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Valve's Auto Chess title Dota Underlords hits 121k Steam concurrent users 24 hours after launch News Jun 21st, 2019

Valve's Auto Chess title Dota Underlords hits 121k Steam concurrent users 24 hours after launch

Double the number of players Artifact attracted, but that was a premium title so it's far from a fair comparison

Ex-Artifact devs reject pay-to-win accusations News Jun 5th, 2019

Ex-Artifact devs reject pay-to-win accusations

Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias say the card game could have a bright future if the right audience is found

Artifact updates on hold as Valve goes back to the drawing board News Apr 1st, 2019

Artifact updates on hold as Valve goes back to the drawing board

“Artifact represents the largest discrepancy between our expectations and the actual outcome"

Artifact designer describes launch as "rocky" News Mar 11th, 2019

Artifact designer describes launch as "rocky"

Garfield and Elias from 3 Donkeys have contracted terminated with Valve

Unofficial Dota spin-off Auto Chess is far more popular than card game Artifact News Feb 20th, 2019

Unofficial Dota spin-off Auto Chess is far more popular than card game Artifact

Fan project has attracted over four million people since start of January

What’s up with Artifact’s monetisation? Feature Dec 18th, 2018

What’s up with Artifact’s monetisation?

We get to the bottom of the trouble surrounding the economy in Valve's latest release

Valve's Artifact sees 81 per cent dip in concurrent players from launch News Dec 12th, 2018

Valve's Artifact sees 81 per cent dip in concurrent players from launch

11,596 users at time of writing - but don't rule out this new card game yet

Artifact hits 55k concurrent player peak for first day in the wild News Nov 29th, 2018

Artifact hits 55k concurrent player peak for first day in the wild

Users have put almost 300,000 hours into the game already

Valve attempts to course correct Artifact’s controversial payment system News Nov 20th, 2018

Valve attempts to course correct Artifact’s controversial payment system

The card game’s complex monetisation blasted as predatory by beta players

Valve to showcase Artifact’s tournament mode with a special 128-player event News Nov 5th, 2018

Valve to showcase Artifact’s tournament mode with a special 128-player event

Artifact Preview Tournament competitors to fight over a slice of the $10,000 prize pool

Valve changes tone deaf Artifact card name News Oct 1st, 2018

Valve changes tone deaf Artifact card name

Card for the upcoming game could have been interpreted as racist

Valve doesn’t view Dota 2 card game Artifact as a direct challenge to Hearthstone News Sep 4th, 2018

Valve doesn’t view Dota 2 card game Artifact as a direct challenge to Hearthstone

Programmer Jeep Barnett is also confident that Valve has always prioritised making its own games

Dota 2 card game Artifact set for November launch News Aug 2nd, 2018

Dota 2 card game Artifact set for November launch

First of many new titles coming from Valve

Valve says it is making games again, DOTA 2 card title Artifact due this year News Mar 9th, 2018

Valve says it is making games again, DOTA 2 card title Artifact due this year

Chief Gabe Newell says the firm's software and hardware expertise could yield some interesting projects in the coming year

Artifact could broaden DOTA appeal, but Valve should consider mobile to make it a smash hit, analysts say The PC Pulse Aug 9th, 2017

Artifact could broaden DOTA appeal, but Valve should consider mobile to make it a smash hit, analysts say

Strong IP and eSports heritage mean success for Artifact is all but assured

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