Source: Blizzard Entertainment
World of Warcraft fans take their allegiances to the Horde or the Alliance so seriously that they ve been known to accuse Blizzard developers of showing favoritism to one of the two perpetually warring factions. So when Hearthstone s next expansion Forged in the Barrens was announced at BlizzConline, the developers were quick to promise that the Alliance would also get a set focused on them. The Barrens just seemed like a great place to start, said associate game designer Cora Georgiou. It s not that we have any bias towards the Horde or the Alliance. The Barrens is such a really great place to level early on as a new character in the Horde. It was really important to us that this year really start at the basics.