Short for “trading card game.”
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Hearthstone does a balance pass as Blizzard declares that the ‘meta is in a pretty good spot’
Is there anything more dread-inducing than a balance pass in a competitive online game? You never know if your favorite deck, build, or combo...
Genshin Impact’s in-game TCG is getting an in-game tournament, more modes, and more cards May 24
The Genius Invokation trading card game-within-a-game of Genshin Impact is going to see a whole bunch of updates on Wednesday, May 24th. That's when...
Hearthstone launches Battlegrounds Season 4 and brings tweaks to heroes, minions, and armor tiers today
It's time for the start of Battlegrounds Season 4 in Hearthstone as the game's newest patch brings all of the newest season's features online...
Lawful Neutral: What if Activision-Blizzard just… sold Blizzard?
Last week, Activision-Blizzard and Bobby Kotick got a bad surprise: The UK moved to block the acquisition of ABK by Microsoft, citing concerns over...
Requia Online Reborn brings an ‘accessible’ form of the mobile TCG RPG MMO to Steam early access on June 23
It's not just a TCG, and it's not quite an MMORPG, but it does have a little bit of all three of these acronyms...
Unity slashes 600 jobs in its latest round of layoffs
It's not been the best year to work at Unity, as the tech company has gone through multiple rounds of layoffs and office closures....
Hearthstone’s Battlegrounds Season 4 gets new hero, new minions, and keyword adjustments May 9
Hearthstone's Battlegrounds mode is moving forward with its fourth season, and it's introducing some more of the Festival of Legends expansion's flavor, with some...
Fight or Kite: Eternal Card Game puts a real focus both PvE and PvP
This week in Fight or Kite, I'm taking on Eternal. It’s another dueling card game that at least on the face of it doesn’t...
Hearthstone’s latest balance patch tries to tune all of the CCG’s classes
It's time yet again for that most vaunted or feared moment in a digital CCG's development: the big ol' balance patch, specifically the latest...
Hearthstone: Festival of Legends hits the stage with 145 new cards
Sound the trumpet, blast the confetti, and crank up the volume: Hearthstone's latest expansion is here, and boy is it a boisterous one. Festival...
Massively Overthinking: Tabletop and boardgames for MMORPG players
Last week, following the crowdfunding of an Elder Scrolls boardgame, the MOP staff got derailed by a discussion on boardgame prices (it's expensive, y'all)....
Hearthstone’s latest patch outlines an upcoming event for Festival of Legends and balances several cards
Tuesday, April 11th, will kick off the Festival of Legends expansion for Hearthstone, and the digital card game is celebrating its arrival with an...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone welcomes the Year of the Wolf
The Year of the Wolf is coming to Hearthstone: "Throughout the Year of the Wolf, we’ll be focusing our efforts on making Hearthstone and...
NetEase’s Harry Potter: Magic Awakened conjures a soft launch in select countries
While wizards may need a wand with a gummy juice core to do magic, all players need is a good deck of cards. It's...
Hearthstone strikes up the band and readies concert goodness in April’s Festival of Legends expansion
What happens when you mix a battle of the bands with a digital CCG? We're all going to find out when Hearthstone releases its...
Massively on the Go: Preparing for Pokemon Go’s Global Hoenn Tour
Pokemon GO's Hoenn Tour is swiftly approaching, and as usual for the POGO regional tours, we have a nice little checklist for you global players out there....
Fight or Kite: The Witcher card game GWENT checks off a lot of the right boxes – but too many of the wrong ones
Continuing on my journey to digital card game bliss, I chose to try out a game I had mentally filed as one of the...
Hearthstone adjusts the armor of Battlegrounds heroes and applies a list of bug fixes
Armor is important when you're going into a battlefield, so those who enjoy playing the Battlegrounds mode of Hearthstone will likely want to pay...
Genshin Impact brings back a spring festival and adds two new characters to the roster March 1
Before you know it, spring will be in bloom in our portion of the globe, but players of Genshin Impact will know that the...
Fight or Kite: Deckbuilder Ascension is far better as a video game than as a physical one
I mentioned at the top of the Fight or Kite piece about HEROish that I’ve been hankering for some card games. I haven’t spent...
