Artifact was originally supposed to become one of Valve's numerous hits and ride on the wave of success of games like Hearthstone or Gwent. However, the title failed so ingloriously that it can be confidently called first big flop from Valve can designate.
In an interview with Edge Magazine, Steam boss Gabe Newell now spoke openly about missed opportunities and the future of Artifact. According to the CEO of Valve, they are working on a "larger reboot" and want to Comeback »similar to No Man's Sky«
To learn from mistakes
When asked why they wanted to continue to deal with Artifact despite the flop, Newell replied:
"We did an experiment, we got a negative result, and now we have to see if we learned anything from it, so we try again. And that's what (the Artifact team) did and that's what they're ready to publish. Based on the reaction to the game, what was wrong with it? How did we get there? Let's fix these things and try again. "
According to the Valve boss, this reinterpretation should be so extensive that it may even be under the name »Artifact 2« could appear.
Failure surprised Valve
The conversion of the game was announced a year ago, because the flop of the game was already announced. Incidentally, Newell was quite surprised by this:
"Artifact was an interesting failure at first attempt. We were surprised. We thought it was a really strong product."
We do not yet know exactly what this reboot will look like or when we can expect it, but on Twitter the team hinted at changes soon:
Artifact: Under Constructionhttps://t.co/QvJaieH5gf
– Artifact (@PlayArtifact) March 20, 2020
When the card game produced by Valve came onto the market a good one and a half years ago, at least the critics were able to agree on a rather positive picture. The community, on the other hand, quickly turned Twitch into a battlefield and as a platform for the game posted nothing but memes and porn
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