All posts by Zac Phoenix
Star Crusade: War of the Expanse is an online, free-to-play, sci-fi collectible card game in which six factions are fighting over an unclaimed sector of space. The developers, Xim, Inc., have granted access to Star Crusade via Steam’s Early Access program as an open beta, with the aim of ironing out the final few bugs […]
Storm Wars is a collectible card game set in a fantasy world of Elves, Orcs, Machines, and many other races. The game uses casual card battle mechanics that make it accessible and very easy to learn. Storm Wars is currently still in its alpha stage of development, so there will be plenty of improvements and […]
Dragon Front is an upcoming CCG developed exclusively for the new Virtual Reality headset device, the Oculus Rift. Produced by Oculus Studios and developed by High Voltage Software, Dragon Front appears to be taking on the Hearthstone style of digital card games but as a fully 3D, virtual experience. There’s no release date yet except for […]
It appears that game development is all about finding new ways to blend different genres these days. We have seen many card games incorporate genre-specific mechanics from MOBAs (Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas), RPGs, and even Tower Defense games. The opposite is just as true, with these genres borrowing the deep strategic gameplay offered by using […]
2015’s most anticipated announcement was that Bushiroad were finally digitizing their flagship TCG, Cardfight!! Vanguard under the name Cardfight!! Online. Much to everyone’s excitement, the Closed Beta began this week and we were lucky enough to be given access. We know the pain of not being able to get into these Closed Betas, so if […]
Web-based card games are nowhere near as popular as they once were. Mobile gaming has long worn the crown as the favored platform for any kind of card game – especially when in-app purchases are involved. Whilst browser-based games have a potentially larger audience with wider, easier access, they simply cannot compete with games on […]
Many of us have dreams to create a game that defines everything we love about the TCG/CCG genre. We like to design the perfect worlds in our head and fill them with beautiful creatures that battle it out for supremacy. We will often draw inspiration from other games we have played or the mystical lore […]
It appears that mixing other genres into TCGs/CCGs is all the rage with developers at the moment! Free Range Games, a game design studio with a successful history, are the latest developers to have a go at this. Their latest project Labyrinth is a game that combines the strategic depth seen in Collectible Card Games (CCGs) […]