Artifact 2.0 – Valve’s failure has a resurrection date

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Just two months after Valve announced a reboot of its card game, Artifact It was announced that beta stage will start at the end of this month. In the announcement on Tuesday, Vavle outlined the beta strategy and conditions for participating in the test.

Specifically, the conditions are as follows: Players need to own the original Artifact. Otherwise, the player will receive an email with permission to participate in the beta lottery system. This system will sort out the order of players’ participation: if they’ve opted in, players will eventually still have access to the beta before it reaches the public. It also means that the chance to play early will only be granted to those who purchased Artifact before March 30.

The beta phase can also be extended, according to Valve: “The beta for the original started too late and was too short. This time around, we decided to approach things a little differently by gradually inviting people to all. test participants while the game is being made.”
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For those with early access, Valve warns that the beta version has quite a few bugs and the possibility of data being reinstalled. While access will be limited initially, updates will be made public and beta participants can share whatever they want.

Additionally, the beta will likely provide access to Artifact’s backstory. This is content listed among other experimental priorities, including gameplay balance, color and hero properties, social features, card unlocking, ratings, viewing and playback features. The update also reiterates that players can no longer buy cards as before, although ideas for other in-game purchases are being considered.

Version reboot of Artifact is starting to look like a whole new game: no more buying and selling of cards. Artifact is getting a radical overhaul and the heroes in the game will become more interesting.
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