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Valve Announces Artifact, a Dota Card Game, to Mixed Reaction at TI7

Surely some people in the crowd were chanting 'Boo-urns!'

Asif Khan

August 9, 2017 4:35 PM

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Valve showed off a brand new teaser for Artifact, a Dota 2 card game, today at The International Dota 2 Championships. Take a look.

There was no gameplay shown, but it is always great to see that Valve is making a new video game. The crowd reaction at TI7 was a bit less enthusiastic than Valve might have hoped they would be.

The Internet meme folks are already jumping on the negative reaction wave with this especially funny animated gif making the rounds on Twitter.

valve_new_game_teaser.mp4 pic.twitter.com/1SmuwNMb9x

— André Campos (@maajin) August 9, 2017

A special shoutout to Andre Campos for the hilarious gif. We used a screen capture from it as our header image.

We will keep a close eye on any news surrounding Artifact as it develops. For now, the Internet has a lot of new Valve and Dota meme fodder to chew on. Join in on our community's discussion in our comments section.

Asif Khan

CEO/EIC/EIEIO

Asif Khan is the CEO, EIC, and majority shareholder of Shacknews. He began his career in video game journalism as a freelancer in 2001 for Tendobox.com. Asif is a CPA and was formerly an investment adviser representative. After much success in his own personal investments, he retired from his day job in financial services and is currently focused on new private investments. His favorite PC game of all time is Duke Nukem 3D, and he is an unapologetic fan of most things Nintendo. Asif first frequented the Shack when it was sCary's Shugashack to find all things Quake. When he is not immersed in investments or gaming he is a purveyor of fine electronic music. Asif also has an irrational love of Cleveland sports.