Published , by Brittany Vincent
Published , by Brittany Vincent
Valve's upcoming card game Artifact is heading to beta soon. In the meantime, there's something special planned for players to check out ahead of time.
Valve will be holding an Artifact Preview Tournament on November 10 and November 11, which will include 128 players duking it out for a $10,000 prize pool. The tournament will be hosted by Beyond The Summit and streamed via StreamTV with a 7-round Swiss bracket held on Saturday. Then, a top 8 single-elimination bracket tournament will take place on Sunday, with all festivities beginning at 9 AM PT.
The tournament will be held via an in-client system that everyone can use when the game launches later this month on November 28. If you're still in the dark about Artifact, it's a DOTA 2-based card game that will ship with over 280 cards and 44 heroes, with additional expansions, events, and gameplay features releasing as it evolves. It's a "living card game" rather than a traditional "trading card game" where cards will be added over the length of the game's time on Steam. You can find more about it at the official website, if you're so inclined.
You can try it out yourself when it launches on PC later this month – are you looking forward to it?