Their replacement supposedly “provides an opportunity to update the game and underlying technology,” and includes updated visuals, a new card-logic engine, a ranked ladder, 3D avatars, and yep, a battle pass.
The Pokémon Company are now handling the development of TCG Live in-house, rather than working with a third party as was the case with TCG Online.
The Pokémon Company says the game will be “sunsetted,” which makes it sound like TCG Online will fly off in a Bye-Bye Butterfree-type farewell scene. The older Pokémon TCG Online will be removed from storefronts and have its servers shut down on June 5th to make way for the newer version, although you’ll still be able to transfer your account and most cards over to the newer software, according to an FAQ page. TCG Live will be replacing the older version of the creature-card-collectathon Pokémon TCG Online, which was first released back in 2011. The free-to-play Pokémon TCG Live is set to leave open beta and launch fully on June 8th at 10am PT/6pm BST, The Pokémon Company have announced. The Pokéverse continues to spread onto the PC route this summer with an updated digital version of the trading card game.
