- End of Service for Shadowverse - 30 March 2026
Greetings from the Shadowverse Team! The time has come for us to announce that we will be ending service for Shadowverse at 7:00 p.m., June 30, 2026 (PT). All of us on the Shadowverse Team would like to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has supported us throughout the years. Shadowverse launched on June 17, 2016, as a spin-off of Rage of Bahamut, but quickly took on a life of its own. Over the course of a decade, the game grew and evolved in countless ways, from the introduction of Portalcraft and the Rotation and Unlimited formats, to the addition of the Take Two and Cross Craft game modes. Along the way, we released over 5,000 cards across 32 card sets, collaborated with various beloved games and franchises, and brought to life 20 epic story chapters featuring an original and lovable cast of heroes. With your continued support, Shadowverse was able to gr…
- The 100 best-selling games on Steam in 2018 so far - 6 July 2018
We’ve just passed the half-way point of 2018, so Ian Gatekeeper and all his fabulously wealthy chums over at Valve have revealed which hundred games have sold best on Steam over the past six months. It’s a list dominated by pre-2018 names, to be frank, a great many of which you’ll be expected, but there are a few surprises in there. 2018 releases Jurassic World Evolution, Far Cry 5 Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Warhammer: Vermintide II are wearing some spectacular money-hats, for example, while the relatively lesser-known likes of Raft, Eco and Deep Rock Galactic have made themselves heard above the din of triple-A marketing budgets. (more…)
- Wot I Think: Shadowverse - 8 June 2018
The crappiest common cards in Shadowverse look better than the best legendary cards in most of the collectible card games I’ve played, so you can imagine what Shadowverse’s legendaries look like. They are stupidly, irresponsibly beautiful. Dragons with uncountable glistening scales, angels clad in impossibly pearlescent metal, musclebound demons flanked by swirling tongues of raven-black flame, to say nothing of all the hunky anime boys and cute anime girls. The legendaries are also stupidly, irresponsibly powerful, which pretty much sums the whole game up. Shadowverse is a game of extremes – sometimes great, sometimes not-so-great, but always a spectacle. (more…)
- Artifact feels like Valve s solution to post-Hearthstone card games - 8 May 2018
Collectible card games have been around for decades, but they’ve really been running hot ever since Blizzard unleashed Hearthstone four years ago. Since then, we’ve seen Shadowverse , Gwent , The Elder Scrolls: Legends , Duelyst , Faeria – there are a lot of these things, if you haven’t heard. They all put their own spin on rectangles with numbers on ’em, but they also universally take cues from Hearthstone and, just as often, each other, and as a result they regularly run into similar problems, the biggest two being how to balance a competitive system and how to price card packs fairly. Artifact , Valve’s upcoming Dota -inspired card game, is definitely using some pages from the same books, but it’s also doing enough things differently that it has the potential to solve a lot of those problems. (more…)
- Spawn Point: a guide to collectible card games - 3 May 2018
Welcome to Spawn Point , where we take something wonderful from the world of gaming and explain what it is, why it s worth your time and how to get involved. This time: collectible card games (or at least, the videogame kind). Hello, I would like to collect some cards please. Of course, friend. We have a wide variety of fantasy themed cards, ranging from hostile dragon to raving ghoul to Hang on, what are these numbers? Oh, ignore those, they re nothing to worry about. Look at this wizard! (more…)
- Dawnbreak, Nightedge - major card expansion out now! - 29 March 2018
28 MARCH, 2018 - SHADOWVERSE OFFICIAL Version 2.1.0 was released at 5:00 p.m., March 28 (PT). This update includes: - New Dawnbreak, Nightedge card set added In the Dawnbreak, Nightedge card set, 97 new cards will be added. - New leader cards added In addition to the 97 cards in Dawnbreak, Nightedge, the following leader cards will be included: Aria, Guiding Fairy Ramina, Moon Al-mi'raj Drawing these cards will allow you to use the above leaders in matches, as well as the corresponding emblems and sleeves. Notes about Leader Cards: - Aria, Guiding Fairy will be treated the same as the Aria, Guiding Fairy card from Chronogenesis. - Ramina, Moon Al-mi'raj will be treated the same as the Moon Al-mi'raj card from the Classic Card Pack. - A normal and animated version of the above leader cards can be drawn from card packs. However, there is only one version of the leaders, emblems, and card…
- Dawnbreak, Nightedge - major card expansion out now! - 29 March 2018
28 MARCH, 2018 - SHADOWVERSE OFFICIAL Version 2.1.0 was released at 5:00 p.m., March 28 (PT). This update includes: - New Dawnbreak, Nightedge card set added In the Dawnbreak, Nightedge card set, 97 new cards will be added. - New leader cards added In addition to the 97 cards in Dawnbreak, Nightedge, the following leader cards will be included: Aria, Guiding Fairy Ramina, Moon Al-mi'raj Drawing these cards will allow you to use the above leaders in matches, as well as the corresponding emblems and sleeves. Notes about Leader Cards: - Aria, Guiding Fairy will be treated the same as the Aria, Guiding Fairy card from Chronogenesis. - Ramina, Moon Al-mi'raj will be treated the same as the Moon Al-mi'raj card from the Classic Card Pack. - A normal and animated version of the above leader cards can be drawn from card packs. However, there is only one version of the leaders, emblems, and card…
- We've got three new Shadowverse cards to reveal - 8 March 2018
 A new expansion is coming to the free-to-play fantasy CCG Shadowverse at the end of the month called Dawnbreak, Nightedge. The eighth new card set will add a new "Choose" keyword that enables the use of special abilities or effects when certain cards are played, a twist that publisher Cygames said will enable "unprecedented levels of strategic depth." And once again, we've got an exclusive look at three of the new cards that are on the way.  We begin our reveals with a Gold rarity card by the name of Suttungr. It's  a 3/2 unevolved. 5/4 evolved Neutral Follower, meaning it can be used in any deck. The card banishes enemy amulets, or gains a +3/+3 buff if no enemy amulets are in play.  Suttungr unevolved Suttungr evolved Next up is Forest Whispers, a Silver rarity Forestcraft spell card that can nerf a strong enemy follower by transforming it into a Fairy,…
- These are the top 100 Steam games of 2017 - 2 January 2018
Another year over, a new one just begun, which means, impossibly, even more games. But what about last year? Which were the games that most people were buying and, more importantly, playing? As is now something of a tradition, Valve have let slip a big ol’ breakdown of the most successful titles released on Steam over the past twelve months. Below is the full, hundred-strong roster, complete with links to our coverage if you want to find out more about any of the games, or simply to marvel at how much seemed to happen in the space of 52 short weeks. (more…)
- Shadowverse: Chronogenesis expansion out now, adds 138 cards to the CCG - 31 December 2017
Shadowverse is a great alternative to Hearthstone . Fans of Blizzard's mammoth CCG will find its mechanics familiar, but it's set apart by its distinct Japanese flavour and a neat 'Evolve' mechanic, which lets you buff and transform any of your minions. It's free-to-play and receives a constant stream of updates, the latest of which, Chronogenesis, came out this week. As well as adding 138 new cards—some of which Andy took a peek at last week —Chronogenesis adds a new class called Portalcraft, led by Yuwan. His trademark mechanic is Resonance, which activates certain abilities when you have an even number of cards left in your deck. On top of that, the update adds a new play format called Rotation, which only allows you to play with cards from the five most recent card sets, in addition to basic cards. You'll still be able to play with your en…
- Chronogenesis - major card expansion out now! - 29 December 2017
28 DECEMBER, 2017 - SHADOWVERSE OFFICIAL Version 2.0.0 was released at 5:00 p.m., December 27 (PT). This update includes: - New Chronogenesis card set In the Chronogenesis card set, 138 new cards will be added. - New Portalcraft class Portalcraft, the new class lead by Yuwan, will also make its debut. - New Rotation format Rotation, a new deck construction format, will be playable. Rotation will include all cards released in the five latest card sets, as well as basic cards. After Rotation is added, it still will be possible to play with all available cards in the Unlimited format. - New chapters to the main story The main story will continue on as new chapters are added: * The Morning Star: Conclusion, Chapters 7 - 12 * Yuwan, Chapters 1 - 6 - Temporary vial bonus ends In the December 28 update, the vial bonus (effective from November 28) will end for Dimension Shift; Sibyl of the Wate…
- Chronogenesis - major card expansion out now! - 29 December 2017
28 DECEMBER, 2017 - SHADOWVERSE OFFICIAL Version 2.0.0 was released at 5:00 p.m., December 27 (PT). This update includes: - New Chronogenesis card set In the Chronogenesis card set, 138 new cards will be added. - New Portalcraft class Portalcraft, the new class lead by Yuwan, will also make its debut. - New Rotation format Rotation, a new deck construction format, will be playable. Rotation will include all cards released in the five latest card sets, as well as basic cards. After Rotation is added, it still will be possible to play with all available cards in the Unlimited format. - New chapters to the main story The main story will continue on as new chapters are added: * The Morning Star: Conclusion, Chapters 7 - 12 * Yuwan, Chapters 1 - 6 - Temporary vial bonus ends In the December 28 update, the vial bonus (effective from November 28) will end for Dimension Shift; Sibyl of the Wate…
- Exclusive: Three new cards from the Shadowverse: Chronogenesis expansion - 18 December 2017
Card games that aren't named Hearthstone tend not to get nearly as much coverage as those that are, but there's a lot of exciting stuff going on in the digital CCG scene. The free-to-play Shadowverse is one of the leading alternatives to Blizzard's licence to print money: It's similar enough to Hearthstone that it shouldn't be scary for fans, but nonetheless has enough of its own (boisterous, anime-flavored) identity to stand out. A new expansion called Chronogenesis is on the way that will add a new Portalcraft class and introduce limited rotations, which allows only cards from the five most recent sets, and unlimited, in which all the cards are playable. (Essentially a lot like Standard and Wild in Hearthstone). Of course there will be a bunch of new cards added too, and we've got three of them to reveal for you right here.  First up is Lancer of the…
- Starforged Legends - major card expansion out now! - 28 September 2017
28 JUNE, 2017 - SHADOWVERSE OFFICIAL Version 1.7.0 was released at 8:00 p.m., September 27 (PT). This update includes: - Starforged Legends card pack added This expansion includes 104 new cards. - Specially illustrated cards with new leaders Two new specially illustrated leader cards will be added with the release of Starforged Legends. Daria, Dimensional Witch Aldos, Imperial Dragoon When obtaining a specially illustrated leader card, you will also receive the card's leader, emblem and card sleeve. These cards share the same costs and abilities as the respective cards they are based on, but cannot be created using vials. There are both normal and animated versions of these cards; normal versions can be animated using Seer's Globes. You can only have one copy of the leader, emblem and card sleeve. - New chapters to the main story Play Chapter 15 for Arisa, Erika, Isabelle, Rowen, Luna,…
- Starforged Legends - major card expansion out now! - 28 September 2017
28 JUNE, 2017 - SHADOWVERSE OFFICIAL Version 1.7.0 was released at 8:00 p.m., September 27 (PT). This update includes: - Starforged Legends card pack added This expansion includes 104 new cards. - Specially illustrated cards with new leaders Two new specially illustrated leader cards will be added with the release of Starforged Legends. Daria, Dimensional Witch Aldos, Imperial Dragoon When obtaining a specially illustrated leader card, you will also receive the card's leader, emblem and card sleeve. These cards share the same costs and abilities as the respective cards they are based on, but cannot be created using vials. There are both normal and animated versions of these cards; normal versions can be animated using Seer's Globes. You can only have one copy of the leader, emblem and card sleeve. - New chapters to the main story Play Chapter 15 for Arisa, Erika, Isabelle, Rowen, Luna,…
- We have three new cards from the Shadowverse: Starforged Legends expansion to show you - 21 September 2017
If you've found the current state of Hearthstone to be a little stale , you should consider trying Shadowverse . We recently ranked it as one of the nine best digital CCGs that aren't Hearthstone, and while it bears some similarities, "it stands out in its own ways," particularly through an "Evolve" mechanic that gives players the ability to buff and transform their cards. The, let's say somewhat excitable, anime art won't be for everyone, but look past all that embonpoint and there's a very solid card battler here. Shadowverse's sixth card set, called Starforged Legends, is on the way, and we've been given an exclusive look at three of the new ones right here. We'll leave assessing their power to the experts, but the Dolorblade Demon looks to be pick of the litter: It's a Forestcraft-class card, 5/5 unevolved and 7/7 evolved, that deals one…
- Wonderland Dreams - major card expansion out now! - 29 June 2017
28 JUNE, 2017 - SHADOWVERSE OFFICIAL Version 1.6.0 was released at 10:00 p.m., June 28 (PT). This update includes: – New card expansion Wonderland Dreams added To celebrate we're sending out 10 Wonderland Dreams tickets! Everyone who finishes the tutorial and plays the game before 8:00 a.m., Sep 28, 2017 (PT) can pick up the tickets from their crate. - New chapters to the main story Play Chapters 9-11 for Rowen, Isabelle, and Urias. - Solo player missions These missions can only be completed by playing the main story or practice mode. Check them out on the Missions screen. - Set leaders for individual decks You can now set a leader for individual decks in the Edit Deck screen. - Options added to private match mode: create your opponent's deck, Best of 3, and Best of 5 You can now spectate Take Two (create your opponent's deck), Best of 3, and Best of 5 matches if your friend is the host…
- Wonderland Dreams - major card expansion out now! - 29 June 2017
28 JUNE, 2017 - SHADOWVERSE OFFICIAL Version 1.6.0 was released at 10:00 p.m., June 28 (PT). This update includes: – New card expansion Wonderland Dreams added To celebrate we're sending out 10 Wonderland Dreams tickets! Everyone who finishes the tutorial and plays the game before 8:00 a.m., Sep 28, 2017 (PT) can pick up the tickets from their crate. - New chapters to the main story Play Chapters 9-11 for Rowen, Isabelle, and Urias. - Solo player missions These missions can only be completed by playing the main story or practice mode. Check them out on the Missions screen. - Set leaders for individual decks You can now set a leader for individual decks in the Edit Deck screen. - Options added to private match mode: create your opponent's deck, Best of 3, and Best of 5 You can now spectate Take Two (create your opponent's deck), Best of 3, and Best of 5 matches if your friend is the host…
- " Tempest of the Gods " major card expansion out now! - 30 March 2017
30 MARCH, 2017 - SHADOWVERSE OFFICIAL Version 1.5.0 was released at 06:00 p.m., Mar 29 (PT). This update includes: – New card expansion Tempest of the Gods added Rise of Bahamut, our second expansion consisting of 104 new cards, has been added! To celebrate, we're sending out 10 Tempest of the Gods tickets! Everyone who finishes the tutorial and plays the game before 8:00 a.m., Jun 27, 2017 (PT) can pick up the tickets from their crate. - Multiple cards can be liquefied at the same time To do this, go to the Cards screen and then tap Liquefy Cards followed by Extras or Selected Cards. - New private match options: best of three, best of five, and a new Take Two mode where you and your opponent can select each other’s decks These new match options can be selected when creating a private match. - Decks can be rearranged on the Decks screen - You will be able to spectate Take Two private ma…
- " Tempest of the Gods " major card expansion out now! - 30 March 2017
30 MARCH, 2017 - SHADOWVERSE OFFICIAL Version 1.5.0 was released at 06:00 p.m., Mar 29 (PT). This update includes: – New card expansion Tempest of the Gods added Rise of Bahamut, our second expansion consisting of 104 new cards, has been added! To celebrate, we're sending out 10 Tempest of the Gods tickets! Everyone who finishes the tutorial and plays the game before 8:00 a.m., Jun 27, 2017 (PT) can pick up the tickets from their crate. - Multiple cards can be liquefied at the same time To do this, go to the Cards screen and then tap Liquefy Cards followed by Extras or Selected Cards. - New private match options: best of three, best of five, and a new Take Two mode where you and your opponent can select each other’s decks These new match options can be selected when creating a private match. - Decks can be rearranged on the Decks screen - You will be able to spectate Take Two private ma…
