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Blizzard Entertainment has released 3D models of Warcraft Rumble characters

Ahead of the November 2023 launch of Warcraft Rumble, the good folks at Blizzard Entertainment have released a bunch of 3D models of the characters, called "Mini Blueprints", on their website. These are released to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License. At the time of this writing, they have already released 4 batches of models (Alliance, Beast, Blackrock, and Horde) with the remaining 2 batches to be released at a future date (the Undead and NPC & Bosses batch). An Alliance Footman model courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment Although I personally do not own a 3D printer, I am very much interested in the free and open-source 3D modeling software Blender3D. I was pleased to learn that Blender3D is capable of importing the STL (Standard Tessellation Language) files used by 3D printing software. I do not know how much I can do with the models however since it was released under a rather restrictive Creative
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Hearthstone: Mercenaries - First impressions


Trying out the latest game mode for Blizzard's Hearthstone that just came out. I was having problems playing on Android but the desktop client was ok. I am not sure if they are having problems server-side due to the launch or if it is my internet connection acting up again but I did experience disconnections. 

Mercenaries deviates from the usual TCG gameplay and is another enjoyable way to experience the Warcraft lore. It plays more like an RPG where you level up and upgrade your characters (in this case cards representing those characters) ability. There is no concept of "mana" in using abilities, but what you choose will affect the sequence of attack (think of it as casting speed) and some attacks and abilities do have a "cooldown period" before it can be used again. 

 It is good to know that you do not really need to spend real money on booster packs since you can buy these packs using in-game currency you win by doing quests. As soon as the new gameplay was announced, I held back "purchasing" card packs (actually what I mean is exchanging in-game currency won from quests and battles) I have accumulated and used it on Mercenary packs instead. 

 I think that the game mode is very enjoyable for casual players and each "questline" doesn't take too much time to complete. Adding this with the existing battlegrounds, duels, tavern brawl, solo adventures, and the classic ranked gameplay, the Hearthstone team is proving again that they are constantly thinking up of clever ways to enjoy Warcraft lore in a TCG/CCG format.

Check out the gameplay here or watch the embedded YouTube video below.



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