Garfield, if you didn't know, also made a little game called Magic: The Gathering. Sounds like Valve is bringing out some heavy hitters to work on their new PC games. There are a lot of new looks at the game around the web if you search for Richard Garfield or Artifact; this preview from Ars Technica is pretty in-depth.
I'm kind of surprised that I never got into Hearthstone or any of the other digital CCGs very much, considering how much I liked Magic and Star Wars CCG in the real world. There's something about handling and moving cards around on a table that seems to be an integral part of the experience for me. But Garfield's involvement is a big plus.
Also of note is Gabe Newell explicitly saying that Valve is going to start shipping "games" again, plural. No real news there; they've said they've been working on VR stuff for a while now, but hopefully there's some meaty SP stuff in there.
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