Console Wars: The Card Game Now Available | popgeeks.com

Console Wars: The Card Game was announced last year by the creative team XboxEra. After a successful Kickstarter campaign that took in $42,000 (when converted to US dollars), it’s launched as a real retail product you don’t have to pledge to obtain. (Just so we’re clear, it has nothing to do with the book by Blake Harris or the miniseries that came from it. “Console Wars” is not a trademarked phrase.)

In Console Wars: The Card Game, you and your friends play gluttonous AAA video game companies deep in the battle for market domination! First you must grab as many IPs as possible, for you won’t be able to attract fans (or fan cards, in this case) without them. Steal fans from your rivals by releasing new games, or play dirty by throwing down “Action Cards” that take over other studios or introduce PR scandals for your rivals. The first corporation to build four complete sets of Genre Cards is the winner.

“;Console Wars’ is something the entire industry knows about, and actively dislikes,” says Jon Clarke, Co-founder of XboxEra. “So what if we took all that toxicity; all that online hate – and turned it into something positive and fun? Something where we could all collectively point and laugh at how ridiculous the very concept of ‘console warring’ is? That’s how Console Wars: The Card Game came to be. Inspired by many of the card games I already play, I wanted to make something even more strategic, vicious and hilarious. As I’ve witnessed with the playtesting over the last year, I truly believe that’s what Console Wars The Card Game is!”

Console Wars: The Card Game is available now on Amazon in the UK, Europe and North America. Stock is limited for this first batch, so you might want to be quick.