Developer Blog
Written by Stu Maine – designer at Well Played Games – check in every Friday for the latest developer blog, covering:
- The design decisions behind the gameplay
- Tactics and tricks for each of the card Factions
- Upcoming changes, events and the studio’s plans
- Insights and behind the scenes at a games studio
- A look at the Warhammer 40,000 references used
- Warhammer 40,000 hobby content
If there’s a subject you’d like to see the blog cover or you have a question, get in touch via [email protected] and let us know.
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Developer Update: Improvements to Card Collecting
We’ve got two new additions coming to the game next Monday with the change of the seasons. The first is an improvement to Ranked rewards and the second is the return of the much anticipated Card Shop. I’ve got Tom from the LiveOps team to answer a few questions around...
Developer Update: Trait Rank IV (inc. Season 16 Balance Changes)
Trait Rank 4 is now just around the corner, and will be arriving next Monday with the change in season. As such we will be rolling the balance changes for Season 16 into the end of the post, and it will be a small one as Trait Rank 4 is a pretty major change, which...
Developer Update: Honour Ranks
As revealed in the last Twitch livestream we will shortly be adding a new feature to the leveling system: Honour Ranks. For those of you who didn’t catch the live stream, here’s a quick summary: The current maximum rank is 71, but this will now be increased to...
Developer Update: Warhammer Combat Cards’ Next Faction
Since the launch of Warhammer Combat Cards back in 2019 the game has consisted of eight factions spanning the vast majority of races found in Warhammer 40,000, from the dwindling Aeldari and ravenous Tyranids to the barbaric Orks and superhuman Adeptus Astartes. Well...
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Developer Update: End of Season 19 Balance Changes
This month’s balance change has a smaller number of Bodyguard changes after last season's larger changes. Overall it's looking pretty positive across the board with very few cards falling into a clear category of low win and pick rate. That said we have a few trait...
Developer Update: End of Season 18 Balance Changes
Hi all! It's that time again. We've got a few changes to Warlord Special Rules and a Trait this time round having left the largely untouched for the past few changes to let the impact of Trait Rank 4 settle down. This will also be a smaller pass as we've all been flat...
Warhammer Skulls is now live!
The annual Warhammer Skulls event has begun! To celebrate, Warhammer Combat Cards is putting on a full week of jam-packed activities and content. Here's what to expect:More rewards than ever before!Daily giveaways for the full 7 days!Be sure to log in each day to...
Developer Update: v33.0 – Combat Cards comes to PC! Explorations!
Hey everyone! Version 33.0 will be appearing in app stores later today. We recommend updating as soon as it's available as it contains some important features for our participation in Games Workshop's upcoming event.Games Workshop recently announced their upcoming...
Developer Update: New Warlord – The Masque
It’s been a while since we’ve had a warlord reveal in the form of a blog post - since we started the live streams. Due to life’s habit of getting in the way, we haven’t been able to get a live stream together this time round; however I will try to make sure this blog...
Developer Update: End of Season 17 Balance Changes
This has been a really interesting season balance wise off the back of the introduction of Trait Rank 4. There has been a big shift overall between warlord performance and trait success so it's been really hard to pick apart any warlords and traits that may need...
Developer Update: Improvements to Card Collecting
We’ve got two new additions coming to the game next Monday with the change of the seasons. The first is an improvement to Ranked rewards and the second is the return of the much anticipated Card Shop. I’ve got Tom from the LiveOps team to answer a few questions around...
Developer Update: Trait Rank IV (inc. Season 16 Balance Changes)
Trait Rank 4 is now just around the corner, and will be arriving next Monday with the change in season. As such we will be rolling the balance changes for Season 16 into the end of the post, and it will be a small one as Trait Rank 4 is a pretty major change, which...
Developer Update: Honour Ranks
As revealed in the last Twitch livestream we will shortly be adding a new feature to the leveling system: Honour Ranks. For those of you who didn’t catch the live stream, here’s a quick summary: The current maximum rank is 71, but this will now be increased to...
Developer Update: Warhammer Combat Cards’ Next Faction
Since the launch of Warhammer Combat Cards back in 2019 the game has consisted of eight factions spanning the vast majority of races found in Warhammer 40,000, from the dwindling Aeldari and ravenous Tyranids to the barbaric Orks and superhuman Adeptus Astartes. Well...