Artifact was Valve’s new proposal to compete with Blizzard’s Hearthstone and Riot Games’ Legends of Runeterra in the genre of digital card games; However, this ambitious project did not have the results that the company expected, so it decided cancel your development.
By publishing a statement on social networks. Valve mentions that, while the game was profitable at first, the number of players dropped dramatically, forcing the studio to make several changes to the title design and an economic reassessment, but this was not enough to attract gamers.
“We are reasonably satisfied that we have achieved most of our goals in terms of the game, we have not managed to bring the number of active players to a level that warrants further development at this time. At the moment we have made the difficult decision to stop the development of the beta of Artifact 2.0”The statement reads.
That is why the company has decided not to allocate more resources to this project, so the card game will no longer receive updates. The news generated concern among fans of the saga, but the study wanted to reassure them by ensuring that the franchise will not disappear.
This is because Valve has decided to offer Artifact Classic Y Artifact Foundry What free games. In such a way that there will no longer be card packs for sale, nor can additional cards be unlocked by playing.
“We want to thank all the players of Artifact, especially to those who were able to help us fine-tune and refine what has become the Artifact Foundry. The team feels that this is the approach that best serves the community. We are proud of the work we have done on both games and excited to deliver them to a much wider audience of gamers, ”they say from Gabe Newell’s company.
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