When you delve into the world of Xbox role-playing games (RPGs), you may not immediately draw parallels between these immersive, digital worlds and the traditional realm of card games.
Even as a free-to-play game, Magic Nations would have stunk. It has a Scrooge-like approach to rewarding you: it’s a thin trail of breadcrumbs to some slightly larger breadcrumbs. But Magic Nations is £12.49, which gets you a mediocre card game strapped to a microtransaction system that EA would have dismissed.
There have been card games to explore dungeons, card games to “Catch ‘em all”, even card games to get you drunk before a night out (my personal favourite). Magic Nations – Strategy Card Game arrives today on Xbox to introduce a new way to play with cards. How about a card game where you can conquer an entire fantasy world?
For a game genre based on little pieces of cardboard, it’s surprising how many card games opt to portray death, violence and combat. Luckily, we have Signs of the Sojourner, out today on Xbox, PlayStation and Switch, which instead uses cards to represent the back and forth of conversations.
Indie publisher Digerati have confirmed that the card-battling action strategy game Golem Gates is getting a release on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch this April. An ancient threat is coming and it’ll be down to you to protect the world against it – that’s just the hand you’ve been dealt!
Once upon a time it was simply a popular mini-game in the taverns of The Witcher 3, but now GWENT is the sole focus of a fully fledged title after spending an age in Game Preview status. That’s right, GWENT: The Witcher Card Game has officially arrived on Xbox One and it won’t cost you a penny to play.
Prepare to delve back into the same universe in which monster slayer Geralt of Rivia plies his trade, but this time, in Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, it’s all about a war-veteran queen named Meve. Are you ready to experience a choice-driven tale full of interesting characters that merges the RPG genre with card battling?
It's not often you get something for free in this world, but today sees you given just that chance. Eternal - the strategic card player that has previously wowed crowds on PC and mobile - has arrived on Xbox One... and it's truly free-to-play.
