish bosses, puzzling traps, and ancient mysteries for you to discover. When you overcome a boss or an encounter for the first time, you will earn brand-new cards for your collection!
• Legendary: When you defeat all the challenges in a wing for the first time, you will be rewarded with that wing’s legendary card – for example, Elise Starseeker!
• Class Challenges: The League of Explorers also includes nine all-new class challenges that task you with using a special pre-built deck to prove your skill. Succeed, and the new class cards are yours.
• New Game Boards: Immerse yourself in the adventure with all-new playing fields!
• Meet the League: Make friends with renowned explorer and fearless dwarven historian Brann Bronzebeard and the other members of the League of Explorers: dashing treasure hunter extraordinaire Reno Jackson, brilliant night elf scholar Elise Starseeker, and gentleman (gentle-fish?) murloc adventurer Sir Finley Mrrgglton!
• New Keyword: The League of Explorers introduces a new keyword that lets you do some digging of your own: Discover! Works kind of like Tracking, but the cards are totally random and are not in your deck. Spell cards will stay within their respective classes.
• Heroic Mode: If you’re ready for a challenge, you can try taking on the Heroic Mode version of any mission that you’ve cleared. This extra-tough game mode is designed for players eager to test their puzzle-solving skills against incredibly powerful opponents. Bring your best deck and your sharp wits.

Heroes of the Storm

New Game Mode - Arena

• You're given 3 random heroes to choose from (for 45 seconds), then select an heroic and join the fray. Players can have the same hero!
• Will have specific maps for it. They showed maps that seem to be related to the current themes (Dragon Shire, Garden of Terror, Sky Temple).
• Still in development - no ETA.
• You're given a random hero, chose an heroic, and are thrown into a 5 minute non-stop fight built around a single map objective, played in rounds in a "best of 3" format.
• Every round the Layout of the map changes!
• Healing from the Hall of the Storm is instantaneous, and Death Timers are shorter.

New Battleground - Towers of Doom

• Seems to be a Halloween themed battleground.
• When you destroy enemy towns, they become yours!

New Heroes

• Genn Greymane - seems to be capable of fighting as both melee (Werewolf form) and ranged (firearm).
• Lunara - Dryad ranged hero.
• Tracer - available likely after Overwatch launches (at most June 2016).
• Cho'Gall - 1 hero controlled by TWO players!!! Cho'Gall releases later this month!!!
• Players who attended Blizzcon or bought a Virtual Ticket will get Cho'gall for free.
• If you party up and play 2 games with someone who does not have Cho'gall, they will unlock the hero for free as well.
• If you play 4 games as Cho'gall with someone else, you will get bonus gold!

New Skins and Mounts!

• There seems to be a few Halloween themed skins - for Arthas (Giant Bat special mount), Sylvanas, Stitches (Santa Claus?), Greymane and Cho'Gall.
• Lunara seems to have an Armored Night-Elf Lunara skin.