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"The Hearthstone open beta has been delayed until January, Blizzard has announced. The team decided to delay the open beta in order to make some final fixes and ensure the game runs smoothly at launch.  &amp;quot;One other thing to mention is that we&amp;#039;ve been making great progress on improving server stability, but there are still a few things that have come up that we want to fix before we leave the closed beta phase,&amp;quot; reads a Blizzard statement. &amp;quot;With all of that said, we believe the right thing to do for the game is to not rush it out into open beta, but to instead hold onto it a little longer to make sure it&amp;#039;s ready for wider testing.  &amp;quot;At BlizzCon, we mentioned that we hoped to get the game into a state where it&amp;#039;s ready for open beta this month, but we&amp;#039;re just not quite there yet.  &amp;quot;The development team has been working hard to get this out before the end of the year, but our highest priority is that Hearthstone has an awesome launch when all gates are lifted and everyone can download it and play at the same time.&amp;quot;  Announced in March, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is a free-to-play strategy card game for PC, Mac and iPad. Designed to be approachable to card game beginners and veterans, it&amp;#039;s said to feature quick and lively duels. Each player will have a card deck that is centred around one of the nine Warcraft classes. Watch a trailer for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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