In the ongoing attempt to not only come up with new ideas for RTS games and ways to monetize PC gaming that also limits the number of pirates, EA Phenomic Studios (the guys behind SpellForce) are developing BattleForge. This interesting RTS blends real-time strategic and tactical action with the collection and "deck planning" aspects of games like Magic: The Gathering. IGN had the chance to sit down with the game for a little bit today and get more familiar with the idea and are pleased to say that it works pretty well even at this stage. They're curious to see how the idea comes together in the end, but if popular, it could be another cash cow.
Theshigen writes "Battleforge was a rather novel idea. It combined collectable card game mechanics with real-time strategy, something new and fresh back in 2009. It's been re-released today as Skylords Reborn. A fan-made project that's made the gamer, completely free."
1RBC: This has been a pretty exciting week for game news- this week, Sony announced that they'd be cutting off Playstation Now support for the Vita, PS3 and every other device that's not a PS4 or PC, some big announcements came out of Nintendo regarding DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as well as more details about Splatoon 2, and EA has handed over (partial) control of the card/strategy game BattleForge to their fans- all this and more on this week's episode of 1RBC Gaming Weekly.
iLLGaming.in's weekly roundup of Free-2-Play games, by F2P writer Ajay Verma.
