'It's about time!': Hearthstone is getting a Starcraft crossover set starring Raynor, Kerrigan and Artanis

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It's pretty wild that over its decade-long life, Hearthstone hasn't done any major crossovers with other Blizzard games. Obviously it's based on the Warcraft universe, but given the liberties taken with that source material (the current expansion involves launching spaceships) it's a surprise that we haven't seen any significant team-ups. That changes next January, with the launch of the Heroes of Starcraft mini-set.

Aside from fitting perfectly with the current interstellar theme, Blizzard promised it includes as many iconic units as possible. Cards will be marked with an icon that designates their Terran, Protoss or Zerg affiliation, but will be playable across multiple classes. No surprise that the Zerg go for all-out aggro, while the Protoss is focused on mana cheating high-cost cards, and the Terrans will be able to build and launch Battleships.

Each faction is led by a Hero card, meaning that when played it replaces your current hero power. I'd be amazed if these aren't extremely flavourful and equally OP.

Here's the breakdown of which heroes and factions work with which classes:

The Jim Raynor art has been done by Alex Horley, my all-time favourite Hearthstone artist, so I guess I'm getting the gold version of the set. On stream, senior game designer Leo Robles Gonzalez also hinted to expect to hear some classic Starcraft music, and confirmed that one card will be based on Grunty, the Terran-armored murloc who was given away as a WoW companion to BlizzCon attendees in 2009. So definitely don't expect the tone to suddenly shift to all business just because we're suddenly dealing with a high-APM intergalactic conflict.

Heroes of Starcraft was announced as part of today's Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct stream, which also included a look ahead at the next year of Hearthstone, including the names of the three major expansions and their corresponding mini-sets. Here's the roadmap.

Interestingly, the Year of the Raptor (for that is what it is called) will take