Valve has announced a new game for the Dota franchise

Valve has announced the development of a new title based on MOBA Dota — a collectible card game Artifact.

It will be released in 2018. The work on Artifact was announced on August 8 at the seventh annual The International Dota 2 tournament.

It is not yet known whether Artifact will appear on mobile platforms.

According to the forecast of the analytical company SuperData, the turnover of the niche of digital card collectible games this year may reach $ 1.4 billion.

Blizzard’s Hearthstone remains the largest project in this segment, earning about $40 million a month.

In addition, a collectible card game The Elder Scrolls: Legends based on the universe of The Elder Scrolls role-playing series was released in March of the year, and an open beta test of Gwent began at the end of May: The Witcher Card Game from the Polish CD Project based on The Witcher role-playing game franchise.

Also on the topic:

• The authors of The Witcher are looking for mobile developers
• Bethesda announced The Elder Scrolls card game for iPad and PC

Source: Venture Beat