World of Warcraft’s latest expansion, Battle for Azeroth, was released earlier this year, while the Hearthstone team revealed its own new expansion, Rastakhan’s Rumble, at BlizzCon 2018. Both the World of Warcraft expansion and this new Hearthstone pack deal heavily with the Warcraft race of trolls — the titular Rastakhan himself is, in fact, a new character introduced in Battle for Azeroth. Rastakhan’s Rumble is unlike many other Hearthstone expansions, because it ties in so neatly to what’s going on in World of Warcraft at the moment, rather than delving into years-old history, like Knights of the Frozen Throne did. And lead mission designer Dave Kosak is excited about the two games coming together once again. “It kind of was a happy coincidence,” said Kosak on how Rastakhan’s Rumble relates to World of Warcraft’s recent troll-centered focus. “Because we’d wanted to do a troll set for awhile. And what appeals to us on the Hearthstone team about trolls is that the fantasy is so broad.” The troll variety in World of Warcraft is certainly something that’s always spoken to players. Trolls have all kinds of different cultures and tribes within them, and they’ve played the villain in Warcraft more than once over the years. But the newly introduced King Rastakhan and his Zandalari subjects are powerful, ancient trolls that have a deep connection to the troll gods, known as Loa. “You have your sort of dark, creepy Voodoo trolls, as well as the ‘golden king on a golden throne’ kind… [Read full story]
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