{"id":339348,"date":"2025-06-26T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=387976"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:17:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:17:27","slug":"blizzard-introduces-a-new-pet-in-hearthstone-and-the-community-dives-headfirst-against-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/blizzard-introduces-a-new-pet-in-hearthstone-and-the-community-dives-headfirst-against-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard introduces a new pet in Hearthstone and the community dives headfirst against them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Blizzard has unleashed a wave of outrage among the gaming community with the introduction of a gacha system to unlock a new pet in Hearthstone: King Krush<\/strong>. This system allows players to participate in random draws with a 0.1% chance of obtaining the adorable dinosaur, provoking negative reactions on platforms like Twitter and Reddit due to the high associated costs and the low acquisition probability.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terrible conditions to obtain it<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The debut of this pet, a tiny version of the popular King Krush, will take place at the Treasures of the Black Moon Fair event, which will be held from July 8 to 29. <strong>Players will be able to participate in rolls with costs starting at 2 euros and increasing exponentially with each attempt: the price doubles, potentially reaching up to 158 euros to guarantee the pet<\/strong>. Although the first roll is free, the subsequent ones increase the spending, which has led many to label the practice as abusive.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blizzard reveals PETS! The first one is King Krush and it costs $158! WTF!\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQVMosqrrek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The King Krush will not only serve as a pet but will also interact with players in each match, gaining experience and unlocking additional aspects. However, <strong>the happiness that could come from obtaining it is overshadowed by the frustration of the high cost and the remote probability of success<\/strong>. After several attempts, the probability of attracting King Krush barely increases, reaching 0.4% after four tries.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Some consider that decisions like this reflect a temptation on the part of companies to maximize profits at the expense of the player experience. <strong>The gacha system implemented by Blizzard could set a worrying precedent in the video game industry, especially as more companies evaluate the monetization of their products through similar strategies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Xbox Game Pass\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8b773de5-0b20-429f-a535-c159557192df\/2791990695\/xbox-game-pass-Xbox%20Game%20Pass%20for%20PC-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Xbox Game Pass<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has unleashed a wave of outrage among the gaming community with the introduction of a gacha system to unlock a new pet in Hearthstone: King Krush. This system allows players to participate in random draws with a 0.1% chance of obtaining the adorable dinosaur, provoking negative reactions on platforms like Twitter and Reddit due to the high associated costs and low acquisition probability. Terrible conditions to obtain it The debut of this pet, a tiny version of the popular King Krush, will take place at the Treasures of the Darkmoon Faire event, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":339349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[1512,1444,1387,13157,1722,13158,13159],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-339348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-blizzard","tag-gacha","tag-hearthstone","tag-mascota","tag-reddit","tag-rey-krush","tag-tesoros-de-la-feria-de-la-luna-negra","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339359,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339348\/revisions\/339359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339348"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=339348"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=339348"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=339348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}