This is the end: Valve stops development of Artifact relaunch

Company Valve decided to terminate the development of the restart Artifact and abandoned all plans for the further development of the card game. She announced this in the official blog on the site. Steam

Valve recalled that after launching in November 2018, Artifact quickly lost players, forcing developers to revise the service model.

After a year and a half after that, the team, it seems to them, was able to solve various old problems, but it failed to attract sufficiently active players to allow further development of Artifact. As a result, it was decided to abandon the further development of the project.

“It has been almost a year and a half since the current Artifact team was heavily involved in reworking the game. While we are generally satisfied that we have solved most of the gameplay issues, we have not been able to attract enough active players to justify further development of the game. made the difficult decision to stop development of the beta version of Artifact 2.0 “, – said in the message.

However, the servers are not going to be shut down. The original Artifact and unfinished Artifact 2.0 will simply be completely free for everyone on Steam, but will not be updated again.… 2.0 along the way will be renamed Artifact Foundry. You can find games here

Artifact Classic Final Changes Brief:

  • The game is free for everyone.
  • Each player receives all cards for free. Map packs are no longer available for purchase.
  • Cards purchased by players for money have become collectible. They can still be sold on the Marketplace, but the mechanism for selling and buying through it has been removed from the game client.
  • Paid tickets have been removed from the game.
  • Users who have paid to play the game can still earn collectible card packs; players who received the game for free will not have this option.

The final version of Artifact Foundry looks like this:

  • The game is free for everyone.
  • Players gain access to cards during the game. All cards can be obtained this way. Cards or card packs cannot be purchased, and cards in the Artifact Foundry cannot be sold on the Marketplace.
  • All the illustrations of the maps that are ready at the moment have been added to the game.

“Thanks to all the players – and especially those who helped us build and improve what the Artifact Foundry later became. The development team believes this approach is the most appropriate in relation to the game community. We are proud of the work that has been done on both games and are happy to provide to a much wider audience, “Valve noted.

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