Hearthstone open beta now live in Europe

Blizzard are slowly wearing down the regional heroes blocking each continent's open beta Hearthstone access. America was the first to go , and, as of today, Europe has also fallen. Why did it take a few days longer? Well, we do have a lot more castles. In a flash of spectacularly animated magic (read: a blog post ) the promising collectible card game was unlocked for all of Europe to try.

For the open beta, Blizzard promise that there will be no more card wipes - ensuring the safety of your connection from now until the end of time. Despite that, it's still an open beta. While Hearthstone is incredibly polished, it is subject to dramatic rebalancing, and also the occasional server meltdown. "Please be aware," Blizz warn, "that if smoke starts curling out of our servers due to unexpectedly high demand for Hearthstone, we may have to temporarily disable Open Beta account activations until we're ready to take on more players."

If you're interested in trying the game, head over to Blizzard's client download page .

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Phil has been writing for PC Gamer for nearly a decade, starting out as a freelance writer covering everything from free games to MMOs. He eventually joined full-time as a news writer, before moving to the magazine to review immersive sims, RPGs and Hitman games. Now he leads PC Gamer's UK team, but still sometimes finds the time to write about his ongoing obsessions with Destiny 2, GTA Online and Apex Legends. When he's not levelling up battle passes, he's checking out the latest tactics game or dipping back into Guild Wars 2. He's largely responsible for the whole Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.