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Artifact is a digital collectible card game based on Valve's popular Dota 2 MOBA, developed alongside Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield. Following criticism of being pay-to-win, it was reworked in 2020 before development ceased and it became free-to-play.

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Artifact Player Count Jumps 1000% After Going Free To Own

After going free on Steam, Artifact’s player count is over ten times higher than it was in February.

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Artifact Becomes Entirely Free To Play As Valve Ceases Updates

Artifact is now free to play because Valve has given up on Artifact 2.0.

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Valve's Source 2 Engine Could Be Getting Ray-Tracing Support

Valve might be about to bring ray tracing to the Source 2 engine, opening the door for real-world lighting effects to be added to Dota 2 and Half-Life

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Valve Is Asking Players What Features They Want Prioritized In Artifact Beta 2
Valve Is Asking Players What Features They Want Prioritized In Artifact Beta 2.0

Valve is asking Artifact players what they want to see prioritized in the game’s extended beta test phase.

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It's 2020 And We're Excited For The Future Of Artifact

The future looks bright for Valve's TCG game, Artifact, as the developers work hard at rebuilding the game from nearly the ground up.

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Artifact 2.0 Is Now Inviting Players Into A Closed Beta

Invites have started going out for access to the upcoming Artifact 2.0 beta, the second attempt to find an audience for Valve's troubled game.

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You Can't Buy Cards In Artifact 2.0

In Artifact 2.0, you can’t buy cards. Period.

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Valve Details Artifact Beta 2.0

Artifact is coming back by going into Beta 2.0. And they're not selling cards.

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Valve's Artifact Has Gone A Full Year Without Updates

It’s been more than a year since Valve’s Dota 2-based card game, Artifact, has received any updates.

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IsArtifactDead.com Answers The Question Once And For All

We'll just spoil it and say yes, Artifact is dead, but now there's a website that will confirm it for you.

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Richard Garfield Thinks Artifact Flopped Because Review Bombs Stopped It From Reaching Its Audience

Richard Garfield partially blames review bombs for preventing Artifact from reaching its intended audience, according to a new interview.

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Twitch Responds To Inappropriate ‘Artifact’ Streams By Preventing New Accounts From Streaming

Bots have taken over the Artifact Twitch directory to stream illegal content, but Twitch is taking action to shut them down.

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Artifact's Twitch Directory Has Become A Secret Haven For Illegal Streams

Want to watch Avengers: Endgame? Someone is streaming that in the Artifact Twitch directory, along with a bunch of other non-Artifact stuff.

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Valve Plans To Stop Updating Artifact Until It Fixes The Game's "Deep-Rooted Issues"

Valve has finally broken its silence on Artifact, following the game's underwhelming release late last year.

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Artifact - And Magic: The Gathering - Designer Was A Casualty Of The Valve Layoffs

Artifact and Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield confirmed that Valve laid him off, but did offer to give free advice to help Artifact live.

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Artifact's Concurrent Player Count Already Down 75% Since The Beginning of The Year

According to SteamCharts, Valve’s digital trading card game, Artifact, has seen a nearly 75 percent drop in players since January.

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How Can Valve Rescue Artifact? Bring Gordon Freeman Out Of Retirement

Valve's Artifact is bleeding players, and it's not because the game is bad - it's mostly because of how Valve's been monetizing it.

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Valve's Artifact Dropped To Under 1,500 Concurrent Players On Sunday Night

This past Sunday, Artifact’s concurrent player count dropped below 1,500, which is the lowest number of players for the game since it launched.

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Portal 1 And 2 Writer Erik Wolpaw Has Returned To Valve (Blah Blah HL3 Confirmed Blah Blah)
Portal 1 And 2 Writer Erik Wolpaw Has Returned To Valve (Blah Blah HL3 Confirmed Blah Blah)

Erik Wolpaw, the writer behind some of Valve's greatest successes, is back writing games at the company.

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Valve's Artifact Concurrent Users Has Dropped Dramatically, Now Out Of Top 100 Played Games On Steam

Valve's most recent release, Artifact, has already seen a significant drop in Steam users playing the game.

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