<s>
Duelyst	B-Application
was	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
digital	B-Application
collectible	I-Application
card	I-Application
game	I-Application
and	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
hybrid	O
developed	O
by	O
Counterplay	O
Games	O
,	O
who	O
initially	O
self-published	O
the	O
title	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
published	O
by	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
declining	O
player	O
counts	O
,	O
servers	O
for	O
Duelyst	B-Application
were	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
February	O
27	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fan-made	O
remake	O
,	O
titled	O
Duelyst	B-Application
II	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
announced	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
Steam	O
,	O
Android	O
,	O
and	O
iOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
former	O
Duelyst	B-Application
players	O
who	O
were	O
given	O
permission	O
by	O
Counterplay	O
Games	O
to	O
remake	O
the	O
game	O
using	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
10	O
,	O
2023	O
,	O
the	O
complete	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
assets	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
uploaded	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
under	O
the	O
CC0	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Duelyst	B-Application
,	O
two	O
players	O
battle	O
across	O
a	O
tactical	O
battlefield	O
,	O
taking	O
turns	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
play	O
and	O
position	O
minions	O
and	O
spells	O
,	O
represented	O
by	O
cards	O
drawn	O
from	O
a	O
custom	O
built	O
deck	O
,	O
until	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
players	O
eliminates	O
the	O
enemy	O
general	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
six	O
factions	O
in	O
Duelyst	B-Application
,	O
each	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
unique	O
characteristics	O
that	O
affect	O
strategy	O
and	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
decks	O
the	O
player	O
builds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Duelyst	B-Application
development	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
Keith	O
Lee	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
lead	O
producer	O
at	O
Blizzard	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
who	O
co-founded	O
Counterplay	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lee	O
cites	O
the	O
Fire	B-Application
Emblem	I-Application
and	O
Front	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
series	O
as	O
inspirations	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Duelyst	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
accommodate	O
short	O
play	O
sessions	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
lasting	O
around	O
ten	O
minutes	O
on	O
average	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
entered	O
open	O
beta	O
testing	O
in	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
2016	O
on	O
both	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Counterplay	O
announced	O
in	O
January	O
2020	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
declining	O
player	O
counts	O
,	O
the	O
online	O
servers	O
for	O
Duelyst	B-Application
will	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
February	O
27	O
,	O
2020	O
at	O
3PM	O
PST	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
become	O
unplayable	O
after	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Marks	O
,	O
writing	O
in	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
,	O
described	O
Duelyst	B-Application
as	O
his	O
favourite	O
card	O
game	O
after	O
Hearthstone	B-Application
and	O
awarded	O
the	O
game	O
84%	O
in	O
his	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matt	O
Cox	O
,	O
in	O
his	O
review	O
for	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
,	O
praised	O
Duelyst	B-Application
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
its	O
competitors	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
does	O
so	O
much	O
more	O
by	O
slapping	O
on	O
a	O
whole	O
other	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
tried	O
and	O
tested	O
CCG	O
formula	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
