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September 9, 2026Steam

Biggest tournament ever announced for Steam Next Fest

A multi-day event from 20 to 25 October: qualifiers for each of the three major regions on the 20th, 21st and 22nd, then playoffs and finals. First online tournament with an exclusive 1/1 promo card, plus packs, boxes, cases and cash. Sign-ups on Discord; creators can request wildcard invites straight into the playoffs.

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August 27, 2026Steam

Playtest patch 0.6.3: sixteen cards tuned, King Arthur up to 7/7

A tuning-and-fixes patch, used for Big Bob's tournament two days later. Buffs to King Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Old MacDonald, Rumple, Thumbelina, White Queen, Bridge Troll and Blow the House Down; nerfs to Bandersnatch, Bigfoot, Scarecrow and Merlin's Prophecy; Bagheera, Christopher Robin and Sandman reworked. Bosses got smarter AI.

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August 25, 2026Steam

Big Bob's Playtest Battle brings the Conquest format

Tournament on 28 August on the playtest build with full deckbuilding. Best-of-3, single elimination, and the first use of Conquest: submit several decks with different Legendaries and at least nine different cards, ban one of your opponent's. Prizes: wildcards for the Next Fest tournament and Collector Packs.

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August 21, 2026Steam

Playtest patch 0.6.2: balance pass on 23 cards

Eight cards changed what their ability does. Mulan gains Double Attack, the Queen of Hearts drops to 4 Mana 3/3 with First Strike, Ellen Trechend becomes an 8-Mana 3/3 that grows +3/+3 per enemy. Van Helsing's Tools is free but the Silver Bullet deals 1. The collection is now scoped to the ten playtest decks.

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August 19, 2026Source

Creator Program announced, details in a Discord AMA

Koin Games opens a creator program ahead of Steam Next Fest. Details were given in an AMA on 19 August at 8pm UTC; the recording is on Discord. OriginsMeta has applied.

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August 14, 2026Steam

Patch 0.6.1: ranked ladder, Grandmaster leaderboard, three decks retuned

Ranked mode arrives with a world leaderboard for the Grandmaster division, plus quality of life: skip the tutorial, preview the opponent's Legendary during mulligan, mute emotes. Huntsman moves to 6 Mana 6/6; Swarm, Evil and Discard each swap one card.

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August 5, 2026Steam

Demo 2.0 playtest: 5 new decks, 70+ new cards, deckbuilding

The update that will ship for Steam Next Fest in October goes to community playtests, starting Friday 7 August at 9pm UTC with a game night. Open to everyone through Discord.

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July 21, 2026Steam

First demo numbers: 1,000+ players, 13,000+ matches, 1h51m median

Six days after launch the team shares the demo stats and lines up an AMA with CEO Tim Jooste and head of game design Kevin Lambert (22 July), the first demo tournament (24 July) and a booth at Card Party in Fort Lauderdale (24–26 July).

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July 16, 2026Steam

The Origins TCG demo is live on Steam

Free demo with exclusive collectibles that will not be available later and will be tradeable on the Steam marketplace once the full game launches. Launch party on Discord the same day.

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June 3, 2026Steam

Official Discord opens to everyone

The server that hosted the early alpha testers opens up, with a demo announced as coming soon and a first look at the collectibles.

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May 6, 2026Steam

Steam page live: wishlist open, demo on the way

First Steam post from the team: a trading card game built around fast tactical matches and a collectible system modelled on physical TCGs.

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March 13, 2026Source

Physical metal cards teased by the CEO

Tim Jooste was filmed with metal collectible cards based on the game's IP. No product or date announced: a signal of intent from a digital-first studio.

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