Following BattleForge's recent shift to a free-to-play model, publisher Electronic Arts has begun issuing tips to help players get acquainted with Phenomic's PC trading card-strategy game hybrid. First up is the multiplayer map "Passage To Darkness."

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Following the retail release of BattleForge (PC) in late March, developer EA Phenomic today released a "Play 4 Free" version of the unique trading card-strategy game hybrid.

The installation client is now available from FileShack and BattleForge.com, offering those that download "full access to the BattleForge game, including all community features, scenarios, the recently launched Renegade campaign." Alongside a single-player campaign, the game sports multiplayer for up to 12 online players. Read more »

The latest sales charts for PC software are in, showing that, during the week of March 22, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King lead retail U.S. sales--ending the lengthy three-week rule of Empire: Total War.

As for Direct2Drive, BattleForge was that week's most popular digital download. Read more »

As EA Phenomic prepares to release its unique trading card strategy game BattleForge on March 24, it today launched an open beta for the PC title at BattleForge.com.

The beta allows everyone to sample the game's full catalog of cards and maps. After the title launches, beta participants will receive a bonus upgraded Firedancer unit. Read more »

Electronic Arts strategy game studio Phenomic today announced that its fantasy strategy / virtual trading card game BattleForge will ship March 24 in North America and Europe.

In BattleForge, trading cards are used for spells, buildings and units, allowing players to customize armies and combine factions. Due to the card play nature, the game has no base building or production queues.In addition to a singleplayer campaign that can be played in co-op mode, the game also features ranked player vs player battles, guild support, an auction hall, as well as a marketplace to trade cards. Read more »

EA planted this tree-filled BattleForge trailer on our laps today. For those confused by the generic name, BattleForge is EA Phenomic's RTS/trading card hybrid.

If you like what you see, you can pre-order the game to jump straight into the beta. Otherwise, you'll be waiting until early 2009 for the PC release.

Electronic Arts studio Phenomic today announced that an open beta for its upcoming real-time strategy / trading card game BattleForge will start November 7.

People interested in testing sign up at BattleForgeCardHunt.com, with North Americans guaranteed entry if they have the game pre-ordered.

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The Creative Assembly's futuristic military RTS game Stormrise, EA Phenomic's RTS-CCG hybrid BattleForge and NHN's RPG Cloud 9 will all support DirectX 10.1 upon their release on the PC platform, hardware maker AMD announced today.

With the game recently announced, Electronic Arts showed the first glimpse of EA Phenomic's RTS-TCG hybrid BattleForge (PC) at its recent Spring Break event.

>Though at first glance appearing to be much like Blizzard's WarCraft III (PC) or any other fantasy RTS title, BattleForge plays very differently. Rather than rely on anchored structures and bases to churn out armies and units, BattleForge uses a deck of up to 20 cards to create units and cast spells free of micromanagement and complex building arrays. Read more »

Fresh from EA's Spring Break event are a bonanza of screenshots from the publisher's lineup, including Mass Effect PC, Warhammer Online and more.

Be sure to scope out the full post, as there is simply far too much media to contain on the front page, and don't forget to check out the whole of our EA Spring Break coverage. Read more »

Publisher Electronic Arts today announced BattleForge, an online PC real-time strategy game that has players assembling their forces through virtual trading cards.

Developed by SpellForce and Siedler creator EA Phenomic, the fantasy-based game is slated to arrive this fall. As with other online trading card titles, players will be able to win and trade cards, as well as buy new cards through micro-transactions. Read more »