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Japan is no stranger to niche publications, and it's game magazines are not exception. There are mags for dating sims and arcade games, but even those aren't that off the beaten path. "Soccer Game King", however, is. More »
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Fallout: New Vegas will include a gambling minigame called "Caravan," which is a form of head-to-head blackjack. Bethesda's released the rules of the game, which you can play with a standard deck. And for caps, if you like. More »
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Sony Online Entertainment's new free-to-play online game Free Realms launched last week, and now it's time for the pay-to-play collectible card game. More »
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You can't release a new Pokémon video game without releasing a new expansion to the Pokémon Trading Card Game, with Pokémon TCG: Platinum being prepared for a February 11th release. More »
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"A game is a game is a game" — are they? The plethora of popular card and board game adaptations — and their popularity — would seem to indicate 'yes.' Over at the Escapist, Scott Jon Siegel muses on the future and potential of adaptations on a number of levels. Especially when one considers the casual market, familiar electronic adaptations make for potential casual hits: More »
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Lost Cities is is a card game designed by prolific traditional game designer Reiner Knizia. Released in 1999, the simple 2-player game involves players mounting expeditions to various lost cities around the world. Using a simple, 60-card deck, the game's fast-paced action is perfectly suited for a video game, and Sierra Online agrees. They are bringing Lost Cities to Xbox Live Arcade this spring for the relatively standard price of 800 Microsoft points, and they've released a few lovely little screenshots to whet our appetites. Not the most exciting-looking game, but non-traditional card games are general more about compelling gameplay than looks. Radical concept, I know! More »
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Culdcept is one of my all-time favorite PlayStation 2 titles, and next month it's getting an Xbox 360 sequel, Culdcept Saga. Quite popular in Japan, Culdcept combines the board game real-estate collection mechanics of Monopoly with Magic's monster card battles to create something I can only describe as geektastically blissful, and it will be that much more awesome when the 360 version introduces four-player online and the ability to customize your avatar with unlockable items. *squee!* It's much easier for you to try it out for yourself than for me to explain it, so clear off a good 620megs or so off of your 360's hard drive and download the demo. If you don't like it you aren't my friend anymore, and I want my lawnmower back. You've had it for months now, and you live in an apartment so it doesn't even make any sense. Freak. More »
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My article about the MapleStory iTCG yesterday missed some salient points, so Wizards of the Coast shot me the official launch press release to fill me in on the details. Aside from featuring the most adorable anime art on every card, the card game of Nexon's side-scrolling MMO also includes codes that unlock special rewards in the game, much like Upper Deck's World of Warcraft MMO, except that every booster is guranteed to contain one. Rewards include coveted artifacts, news quests, and rare virtual pets, including the card-exclusive black bunny, which is driving players a little nuts. It is teh call of teh bunneh. I'm actually planning on getting my YuGiOh playing nephew to try the game out with me on Thanksgiving, so I'll be sure to let you know how that goes. More »
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So I am at Target last night, buying one of about fifty copies of Assassin's Creed they had there after a GameStop employee with a shit-eating grin told me I should have preordered, when I spot an odd little mushroom creature smiling at me from the trading card game aisle. Apparently, while I wasn't paying attention, Wizards of the Coast got together with the MapleStory folks and released a trading card game. They had apparently just arrived, judging by the lack of price tags (and the fact that I had been there in the morning looking for AC), so I bought a starter deck for $9.99, took it home, and stared at it for awhile. Why did I buy this? Sure, it comes with a booster pack, starter deck, and a game CD, but I know no one who will play this with me and have no intention of playing MapleStory. Then it hit me. You, okay? I bought them for watching by you! More »
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The war between the forces of Order and Chaos begins today! Sony Online Entertainment proudly announces the launch of their new Everquest online trading card game, Legends of Norrath. Starting today, players can visit www.legendsofnorrath.com and download the game client absolutely free! Of course, the cards will cost you to the tune of $9.99 for a 55 card starter and $2.99 for 15 card booster packs, but it will all pay off in the end when you can brag that you own the entire 375+ cards in the Oathbound set. Then of course your friends will ask to see them, and you'll have to explain that they're digital and don't actually exist outside of a computer somewhere, but I'm sure they'll be as impressed as they were when you told them about your internet girlfriend. Before I get angry comments, let it be known that I plan on playing as well, so I'm as big a dork as you are. Probably bigger. More »
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The Stargate Trading Card Game for the PC I mentioned late last month has now entered the public beta phase, and SOE Denver wants you to put it through its paces. You can head over to the web site right now and sign up for a beta account, download the client, and get started defending the Earth from alien threats that wouldn't have been an issue had we just left the damn Stargate alone in the first place. More »
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Oh Japan and its card games. At the recent TOY FORUM 2007, a Blue Dragon trading card game was announced for this Spring. The card game with be RPG-esque, and the design will faithfully reproduce the game's world. This looks to be more from the Mistwalker/Shueishya (publisher of JUMP) end of things as opposed to the Mistwalker/Microsoft. The trading card game will be released in Japan on April 21st, which will correspond to the animated Blue Dragon cartoon starting that month on TV Tokyo as well. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Cathode Tan discovered this odd little image of a Pac-Man card game, circa 80-something. Like CT, I had no idea such a thing existed, nor did I have any idea how it plays. But according to the inside box instructionsBoard Game Geek, it looks even unbearably lame than it's source game, in which you try to add, subtract or multiply your way to high-points. A math game. How droll. Florian Eckhardt More »
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The official World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game site just launched with a bit of news and oodles of descriptions and images. More »
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