By Hugh Langley
Have you heard the news? Card games are big business. As is toys-to-life, unless you’re Disney. But what happens when the two come together?
The answer is Skylanders Battlecast, Activision Blizzard’s new battle card game, which takes many of the principles of Hearthstone and applies them to the Skylanders universe.
Unlike Hearthstone, however, you can buy physical cards and bring them into the game using the power of augmented reality.
You’ll recognise many of the monsters from Skylanders which make up many of the cards, with the rest consisting of various spell, gear and relic cards.
Battlecast launches today for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire, and we’ve pulled together a few key facts you need to know.
It’s very Hearthstone, but that’s cool
Hearthstone is a great game – I should know, I was addicted to it for long enough – so there are definitely worse inspirations to draw from.
Skylanders Battlecast feels like Hearthstone for younger players, combining the one-vs-one card battling gameplay with characters from the immensely popular Skylanders franchise. The aim of the game is also pretty familiar: knock out your opponent before they knock you out.
Where Skylanders is noticeably different is in its use of purchasable real-world cards …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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