Hearthstone`s new Horde-themed expansion is all about leveling up
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10 mercenaries will be the stars of this year`s Hearthstone sets. 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.` Leveling up is a major theme for the Year of the Gryphon, which will bring some of the biggest shakeups to Hearthstone since the game`s launch in 2014. All of this year`s releases will follow the story...