Hearthstone Curse of Naxxramas Expansion Details Released

Blizzard has revealed details of it's upcoming expansion for popular card battling game Hearthstone. Curse of Naxxramas will see players battling their way through the floating necropolis once again, only this time it will be Hearthstone style.

Curse of Naxxramas will be released in 4 stages representing the 4 wings of Naxxramas. First up will be the Arachnid Quarter which will be available to play for free during the month long launch event. After this will come the other three wings; Plague Quarter, Military Quarter and the Construct Quarter. Finally, the Frostwyrm Lair will be opened. The wings will consist of the bosses contained with in Naxxramas in World of Warcraft and defeating these will unlock special cards which will help you further into the expansion. Defeating of all of the bosses from all wings will unlocks Heroic Mode. Victory in Heroic Mode will unlock a special card back for players to use to show off their mastery of the necropolis. Each wing will be unlocked weekly after the initial launch event, in similar fashion to some raids in World of Warcraft.

During the month long launch event, the first wing, Arachnid Quarter will be free to Hearthstone players. After this all five areas will have to be purchased at $6.99/€5.99/£4.99 per wing. Bundles are available for all 5, 4, 3 or 2 which will work out better value. If you play during the launch, you will only have to buy the 4 wing bundle. The full bundle of 5 will set you back $24.99/€21.99/£17.49. Single wings can also be purchased using in game currency earned through quests and Arena victories. No arrival date for Curse of Naxxramas has been released as of yet.