Review by Nick H. While best thought of as a collectible card game, Duelyst really does not look the part. It has a very stylised pixel art aesthetic mixed with a turn-based system that can make it a challenging game to drop into any one bucket. Perhaps that is the…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. There was some big news in the world of Weiss Schwarz recently, with the publisher (Bushiroad) announcing that cards based on Attack on Titan will be added in to the collection. That might not mean anything to you if you’ve never heard of Weiss Schwarz, of…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Collectible Card Games (CCGs) have become hugely popular in video games. From Magic the Gathering to Yu-Gi-Oh! and Hearthstone we’ve seen a great mix of physical games that have found their way over to the digital realm, and other games that have been built from the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ubisoft’s Might & Magic Duel of Champions has successfully carved out a niche for itself in the highly competitive digital Collectible Card Game (CCG) space. For years now iPad and PC owners have been competing with one another in heated battles with this game, and it…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. At first glance, I would seem to be the target audience for a game like this. I have been playing Magic: The Gathering in card form since the Fourth Edition set and have had a chance to play every one of the Planeswalkers video games (and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels is an odd game. In an era where collectible card games (CCGs) are typically free-to-play and focused on multiplayer, Millennium Duels has an up-front cost, doesn’t demand microtransactions after that, and is more focused on the single player experience. As a result, this…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. You just knew that when Blizzard finally decided to step into free-to-play that it would do something that would be both spectacular and expensive. Hearthstone is that; both spectacular and expensive. I want to warn those with addictive personalities in advance; stay well away from this…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Infinity Wars is a game that caught our attention at a very early stage in its development. When we previewed it, it was buggy and somewhat poorly balanced, but it had a soul and X-factor and we just knew that at some point it would become…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. A couple of ex-EA staff have done something brave indeed; despite having relatively few resources, the team has released Atomic Brawl; a CCG/ miniatures game that is directly taking on a host of other big game developers, not least of which the almighty Blizzard itself. But,…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. There’s no shortage of digital collectible card games (CCGs). From Magic: The Gathering and Might & Magic: Duel of Champions right through to little indie efforts like Orbs CCG, this is a genre that is remarkably good for game developers for two reasons; it keeps people…
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