In a recent announcement, Valve has revealed that the development of their card game, Artifact, has now been halted. It means that the game will no longer be getting post-launch content. The original Artifact was released back in November 2018 and it failed to leave a mark. Valve later tried to revive the game under Artifact Beta 2.0, or now known as Artifact Foundry, but that also resulted in a low player base.
Today, Valve announced that they are making both game versions completely free. Players will have access to all the cards in both games. Also, there will be no in-app purchases. Players who previously purchased card packs can still sell them to different players in the marketplace.
Given that the game is now free-to-play, maybe there is a chance that it can now attract a decent player base, however, I doubt it. The post also revealed the supported game modes in both titles. Both Classic and Foundry versions have global matchmaking, bot play, and more but the modes aren’t identical.
Artifact Classic Game Modes
- Full-deck draft gauntlets (build your deck out of a limited selection of cards, then win 5 before you lose 2).
- Constructed gauntlets (build your deck from the entire set, win 5 before you lose 2).
- Preconstructed event with a win-streak leaderboard (choose a pre-built deck, play until you lose).
- Single-game constructed global matchmaking.
- In-game tournament system.
- Constructed bot play.
- Tutorial.
Artifact Foundry Game Modes
- 1v1 Hero Draft ladder (pick and counter-pick heroes against your opponent, then play with decks generated from those heroes, rank up based on skill).
- Constructed ladder (build your deck from the entire set, rank up based on skill).
- Tutorial (expanded).
- Single Player Campaign.
- Constructed bot play.
- Hero Draft bot play.
- Bot puzzles (including support for player-authored puzzles).
Check out the official site for more information.
So what do you think? Are you interested in Artifact? Will you try out the game or not? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
