Earlier this year, Blizzard announced that it would be bringing new card-battler Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft to iPad.

Of course, while this was good news for fans of trading card games who happened to own Apple tablets, it did leave iPhone users staring icily at their blank, Hearthstone-less screens, a single tear rolling down their quivering cheek.

Well weep no more, fictional yet melodramatic iPhone lovers, because it turns out Hearthstone is also coming to iPhone next year.

According to Polygon, Blizzard's chief creative officer Rob Pardo made the announcement during a talk at BlizzCon.

Though we're pleased to hear that the World of Warcraft developer intends to bring Hearthstone to Apple-branded smartphones, we're still waiting for the iPad version to be released.

However, though there's no concrete release date for the tablet build of Hearthstone, Pardo expects the open beta to go live in the next few months.