New ‘Tavern Brawl’ game mode heading to Hearthstone this month

If you have mastered The Arena and conquered Black Rock Mountain, then you may be looking for a new challenge in Blizzard’s popular Heathstone card game. Fortunately, the company has just announced that a new game mode, named Tavern Brawl, will be heading to the game later this month.

Tavern Brawl introduces a spin on the regular head to head game mode, but with a special rule set that changes on a weekly basis. One week players may be faced with besting their opponent using a pre-built deck, while other weeks may introduce special rules or deck building guidelines to enter with. Perhaps best of all, admission will be free, unlike The Arena or Solo Adventures.

Players will need to reach level 20 with a hero before they can use them in the Tavern Brawl, so new players will need to clock up quite a few games before being allowed to get to grips with the more random rules of the Tavern. Blizzard had originally teased an additional spot on the game’s home screen earlier in the week and this is where the new mode can be found, once it goes live.

In addition to the new game mode, Blizzard is also preparing to release a tweak to the Collection Manager, which will allow players to assign specific card backs to different decks. New Hero portraits are also on the way for some of the classes, which will come with new board artwork, emotes, and a unique match start animation. Heroes will be available for purchase using real money, but don’t offer any game play benefits over the standard heros.

Hearthstone appeared for Android tablets late last year and arrived on Android smartphones back in April. Tavern Brawl and the new changes will be available on all platforms when the update is released in mid-June.