ArenaNet, NC and bilibili announce Guild Wars card game Mistbound

ArenaNet, NC and bilibili have introduced Mistbound, a free-to-play digital collectible card recreation set within the Guild Wars universe.

The sport is formally licensed by ArenaNet, developed by NC and globally revealed by bilibili. It’s in improvement for PC and cellular platforms, although a launch date has not been introduced.

Mistbound is positioned as the primary digital card recreation spin-off based mostly on Guild Wars. Based on the announcement, the sport will use characters, lore, artwork and music from the franchise whereas shifting the collection right into a deckbuilding technique format.

The primary gameplay characteristic is a 5×3 tactical grid the place gamers deploy playing cards and reposition them throughout matches. The businesses describe this as “Dynamic Motion Gameplay,” with commanders and items capable of transfer in response to enemy actions. The announcement additionally lists knockbacks, pulls, flanking alternatives and shifting offensive and defensive positioning as a part of the sport’s tactical system.

Gamers will tackle the function of a commander, with iconic Guild Wars characters showing as commanders with their very own talents and traits. Mistbound will even embrace a commander and occupation system impressed by Guild Wars 2’s 9 professions, permitting gamers to mix commanders with profession-based play kinds.

ArenaNet studio head Colin Johanson mentioned the workforce needed to offer Guild Wars gamers “a brand new strategy to play collectively” in a aggressive CCG area. NC producer Hwang Sunwoo mentioned the workforce needed to place strategic complexity into the battlefield slightly than making particular person playing cards overly advanced.

The announcement says Mistbound will embrace each single-player and multiplayer modes, but it surely doesn’t give additional particulars on these modes. It additionally doesn’t disclose monetization particulars past the sport being described as free-to-play.

bilibili will deal with international publishing for the sport. The corporate can be presenting group enter as a part of the challenge’s improvement strategy, although particulars on future playtests or participant entry haven’t but been confirmed.

Extra data is predicted by Mistbound’s official web site and YouTube channel.