A hit digital card game from China is making its way to the Xbox One.
Finger Tactic Ltd. and developer iFreeStudio announced today that the mobile card game Lies of Astaroth is now available on Microsoft’s console in the North America. According to the publisher, the free-to-play title has over 15 million registered players on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Facebook. The digital card game market is worth 1.2 billion, which Blizzard’s Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft dominates. It’ll soon see competition from upcoming titles like The Elder Scrolls: Legends and Gwent: The Witcher Card Game.
Hearthstone and a lot of digital card games aren’t available on consoles. On Xbox One, fans of card battles have access to games like Magic Duels: Origins and Hand of Fate. It’s a much smaller market, which Lies of Astaroth can take advantage of.
“It’s not a straight port from the mobile game,” said Qian Wu, chief executive officer of developer iFreeStudio, in a press release sent to GamesBeat. “Gameplay performance and mechanics have been optimized for the Xbox One console system with a faster stamina-recovery system that allows players to more efficiently farm, collect resources, and negotiate the game’s challenging maps.”
Lies of Astaroth is celebrating its Xbox One launch by giving select players a free month of Xbox Live Gold, the platform’s premium subscription service. You can win that prize by achieving in-game requirements, although we’re not sure exactly what those are. Player-vs.-player gameplay will come in a later update.