History VideoGame / InfinityWars

''Infinity Wars'' is a [[CardBattleGame "digital collectible card game"]] developed by Australian developers Lightmare Studios. It launched on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} after an open beta period.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: The "demons" are the monstrous counterparts of the angels of Solace, who entered the infinite worlds through the Hellmouth on Reisch and are mostly summoned and controlled by the Cult of Verore. They're distinct from the "devils", the [[WasOnceAMan corrupted humans]] that make up the bulk of the Exiles faction. Their level of monstrosity varies, as can be easily seen if you compare their two leaders, [[{{Kaiju}} the gigantic]] [[ImAHumanitarian man-eating]] abomination Nysrugh the Hungry, and the [[EvilIsSexy sexy]] CuteMonsterGirl Princess Hinekri.

* AttackAttackAttack: The Flame Dawn's hat; they have a monopoly on characters with Charge (causes them to deploy to the Assault zone rather than the Support zone) including their unlimited creature and fulfill the 'rush/swarm' role in the metagame.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The Ultra-Unit, which requires you to sacrifice all three of the Genesis Mega Units. Even [[LampshadeHanging its flavour text acknowledges the fact]] that the card is not only almost unplayable, but complete overkill if you could play it.

* SchizoTech: Technology levels vary between the worlds. The beasts of the Warpath eschew technology almost completely, getting by on shamanism and their natural brutality. The inhabitants of Reisch rely more on magic and seem to be at roughly a medieval or renaissance level. On Talich, the Flame Dawn seem to be at a high level of SteamPunk (they have {{Jet Pack}}s, guns and tanks, but still wear metal armour and fight with swords) while Genesis Industries are effectively space-aged (they have a sub-orbital ion canon as well as highly advanced robots and lasers). Avarrach may have been the most advanced of all - which ironically led to its downfall when their nanotechnology created TheVirus.

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: The proud and warlike Aberion, leader of the Flame Dawn, was reduced to a dispirited, overweight, drunken wreck by the time of "Intrigue", as seen on his new card "Aberion, Fallen From Glory". He can be restored to his original form if you pay 4.

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Development of the game was discontinued, with Lightmare announcing the development of ''Infinity Wars 2''. The servers were suspended at the end of March 2020 so resources could be redirected towards the sequel, with the intention of bringing the game back online later. This was later realised with the release of ''Infinity Wars: Classic'', a ground-up remaster of the original game running on a newer engine, with saw the release of the 7th expansion, "Intrigue".

Development of the game was discontinued, with Lightmare announcing the development of ''Infinity Wars 2''. The servers were suspended at the end of March 2020 so resources could be redirected towards the sequel, with the intention of bringing the game back online later. This was later realised with the release of ''Infinity Wars: Classic'', a ground-up remaster of the original game running on a newer engine.

** It's implied that there's only ONE Coyle and he's a time traveller, with all the different versions representing him at different stages of his existence.

** She appears to finally have found salvation, however, in the 'Oppression' expansion, with the card Reborn showing her admiring her new cybernetic body, apparently freed from the infestation, thanks to Genesis Industries and their version of Aleta.

** [[spoiler:Candit, Head Researcher of the Cult of Verore, is killed off by Rita the Shadow Priestess at the end of their struggle to gain control of the cult in Aleta's absence.]]

* LastOfHisKind: The Last Sleeper, the only Sleepers of Avarrach card released in the Order expansion.

* ShoutOut: A lot of the flavour text:

A millenia ago, "The Calamity" consumed the Old World, destroying almost everything. The world was split into multiple realities (potentially infinite ones, hence the title), populated by a all sorts of different peoples and races. The world of Talich is home to the knights of [[KnightTemplar the Order of the Flame Dawn]] and the highly advanced [[MegaCorp Genesis Industries]], the plane of Reisch is fought over by the [[{{Wutai}} Descendants of the Dragon]], [[DealWithTheDevil the sorcerers of the Cult of Verore]] and the renegade [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Exiles of the Wastes]] and the New World is occupied by [[TheHorde the beasts of the Warpath]]. Worst of all, though, is the plane of Avarrach, once a prosperous world now completely consumed by a horrific [[TheVirus nano-virus]] that turned every living thing on it into a horde of cybernetic zombies--[[ZombieApocalypse the Sleepers of Avarrach.]] Now rifts are opening between the planes and conflict is breaking out, especially as the Sleepers begin to spread across the multiverse. The [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Overseers of Solace]] entered the fray to stamp out the Undead threat in the Ascension update. (A more detailed summary of the lore can be found [[http://infinite-network.com/articles/view/lore-compilation here]])

As well as the 2013 base set, 6 expansions have already been released: 'Rise' which introduced the corrupted Exiles faction, 'Infestation' which focused on the spread of the Virus across the multiverse (resulting in a large focus on the Sleepers of Avarrach) and introduced dual faction cards to the game, 'Ascension' which introduced gun–toting angels, the Overseers of Solace, 'Order' which dealt with the aftermath of the Sleeper war (seeing the Sleepers phased out of the game, receiving only a single card), 'Oppression' which starts the next story arc (with the Sleepers defeated by the Overseers, the new threat to humanity seems to be [[KnightTemplar the Overseers]]) and 'Rebellion', with the mortal races and a number of angelic defectors fighting back against the callous Overseers. Additionally, [[http://au.infinitywarsgame.com/news/view/star_trek Lightmare have also released a special set of cards based on]] ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', which are be playable in normal games but not in ranked matches.

Development of the game was discontinued, with Lightmare announcing development ''Infinity Wars 2''. The servers were suspended at the end of March 2020 so resources could be redirected towards the sequel, with the intention of bringing the game back online later.

* AlternateSelf: There are a few characters that exist in all realities, or at least all the ones we see. Aleta is an immortal who apparently survived the Calamity, while Agent Coyle's presence is as yet unexplained (thought the fact that all versions of him can turn into a dragon raises some questions).

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Unintentionally; the Virus of Avarrach was created by a man who fell in love with that plane's incarnation of the immortal Aleta, who was trying to find a way to avoid a MayflyDecemberRomance with her by making himself as immortal as her. Instead he created a nano-virus that decided that the only way the man's body could survive eternally was to convert all of his organs to cybernetics. [[spoiler:He was PatientZero]].

* SchizoTech: Technology levels vary between the worlds. The beasts of the Warpath eschew technology almost completely, getting by on shamanism and their natural brutality. The inhabitants of Reisch rely more on magic and seem to be at roughly a medieval or renaissance level. On Talich, the Flame Dawn seem to be at a high level of SteamPunk (they have {{Jet Pack}}s, guns and tanks, but still wear metal armour and fight with swords) while Genesis Industries are effectively space-aged (they have a sub-orbital ion canon as well as highly advanced robots and lasers). Avarrach may have been the most advanced of all- which ironically led to its downfall when their nanotechnology created TheVirus.

** When he dies, he doesn't even enter the Graveyard, he just leaves the game. [[UpToEleven Even the Graveyard doesn't like him!]][[note]]Actually it's just to keep you from repeatedly reviving him for easy morale recovery, but you can believe whatever's funnier if you like.[[/note]]

* HumongousMecha: Mega Units 01, 02 and 03, some of the biggest characters available to Genesis Industries. They can be 'sacrificed' to [[CombiningMecha form an even more powerful mecha]], [[UpToEleven the Ultra–Unit]].

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] The 1992 MarvelComics crossover event ''ComicBook/TheInfinityWar'' or the 2018 crossover event ''Infinity Wars''. Also not to be confused with the film adaptation, ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.

* PettingZooPeople: Many of the beasts of the Untamed World, guided by the hands of Aleta, Immortal Caretaker, evolved into these, who are the founders and leaders of the Warpath. They're mostly CatFolk or [[WolfMan Wolf Men]].

[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] The 1992 MarvelComics crossover event ''ComicBook/TheInfinityWar'' or the 2018 crossover event ''Infinity Wars''. Also not to be confused with the film adaptation, ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.

[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.