<![CDATA[Kotaku: Ccg]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Ccg]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/ccg http://kotaku.com/tag/ccg <![CDATA[In Search of New and Exciting Collectible Card-Based Video Games]]> Appropriately named commenter Tengen Toppa Duck Face has a craving for video games based on collectible card games, but his experience is limited to Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon. Somebody help a brother deal a fresh hand in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5824398&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[It Takes A Wizard To Steal $45,000 Worth Of Magic Cards]]> A former Wizards of the Coast employee from Burien, Washington stands to lose a lot more than his job as King County prosecutors file felony theft charges over the theft of $45,000 worth of rare Magic: The Gathering cards. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5716114&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Very Strange Place To Find A Trading Card Game]]> The last place I expected to discover a fully-realized online trading card game, complete with duelist animations, experience point rankings, and animated dueling effects, was the virtual world of Second Life. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5611176&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Magic The Gathering Gets Steam-Powered]]> After a successful run on Xbox Live Arcade, Wizards of the Coast is bringing Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers to keyboard and mouse set via Steam next month. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5546624&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Free Realms Cards Dealt To Stores This Week]]> 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 »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5239380&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Legends of Norrath Expands Again, Continues Passing Out Boosters]]> Sony Online Entertainment's online collectible card game Legends of Norrath expands again next month, following the story of the Ethernauts with the sixth expansion set, Against the Void. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5132464&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Konami Creating Blue Dragon CCG]]> Viz Media isn't going to let the lackluster reception Xbox 360 RPG Blue Dragon received in here in the states keep them from licensing the hell out of the property. Today they've announced a partnership with Konami Digital Entertainment to create and distribute a Blue Dragon collectible card game throughout North America, making that one aisle in Walmart just a bit more blue. Excited? No? Well KDE's Card Division VP Yumi Hoashi definitely is. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5018015&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wizard101 To Cast MMO Spell On Tweens]]> You can't just drop children into the world of MMO games without any sort of primer, as anyone who has listened in of World Of Warcraft's Barrens chat will readily attest. You start them slow, with a game like Wizard101, coming this Summer from KingsIsle Entertainment. Wizard101 enrolls kids in the Ravenwood School of Magical Arts, where they can team up with friends to participate in quests and do battle using over 101 collectible spells in card game fashion. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5010492&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Battleforge's Drawn-Out Battles In Action]]>
Crecente seemed to be rather impressed with EA's CCG RTS hybrid Battleforge the other day at EA's event in San Francisco, and I can certainly see why. The battles indeed look massive, especially when the big guy is just plowing through the troops towards the end, and seeing the actual cards pictured has given the rabid collectible card gamer in me what I can only describe as a raging card-on. This is exactly why I've never been quoted on a video game box. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=390349&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[BattleForge: EA's Answer To Magic: The Gathering]]> Here's a train I'm surprised EA hadn't hopped on sooner. BattleForge is an online collectible card game fantasy RTS under development at EA Phenomic in Germany that will see players assembling an army out of virtual trading cards and using them to battle against other players, form guilds, and engage in tournaments using cards bought and sold via a robust online marketplace.
"BattleForge is the next step in compelling RTS gameplay by taking the battles completely online," stated Executive Producer & Vice President Richard Leinfellner. "With co-op play, challenging tournaments, Guilds, chat rooms and a robust marketplace for trading and buying your cards; BattleForge is the first RTS to add integral social and community components to an exciting fantasy RTS."
You'll be able to play the game out of the box with the cards provided, but like Magic: The Gathering, the cards provided will most likely keep you competitive for about 5 seconds before someone with the means to purchase the ultimate custom deck sends you home crying. People will buy a lot of nothing if it means their nothing is better that someone else's. Get ready to build your nothing when BattleForge is released this fall. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=385180&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Book Of The CCG Of The MMO]]> More accurately it's the coffee table art book of the collectible card game of the massively-multiplayer online role-playing game of the real-time strategy game, but headline space is at a premium these days, what with the war and all. Upper Deck and Blizzard have banded together to create 'World of Warcraft: The Art of the Trading Card Game', which features over 300 full-color works of art that has appeared in the CCG over the past year, available in January. You'll find artwork from names like Greg Staples of Judge Dredd and Todd McFarlane of running your franchise into the ground fame.
"World of Warcraft is a global phenomenon that boasts a large base of people who not only actively play the online game and TCG, but who also really enjoy the artwork in the games," said Tim Muret, Vice President of Upper Deck Authenticated. "We wanted to release a book for these players as well as celebrate the great work of these artists."
I just wish they had announced this before I bought over 1,000 cards worth of a game I've played twice, just to look at the pretty pictures. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=318792&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wizards' Home is Where The Game Is]]> By: Michael Fahey More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=267730&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PoxNora: A CCG Open Beta With $50 Worth Of Free Cards]]> I don't really like CCG games. If I wanted another open money sink as a pastime outside of beer guzzling, I'd start going to prostitutes, not game companies. These games are structured to reward the person with the most disposable income; as a professional blogger, that person is not me. More »
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