Valve has announced that Artifact is returning. This comes to us a little over 1 year ago when they announced the game was being worked on and they were going into silence.
- If you purchased the game prior to today, you have a chance of getting into Beta 2.0.
- A new Draft mode was added - Hero Draft.
- You can zoom out on the board.
- There are no plans to sell cards or packs of cards. Cards are earned through playing the game.
- Individual cards are likely to have been changed, removed, or brand new; so old decks and stats wouldn’t be valid.
Quote From Valve Software This week we wanted to talk about the Artifact Beta 2.0, what it will include, and when it will happen.
We’ve been focusing on gameplay changes first. The biggest change is zooming out to allow players access to all three lanes at once. The majority of effects still work on individual lanes so they still maintain their identity, but it’s less likely that a player will get shut out in the same way they used to.
We’ve also focused on making the game easier to pick up. We aren’t selling cards, so you won’t face an opponent with a stacked deck. We’ve also added a new draft mode, Hero Draft, that gives you a taste of constructing decks without all the pressure.
The beta will exist as a new executable and access will be granted to individual accounts. When we are ready to send out invites we will let you know the process.
Here’s the current road-map:
- Test boring stuff <- We are here
- Trickle out invites, starting with players of the original release (ramping up similar to Dota 2)
- Work on the Beta, eventually transitioning to an open beta
- Leave Beta (hopefully quicker than Dota 2)
FAQ:
Q. I didn’t play the original. If I buy the original game now, will I be able to get in?
A. No, we will prioritize people who purchased before today’s date.
Q. I played the original, will I have access to my stats, cards, decks, etc. from the original game?
A. In the new version cards are unlocked through play. Individual cards are likely to have been changed, removed, or brand new; so old decks and stats wouldn’t be valid.
Q. Can I buy cards/packs in the Beta?
A. We have some ideas about what we’d like to sell, but none of them are cards/packs.
Q. I’m a member of the press, a celebrity, a streamer, an influencer, a pro gamer, etc. Can I get in?
A. Selection will be mostly random. So… maybe?
Comments
While I find a good thing that the project wasn't simply quitted, now may be too late to join the party: aside from HS (in its leading position) the market has just recieved LoR as a main competitor and on top of that Artifact's name is already labeled as one of the biggest fail of recent years.
It'll be a very difficult target to reabilitate the game in front of the player base and Valve really need to pull out something exceptional to make it work. I hope that at last the game could achieve a decent niche in the general market because its gameplay was something different from usual and having another option around cannot hurt anyone in the long run afterall.
This can only be an April Fool's joke gone off too early.
Lol artefact, the hearthstone killer. Now it needs to compete with magic and runeterra as well as others in the market it will need to be much more innovative to be playable.
Rip Hearthstone
F2p. Good. Should been that way in the first place.
It doesn't say anywhere the game is f2p, they are just not selling cards. Likely have to buy the game still if that is the case, i would think.
hmmm I guess I took the statement "We aren’t selling cards" and ran with it assuming the best case scenario....
Are you serious right now?
Not learning after mistakes are we?
Did you read the post? They obviously are
Welcome back artifact, I know that the new kid runeterra's got your seat warmed up this past year, maybe you'll get it back this year eh?
I'm no expert but artifact's gotta face facts that when you paste a $20 price tag on your game and then ask them to cough out some more for cards and packs, the game's gotta be solid gold to maintain any semblance of competition to hearthstone. Runeterra, as I heard, is more wallet friendly compared to hearthstone. That's the first step, Valve, you cant miss it.
Yall [redacted] if you think that people scalping cards on release is somehow any fault of valve's, also this game was dope, strategy, counterplay and little to no rng. People talking about it being "unplayable for 20 dollars: you retarded too, they added a lot of free content and packs were cheap as hell. Not to mention they gave every player starter decks so you wouldn't need to rely on steam market on release. If you hated this game it's because some streamer told you to without playing it and you jumped on the bandwagon. People hated this game not for what it was but for what it wasnt plain and simple... HL3
Nuf said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l33K9cFlcY
No real need for the language here tbh.
Artifact had a lot of problems and Valve agreed. The game did become unplayable for $20 since no one was playing the game. Investing time into games that don't have any players makes for poor value.
I'm looking forward to their future announcements on the game to see if it is worth a shot at again. Unique gameplay was good, accessibility to the game itself not so much. If you want to succeed in the space, you've already got the titans you have to match or exceed.
People not playing a game doesnt make it unplayable.... people didnt play battleborn on release not because it was a bad game, not. because it was broken in release but because people circle jerked about it being an overwatch clone, the same thing happened to artifact. Twitch streamers said it was bad because their hearthstone audience didnt want to see it so their viewers dropped and when they asked why they stopped playing it they said it was bad instead of saying they wouldn't make as much money playing it as hearthstone or other games...
>Yall retarded if you think that people scalping cards on release is somehow any fault of valve's,
Of course it was Valve fault. If the only way to get cards is to pay real money people will scalping cards.
>also this game was dope, strategy, counterplay and little to no rng.
The game looks good, strategy and all, even in too complicated for general audience. But there is random (I'm not saying that it's bad thing) - random attacks, random spawns, random items, random draw.
>People talking about it being "unplayable for 20 dollars: you retarded too, they added a lot of free content and packs were cheap as hell.
What free content are we talking about?
Pack costs $2. There is a big difference between paying $2 or getting pack just by playing the game.
>Not to mention they gave every player starter decks so you wouldn't need to rely on steam market on release.
Imagine paying $20 and been unable to play the game, because you don't have cards.
>If you hated this game it's because some streamer told you to without playing it and you jumped on the bandwagon. People hated this game not for what it was but for what it wasnt plain and simple... HL3
If people don't play the game, it doesn't meen that they hate the game. They just don't care.
>People not playing a game doesnt make it unplayable....
It kinda does, if you are supposed to play vs other players. Hard to do it with <150 players online.
>people didnt play battleborn on release not because it was a bad game, not. because it was broken in release but because people circle jerked about it being an overwatch clone, the same thing happened to artifact.
Damn right! If you want to jump on the hype train, you better make sure you do it right.
>Twitch streamers said it was bad because their hearthstone audience didnt want to see it so their viewers dropped and when they asked why they stopped playing it they said it was bad instead of saying they wouldn't make as much money playing it as hearthstone or other games...
People used to play the games long before Twitch become a thing. Just for fun, you know. Some of them do it even now.
What may be a reason, they don't want to play Artifact, I wonder...
Hope it goes well now!
I feel bad for the creator of the game, watching your baby butchered twice because of the greed of a company that slowly but steadly is declining.
Valve is not declining at all. They're making huge money with Steam. Whether they'll make any more games it's unsure, though Half Life: Alyx is a step forward.
But i agree, the game itself looked fun and promising. Forcing an mtg-like marketplace with a 20 dollar entry fee was stupid. And putting no restrictions on it was even more stupid, some cards were a few hundred dollars on launch day.
The meme has to go on then.
stop.. it's already dead