Hearthstone doesn't launch properly and is stuck in strange ways

Ever since I installed the hearthstone update yesterday the game seems to be stuck in strange ways. I tried scanning and repairing as well as uninstalling and trying from a new download, but these two images are what I am constantly stuck on as I boot up hearthstone:

  • Option 1: The hearthstone saloon doors pop up, and everything seems normal for a second. But now the words “starting up” are at the bottom of the doors while my screen flickers so rapidly it’s close to giving me an epilepsy attack.
  • Option 2: The screen shows only 2 black bars on either sides as if the aspect ratio changed and 1 solid colour in between these bars which seems to occur because of a zoom in. I assume this because I can see the colour change when I am likely loaded into the game and becomes somewhat golden, as well as when I press escape and seeing the image become fully grey just as the UI would be for the options.

If there are any others experiencing similar problems, please comment in the hope the developers can fix this.

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Thank you for the heads-up, will do!

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