<s>
BattleForge	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
EA	B-Application
Phenomic	I-Application
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BattleForge	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
online	O
card-based	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
(	O
RTS	O
)	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battleforge	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
by	O
EA	B-Application
Phenomic	I-Application
and	O
published	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2009	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
demo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
26	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
BattleForge	B-Protocol
became	O
a	O
Play	O
4	O
Free	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
started	O
work	O
on	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
the	O
game	O
code	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
server	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
Server	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
)	O
,	O
called	O
Skylords	O
Reborn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
economy	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
overhauled	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
no	O
longer	O
possible	O
to	O
buy	O
battleforge	B-Protocol
points	O
with	O
money	O
,	O
as	O
that	O
would	O
go	O
against	O
the	O
agreement	O
with	O
EA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
BattleForge	B-Protocol
became	O
a	O
Play	O
4	O
Free	O
branded	O
game	O
with	O
fewer	O
cards	O
initially	O
available	O
(	O
32	O
cards	O
and	O
no	O
points	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
retail	O
version	O
came	O
with	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
starter	O
decks	O
(	O
One	O
for	O
each	O
element	O
,	O
64	O
cards	O
)	O
and	O
3,000	O
BattleForge	B-Protocol
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
could	O
buy	O
and	O
sell	O
cards	O
at	O
an	O
in-game	O
auction	O
house	O
,	O
using	O
BattleForge	B-Protocol
Points	O
(	O
BF	O
Points	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
in-game	O
currency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BattleForge	B-Protocol
supported	O
DirectX	O
11	O
's	O
hardware	O
tessellation	B-Algorithm
feature	O
on	O
PC	O
systems	O
with	O
DirectX	O
11	O
installed	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
subject	O
to	O
operating	O
system	O
and	O
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Twilight	O
edition	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
edition	O
of	O
BattleForge	B-Protocol
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Renegade	O
Edition	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
edition	O
of	O
BattleForge	B-Protocol
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
expanded	O
the	O
BattleForge	B-Protocol
card	O
set	O
with	O
legendary	O
units	O
and	O
monumental	O
buildings	O
from	O
the	O
Southern	O
Wastes	O
region	O
of	O
Nyn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
60	O
new	O
units	O
and	O
buildings	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
BattleForge	B-Protocol
card	O
pool	O
.	O
</s>
