Just go to sleep one more time and the Lich King will be at the door. The next expansion for Blizzards arrives early tomorrow morning Hearthstone "Knights of the Frozen Throne". The American servers are getting the extension today. So they serve as a test object and any bugs will hopefully be fixed by us by the time they are published.

Here are the exact times when the expansion should be available in the various regions:

• America: Thursday, August 10th at 12:00 PM PDT
• Asia: Friday, August 11th, 7:00 a.m. KST
• Europe: Friday, August 11th at 5:00 a.m. CEST

One last Hearthstone patch before the expansion

In a small patch, Blizzard has changed the warlock map Dread Steed:

Other changes and bug fixes:

• Mistress of Pain and Brandbart Loderlunte now use the keyword deprivation of life.
• Fandral Hirschhaupt's text has been updated to indicate that he also interacts with abilities: your cards and hero abilities with Choose from both grant effects.
• If you change your hero, his weapon attack is no longer "reset".
• Auchenai soul priestess and similar effects only trigger once when combined with life deprivation.

Fixed bugs

• The "Replace Missing Cards" UI for deck formulas no longer closes after each card is selected.
• For devices that are not WiFi-enabled, an error message is now correctly displayed during Fireside Gatherings, indicating that no WiFi is available.
• Adventure bosses now properly respond to the "wow" emote.
• Some cards that interact with cards of a certain type now glow when the corresponding cards are on the game board.
• Anub'ar Highwayman no longer has the Toxic keyword when hovering over it.

This is the final preparation for the Knight of the Frozen Throne met. The 3-part missions that come for free with the Hearthstone expansion have staggered release dates. The first is immediately available, the next 2 with some distance, here are the exact dates:

The Knights of the Frozen Throne Rise: Prologue & Lower Citadel

• America: Thursday, August 10th at 12:00 PM PDT
• Asia: Friday, August 11th, 7:00 a.m. KST
• Europe: Friday, August 11th at 5:00 a.m. CEST

The Battle for Icecrown Citadel: The High Halls

• AmericaThursday, August 17 at 10:00 a.m. PDT
• Asia: Friday, August 18, 5:00 a.m. KST
• Europe: Friday, August 18th at 12:01 am CEST

The showdown with the Lich King: The Frozen Throne

• AmericaThursday, August 24th at 10:00 a.m. PDT
• Asia: Friday, August 25th, 5:00 a.m. KST
• Europe: Friday, August 25th at 12:01 am CEST