In Brief:
- On Oct. 1, Games for a Living (GFAL) shared a teaser on X hinting at a new version of “WWII: TCG.”
- The original “World War II: TCG” was made at FrozenShard Games by GFAL co-founders Marc Tormo and Christian Gascons. It was taken offline in 2022.
- GFAL has not given a release date, named platforms or said whether the $GFAL token will play a part.
“WWII: TCG” is coming back through Games for a Living. The studio’s founders made the original card game a decade ago, and it went offline in 2022.
In a post on its official X account, GFAL wrote: “THE BATTLEFIELD HAS CHANGED,” followed by “A NEW ERA OF WWII: TCG.”
THE BATTLEFIELD HAS CHANGED
A NEW ERA OF WWII: TCG@GFALView on X ↗
The post was the full extent of the announcement. GFAL didn’t share a launch window or list any platforms. It also didn’t explain how the new version would connect to its token or marketplace. GFAL’s website doesn’t list the game yet. Only two titles appear there: “Diamond Jewels” and “Elemental Raiders (official site).”
A second run from the original team
The game ties directly to the people who run GFAL. Tormo, who co-founded GFAL and serves as its chief creative officer, led the original Kickstarter campaign for “World War II: TCG.” The campaign brought in $18,001 from 199 backers.
From 2006 to 2012, Tormo worked at Blizzard Entertainment in quality assurance and in processes and policies. After returning to Spain in 2012, he co-founded FrozenShard S.L. with Gascons, who is now GFAL’s COO. FrozenShard was founded on Sept. 24, 2012.
FrozenShard’s first release was “World War II: TCG,” and Tormo has described it as the studio’s main project. His other directing credits include “Magic Quest TCG,” “Starquest TCG,” “Heroes Empire,” “Monster Battles” and “Farm Blocks.”
What the first version offered
The original was a free-to-play online collectible card game with turn-based play. It came out on iOS on March 6, 2014, on Android on June 19, 2014, and on Steam on Feb. 23, 2019.
Unit promotion was the core mechanic. Every card began as a basic soldier, and players could spend resources to promote it, which gave it more stats and abilities. As of 2015, there were five factions to choose from: Germans, Russians, Japanese, Americans and British.
It included more than 1,000 cards, a deck builder, online and offline PvP, and a single-player campaign with over 500 missions.
A backend problem forced the shutdown
The original didn’t shut down because players left. GameSparks, which provided FrozenShard’s backend, chose to end its service. FrozenShard said it couldn’t find another service able to run the game, so it closed it.
According to Steam players, “WWII: TCG” and “Magic Quest: Brotherhood” were both set to go offline on Sept. 30, 2022. Posters on the game’s Steam forum said it depended on so many custom features that it couldn’t be moved to other servers.
GFAL’s current position
GFAL’s games today revolve around the $GFAL token, which serves as a shared currency across its titles. Players can use it to turn in-game items into NFTs, buy exclusive items and trade them on the studio’s marketplace.
“Elemental Raiders” is a turn-based strategy game in early access on mobile, PC and Mac, with Tormo credited as game design director. GFAL has held tournaments for it, including a $35,000 GFAL Ignite event powered by BNB Chain.
The studio’s latest release is “Diamond Jewels,” a match-3 game that runs in the browser. It launched on Sept. 2, 2025, with jewelry crafting, collecting and trading, along with a peer-to-peer marketplace.
When the original game shut down in 2022, one player wrote on its Steam forum that it was a pity FrozenShard couldn’t keep its three card games running “or possibly sell them to another company.” Now the game is coming back with the same people who made it.