Blizzard’s social features are now live, offering users Battle.net gifting, avatars, Blizzard groups, profiles, and the ability to appear offline. These features have given players more customization over their appearance and a greater social platform on which to engage with other users. There are tons of offers happening right now including a gift of free Hearthstone card packs, so let us dive in.

The big announcement here is that Battle.net gifting is now available and will enable players to give gifts to users on their friends list. Similar to Steam gifting, users select what they want to send, click “Gift” instead of “Buy Now”, choose who to send it to, leave a message and send it along. The recipient receives a notification from the website and voila – free goodies from friends! This feature may allow users to help out fellow players or form sneaky alliances behind closed doors.

To promote the new Battle.net gifting feature, Blizzard is offering a free limited time Hearthstone Classic card pack to those who log onto the new gifts page. For those worried about a time limit, the promotion runs until December 31st, leaving plenty of time to claim. The hope is that, while there, users may find something worth sending an ally.

Visiting the Battle.net gifting page isn’t the only way to get the free Hearthstone card packs at the moment. Blizzard is also offering Whispers of the Old Gods card bundles for free to players who log in during the Hallow’s End event (from October 24th to the 30th). Golden Classics are also available to players who subscribe to the Twitch Prime service between November 2017 and January 2018.

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