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Valve is pulling the plug on disappointing digital Dota 2-inspired CCG Artifact.

Saying that Valve's Artifact didn't perform well is a bit of an understatement.

Last week, Valve announced Dota Underlords, its auto-chess variant based on Dota 2.

After going nearly two months without any communication, Valve posted to the Steam page for Artifact last Thursday, March 29.

Back in 2015, I made a few predictions about MMORPGs that I thought had a chance – even if only a slim one – of going free-to-play.

It's time, once again, to be amazed and astounded by my precocious acts of prestidigitation, my prescient predictions, my prattling on about probable outcomes … however you put it, it's free-to-play prediction time again her...

Now that we've covered the free-to-play gaming news you totally saw coming, it's time to take a look at the surprises from 2018.

Remember when the reveal of Artifact caused such a review-bombing of Dota 2 that it made Valve add charts to Steam pages so people could see if games had been recently review-bombed?...

With around half a million players at any one time -- trailing only PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on Steam -- Dota 2 isn't exactly dying.

What do you think when an upcoming game is announced as free-to-play?...

As one game enters free-to-play, another exits.

It's prediction time again!...

What a wild and wacky 2017 it's been!...

Sometimes events happen in succession that might seem related but maybe aren't.

Since its reveal just over a month ago, I've been following the amazing saga of Artifact: The Dota Card Game.

Valve announced a new game yesterday.