Hold on to your potatoes, gang!
Blizzard has finished up The League of Explorers single-player adventure today with the release of the final wing. This fourth episode will have players taking on more computer-controlled bosses and “encounters” that play out like scenes from an Indiana Jones movie. As always, you can buy this wing for 700 gold or $7, but you can get the entirety of League of Explorers for $20. It’s out for all platforms, which includes PC, Mac, and smart devices.
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The adventures also complement and punctuate Blizzard’s Hearthstone expansions, which come out as booster packs that players can buy with in-game currency or real money. So far, Hearthstone has had three adventures and two expansions, and they’ve come out on an alternating schedule. This has helped the audience avoid burnout and it has given players time to understand the effects that the cards from the expansions and adventures have had on the overarching meta that dictates competitive play.
