How the New Keyword of Hearthstone's Boomsday Project Was Inspired by Voltron

Hearthstone's next expansion, The Boomsday Project, brings Mechs back to the forefront for the first time since the tribe was introduced in Goblins vs. Gnomes. Much of the updated Mech Focus is the new magnetic ability, which allows you to stick Mechs together to build your own bot. Chief designer Mike Donais shared some design ideas and gave a hat trick to a clbadic giant robot.

"We wanted to do something different for Mech, something we had not done before". "And we really liked the idea of ​​setting up a kind of contract Voltron where you stack the Mechs on top of each other to make the ultimate mech."

It would not even be The first time that the clbadic anime series was referenced with regard to Hearthstone. A legendary map called Mimiron's Head of Goblins vs. Gnomes would reward you for keeping three Mechs on the board with the mighty "V-07-TR-0N" – a minion that possessed the rarely used "Mega-Windfury" ability . Mimiron's head has never seen much serious play, but for the return of Mechs, Blizzard has entrusted the fantasy of building your ultimate weapon to the players. This is also, and it is not a coincidence, the tone of this expansion.

"This really captures the flavor of the labs where you build scientific things," Donais said. "Dr. Boom likes to do Mechs, but the thing he likes even more is to make even bigger Mechs, so it follows his strategy."

He says that the team has learned a lot from the Rexxar Deathstalker. from the whole Frozen Throne that allows him to create "Zombeasts" – unholy mergers of two different Beast Servants. This mechanism works a little differently. While Zombeasts were naturally controlled by the randomness of the options presented, the Magnetic ability allows players to build a deck specifically to take advantage of particular combinations. This makes the balance more delicate.

"It's a little fun, to combine things together and find those crazy things," Donais said. "And sometimes, it was like, wow, it was really powerful, let it go and make it expensive and powerful and let people have that fantasy to do that because I think that's what it's all about." is really cool. Sometimes, just build a Mech – it's impossible to target, and Divine Shield, and Windfury, all those things. Put them all together in this giant, powerful Mech is kind of your fantasy. "

The Boomsday Project is launched on August 7. To see all the cards currently being revealed, including all the Mechs, check out our Hearthstone Boomsday Project Map Gallery.