Hearthstone expansion due next month

Blizzard’s hit card game is getting a single-player mode next month.

Curse of Naxxrama was announced back in April, but fans won’t have to wait long to get hold of it, with Blizzard’s community manager (named Arati) confirming the game is due in July. Pricing for the expansion will be detailed next week.

He said: "Just wanted to give everyone a head’s up that we are currently targeting to release Curse of Naxxramas during the month of July. Unfortunately, we still have a lot of implementing and bug fixing to get through, so please stay tuned!

"With that said, we are also targeting to reveal pricing details regarding Curse of Naxxramas next week on July 1st, so please keep an eye out for that."

Hearthstone has been a big hit for Blizzard since its launch earlier this year and is the first standalone Warcraft game since 2004’s World of Warcraft.