GWENT: The Witcher Card Game (XB1/PC/PS4) - Out now on Android

GWENT is a competitive card game developed by CD PROJEKT RED -- creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. In GWENT, gamers clash with friends in fast-paced duels that combine bluffing, on-the-fly decision making and careful deck construction. The game is played over a best-of-three series of rounds, as players unleash their hand by slinging spells and diverse units with special abilities, and use clever tricks to deceive their opponents.

CD Projekt will host a Gwent: The Witcher Card Game technical beta on PlayStation 4 this weekend.

You can play the game from 6pm UK time on Friday, 31st March until 8am UK time on Monday, 3rd April. To get in all you have to do is go to the PlayStation Store and download the game (you'll need about 3GB of space). A PlayStation Plus subscription is not required.

The Technical Beta build lets you create your own decks, play the tutorial and online casual matches. Real currency purchases are disabled. After the beta ends, accounts will be deleted. CD Projekt said it wants the beta to test how the game works on PS4 with many users playing at the same time, so there may be technical glitches.

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Scheduled to begin May 24th, Public Beta will be available for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

“Public Beta is the next step in the game’s development process, one that we’d be honored to continue alongside everyone who’s been with us thus far,” said Benjamin Lee, Development Director at CD PROJEKT RED. “It’s also a chance for many new gamers to play GWENT for the first time and we’re looking forward to making the game even better with their help,” added Lee.

Watch the Public Beta overview live on the official CD PROJEKT RED Twitch channel
The stream will begin today (May 17th) at 9PM CEST

GWENT’s Public Beta is a fresh start for everyone. Card collections and player progress will reset to ensure gamers begin on equal footing. Everyone who participated in the Closed Beta will receive Card Kegs, as well as other in-game rewards for their activity. Additional information regarding Closed Beta participation rewards is available here.

The switch from Closed to Public Beta will entail a short technical transition period starting May 22nd. Until the start of Public Beta on May 24th, game servers will be offline for maintenance. During this time, GWENT’s Facebook and Twitter channels will provide updates on the game’s status.

Knoyleo wrote:This finally released on android last week, anyone playing it?

I've won a few games, leveled up, and started drawing against players using custom decks, and this is usually the point at which I bail out on TCGs because I just can't get my head around deck building.

Honestly, why the game makes you play a series of tutorial matches for 20 minutes so you can learn that more points is better and best of three wins, but then offers no guidance on deck building, and what all the different special abilities of additional resources are, is beyond me.

Dual wrote:

Knoyleo wrote:This finally released on android last week, anyone playing it?

I've won a few games, leveled up, and started drawing against players using custom decks, and this is usually the point at which I bail out on TCGs because I just can't get my head around deck building.

Honestly, why the game makes you play a series of tutorial matches for 20 minutes so you can learn that more points is better and best of three wins, but then offers no guidance on deck building, and what all the different special abilities of additional resources are, is beyond me.

I'm playing it and I've just finished the tutorial.

Is it slightly different to the game in Witcher 3? Also can I turn the vibration off? It's killing my phone battery.

Presentation is very Slick and I like the animations and sounds. They've got the feel of the proper games down really well. Actually I'm now tempted to buy Witcher 3 on Switch.

What deck are you using?

Dual wrote:Can you not pause a game?