The following text was lifted directly from a press release given to InvenGlobal

Valve released its digital card game Artifact on November 28. The following day — on November 29 — pro gamers got the chance to test their skills and show the real strength to win in a new Collectible Card Game thanks to WePlay! eSports Newmedia Group. 32 players are competing online for the $10,000 bout when the talents are casting from the studio in Kyiv, Ukraine. The first winners of the tournament opening day came to light.

WePlay! will hold the world's first and one-of-a-kind Artifact tournament from November 29 till December 04 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Its viewers have a chance to learn the current meta as well as the best moves and tricks from prominent CCG pro gamers — the famous pros from Hearthstone, Magic the Gathering and Gwent. LifeCoach and WifeCoach, Reynad, MegaMogwai, and ImpetuousPanda are among gaming stars participating in the tournament online. Joel “Heffaklumpen” Larsson, the winner of Artifact promo tournament hosted by Valve during beta testing, also joins the celebrated guests. The tournament is streamed on weplay.tv and official Twitch channel.

The tournament is casted by Darick "CHARM3R" Oswalt, Shannon "SUNSfan" Scotten, Sean “Swim” Huguenard, Miguel "Mogwai" Guerrero and David “Impetuous Panda” Nolskog.

The opening day of the tournament revealed the names of the first winners. Adrian “LifeCoach” Koy won the group A game, leaving behind Raphael “GameKing” Iciren, Cong “StrifeCro” Shu, and Mark “Petrify” Fittipaldi. The group B game resulted in Stanislav "Luckbox" Cifka winning the stage and conquering Joel "Heffa" Larsson, Pavel Beltiukov, and Sebastian "Xixo" Bentert.

WePlay! Artifact Mighty Triad: Strength is the first of three tournaments in Artifact Mighty Triade series with a total prize pool of $50,000. As far as the first one, it has a $10,000 prize pool.

Artifact is an immersive and visually stunning collectible card game unlike any other. It is a fine combo of deeply strategic, competitive gameplay and the rich setting of Dota 2. Being a collaboration between the legendary game designer Richard Garfield and Valve, Artifact is created to provide CCG enthusiasts with the deepest gameplay and highest fidelity experience in the history of fantasy card games. Artifact shipping set contains more than 280 cards, and the players can buy and sell cards on Steam Community Marketplace.

"We are extremely happy to host such an exciting event gathering people from different gaming communities in one place. This tournament is an important milestone in the development of esports environment, and we are privileged to contribute to it. Our goal can be achieved through education, networking, sharing experience, professional training and creating our own service ecosystem. We pin high hopes on the tournament: it is unique, its scope is unparalleled, and thus, it will give impetus to the entire industry",  — as stated by Eugene “GreenGT” Luchianenco, WePlay!’s Head of esports.

WePlay! eSports Newmedia Group is a global distributor of esports, gaming, and derivative content via its own platform and Twitch. Later in 2019, the company will engage the community with its own service ecosystem consisting of the tournament module, the academy, user gamification, as well as purchasing and owning digital assets in the blockchain. Aiming for the first place in bookmarks list of every esports fan worldwide, WePlay! has successfully organized and held over 6000 online tournaments and LAN finals and plans to continue creating tournament content to educate and entertain esports viewers.