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Blizzard opens up official TCG forums
by WoW.com on Mar.12, 2010, under card-game, forums, tcg, trading-card-game, ude, upper-deck, wow-forums, wow-tcg
With all the news regarding the WoW Trading Card Game, avid players have been wondering exactly what’s going on, where the license is going, and who’s going to be producing new cards, if any. While there aren’t any answers to these questions specifically, it’s heartening to note that Blizzard just added a new Trading Card Game section to the official forums, solely for discussion about the TCG. The card game hasn’t been forgotten, and neither have its players.
The question of what the future of the TCG will bring has already been addressed on the forums by Eyonix, who restated Blizzard’s earlier announcement that Blizzard and UDE would be parting ways. He also reassured players that Blizzard is committed to supporting the TCG and will be releasing new content in the near future, although there are still no new details as to who is picking up the license.
While this also doesn’t really answer any questions, it’s good to know that Blizzard is still thinking about the TCG community — and this gives an ideal place for Blizzard to post any updates regarding the game’s production. Hopefully we’ll see more news on the future of the TCG soon.
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Blizzard opens up official TCG forums originally appeared on WoW.com on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Blizzard: WoW TCG will come back better than ever
by WoW.com on Feb.13, 2010, under card-game, tcg, trading-card-game, ude, upper-deck, wow-tcg
We recently broke the news that Upper Deck would no longer be producing the WoW TCG, and Blizzard poster Zarhym has popped by to say that they still have plans for the TCG:
“As some of you may already be aware, we will not be renewing the World of Warcraft: The Trading Card Game license with Upper Deck. We want to assure you that we are committed to supporting the TCG, and players can look forward to new content and strong organized play support in the near future. We will share additional details about the game’s transition to a new partner as soon as possible. For those awaiting tournament prizes, we will ensure you receive them.”
Of course, this isn’t too surprising, really. As it turns out, sources close to the TCG say that all development and art for the game has been done inside Blizzard for a year or more — Upper Deck has only been providing the printing. They’ve either been preparing for the switch for quite a while, or … well, I can’t really think of any other reasons. Why go elsewhere when you could get it done internally anyway?
Licenses are big money, and contracts require that they be active for a certain amount of time. Companies can always choose not to renew their licensing agreement if they feel things aren’t going well, or for any reason, really. But this is Blizzard, and this is a business move, pure and simple; you needn’t worry that the game is going anywhere. It just might take a little bit to get everything back on track.
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Blizzard: WoW TCG will come back better than ever originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Upper Deck and WoW TCG parting ways [Updated]
by WoW.com on Feb.13, 2010, under breaking, card-game, tcg, upper-deck, wow-tcg
Upper Deck has had some legal issues lately, which may be the root cause of this split, but we won’t know for sure until we get a comment from either company. We’ve confirmed the split independently through Potomac Distribution, and we contacted Blizzard and Upper Deck Entertainment around 6pm EST requesting their comment, and have yet to hear back from them. We’ll update the post if we get a response.
Update 7:56 p.m. EDT: Upper Deck replied to us letting us know that we’ll hear from them on Monday concerning this matter.
Update 8:10 p.m. EDT: A Upper Deck representative on their forums posted the following about an event happening in Houston: “We’re going to make Houston all kinds of awesome, and I’m confident this will be a great start to a new chapter for the World of Warcraft TCG.”
Update 9:15 p.m. EDT: Zarhym hit the forums to confirm that the TCG is no longer in the hands of Upper Deck, but is not being discontinued entirely.
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Upper Deck and WoW TCG parting ways [Updated] originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Breakfast Topic: Have you played those other games?
by Alex Ziebart on Aug.28, 2009, under board-game, card-game, game-discussion, gamer-discussion, loot-cards, magic-the-gathering, minis, trading-card-game, upper-deck, world-of-warcraft-adventure-game, world-of-warcraft-board-game, world-of-warcraft-card-game, world-of-warcraft-discussion, world-of-warcraft-hot-topics, world-of-warcraft-topics, world-of-warcraft-trading-card-game, wow-discussion, wow-hot-topics, wow-issues, wow-minis, wow-tcg, wow-topics
One of the things I got to do at BlizzCon 2009 that ended up being a whole lot of fun was sit down and play a few rounds of the World of Warcraft TCG at the Upper Deck Booth. I actually plan to write a bit more on that later, but for now, my main thought on it was that it was pretty fun. As a former Magic: The Gathering Player way back in the early 3rd edition days, I’ve always held a soft spot in my heart for a good solid card game, and I’ve been meaning for the longest time to check out the TCG as something more than a silly thing that refuses to give me a mount.
I have to say, if anything, that I probably enjoyed it too much. Not only did I catch onto the rules pretty quickly, but I was transported back to the old magic days, and I’m halfway tempted now to perfect a good solid deck and go out to my local gaming store in a couple weekends to see if anyone else plays. On the other hand, I’m trying to avoid that temptation, because I just know it’ll eat up my life like Magic did back in the day.
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Breakfast Topic: Have you played those other games? originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.