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Hearthstone's Goblins vs Gnomes expansion release date confirmed

Brings 120 new cards next week.

Hearthstone's first expansion, Goblins vs Gnomes, is due on 9th December in Europe, Korea, Taiwan, and China, Blizzard has announced.

Our friend in the Americas and other parts of Southeast Asia will receive it a day earlier on the 8th.

The expansion will launch on PC, Mac and iPad.

Goblins vs Gnomes adds 120 new cards. These can be purchased as packs, crafted with dust or won from arena battles.

Our John Bedford detailed a few of the upcoming new cards last month where he seemed particularly smitten with something called the V-07-TR-0N, "a card created through the destruction of three other mechanical minions, and packing a new Mega-Windfury mechanic which allows the card to inflict damage four times in a single turn."

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