PlayFusion and Games Workshop have announced that the super-popular and hugely successful trading card game Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions is headed to Nintendo Switch.
For those not in the know, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions is a collectable card game that blends physical and digital card collections; essentially, players can scan physical cards into their collections to claim them and then take them on to conquer the battlefield. The game has now sold more than 20 million physical cards and more than 1 million digital matches have been played.
Players can take the custom-crafted decks from one of the four Grand Alliances and challenge friends across the world, with cross-platform play being supported across all playable devices. Mark Gerhard, CEO and Co-Founder of PlayFusion, has said the following in a press release today:
“The team are utterly thrilled with the opportunity to bring Warhammer Champions to new audiences and new platforms. The response for the physical and digital game has already been incredible, and we just can't wait to watch that grow to new heights. With the release of our Set 2 cards in Onslaught, and a whole heap of new features we have planned, there's always going to be something new to try. And now, there will be a much bigger community to try with!”
Today's announcement also reveals that the game is coming to Steam in February; the Nintendo Switch version is expected later in "Q1" 2019.
Are you a Warhammer fan? Will you be picking this up on Switch? Tell us below.
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I've never played this game and I know hardly anything about it, but more big games on Switch can never be a bad thing so this is good news to me!
Whilst I am interested in Warhammer Fantasy/AoS games I have never been bothered by digital Card Games.
Here is hoping a good studio does a Souls-esque Warhammer game at some point in the near future!
@CurryPowderKeg79 Truth.
Man. I got super excited seeing Warhammer. Shame, I don't play digital card games.
Probably trying to take advantage of Blizzard's refusal to port over a certain other fantasy card game.
would love to see Vermintide on Switch as well. (even though i do own the game on PC. )
Can we have Warhammer Quest instead? Not so interested in a digital card game.
This trailer just says nothing about the game.
Sad because I was interested before... so hopefully there will be a second trailor anytime soon.
How super popular and hugely successful is this? I'm familiar with other Warhammer games, but not this card game. I play a lot of TCGs and I don't know anyone that plays this digital one.
The article makes it sound like it's as successful as Hearthstone or MTG Arena or Online
I love cards. Bring it on!
This is mostly a re skin of the newly released Lightseekers (which I’m enjoying quite a lot at the moment)
@GrailUK
Warhammer 40,000 is coming to Switch also. Preorder has been up on Amazon UK for some time. Due in a month or two I believe
Personally I'm quite happy to see these digital CCG's coming to Switch. I love digital card games...always have...back from when Magic first went online all the way till now... Lightseekers is very interesting, but I want that "on tv" patch to come out before I can really get into it, I think...some of the text just seems too small for me on the portable screen. However the mechanics of Lightseekers are quite interesting and new for a CCG, as far as I know. Can't wait to see what this one is like!
@JaxonH Wait...seriously? How come I never heard about that before now???
The video game based on the card game based on the table top game loosely based on the roleplaying system loosely based on JRR Tolkiens fantastic novels.
@JaxonH Which one!?!
as a Nintendo fan and Warhammer fan, weird to see an article on NintenoLife that is about Warhammer. In a good way
@GrailUK @JaxonH I must echo this question. For the Emperor!
@Highlar @GrailUK @PhilKenSebben
Deathwatch. Better than a card game I'd wager
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warhammer-40000-Deathwatch-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B07FK67MT6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1548798303&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=warhammer+switch&dpPl=1&dpID=51uCpISy4vL&ref=plSrch
@JaxonH Sweet! 40K is just glorious
@CurryPowderKeg79 that would be a poor choice, as much of the lotr effects were done with makeup and prosthetics with a few exceptions. 😜
I am Yay Warhammer and meh trading card game. Really torn on this one.
Warhammer Fantasy is my preference so I doubt ill be grabbing the 40k game.
Warhammer reminds me of TotalBiscuit. He reviewed a bunch of Warhammer content. Man, I miss that guy. So sad how he passed away.
@JaxonH an RTS on console though... Not sure how well that can work on a controller really
Me: Ooo, Warhammer on Switch.
Also me: Oh, it's a card game.
Any chance of Gwent on Switch?
@Digimmortal have you this game? I like lightseekers but I hate that a mojarity of these digital card games do not let you do anything during your oppwnwnts turn. I wish MTG would release on the switch.
@PortablexombieV2
No I don’t have the game. My friend owns a games shop. When I told him about the digital version of Lightseekers he filled me in about the Warhammer Champions card game.
Sounds good and I do like Lightseekers so I’ll give it ago.
There isn’t much Chen time in Lightseekers I’ve found. Plus you can look at yours and their cards whilst they take their go.
Age of Sigmar and a collectible card game. How many layers of cancer can we get?
I have not played Lightseeker for a while but may get back into it with a Warhammer license attached to it.
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