Magic: The Gathering is a very popular Trading Card Game (TCG) and in these times of social distancing and quarantine, its digital platform, Magic: The Gathering Arena, has been becoming even more popular. The one problem, is that it’s only available on PC. Well, if you have a Mac, you’ll be able to join the fun soon. Starting on June 25, Mac players will be able to download MTG Arena through the Epic Games Store and join the battle. If you’ve been playing on PC and want to switch to Mac, don’t worry, you can do that no problem.
- At Gamescom today we were excited to announce that we'll be bringing MTG Arena to millions more players around the world. And that all starts with Epic. This winter we'll be partnering with Epic to bring MTG Arena to the Epic Games Store on PC, and shortly after we'll be introducing a Mac version.
- What This Partnership Could Mean for MTG Arena. However, this announcement of the Epic Games Store launch and the MTG Arena Mac version leads us to believe that the release date for the full game will be coming sometime this winter. In addition, this partnership could mean good things for the other versions of the game as well.
Wizards of the Coast revealed a partnership between MTG Arena and Epic Games at Gamescom today in an effort to increase accessibility to other playing platforms. MTGA will be available to download.
The launch of the Mac client also happens to be the launch of Core Set 2021 for MTG Arena. This means new card designs and “powerful returning cards” to help bolster decks and prepare players for the next year.
Another point of clarification is that Mac players will have access to all game modes of MTG Arena at launch. There’s no rolling out of features for the platform. It’s all there. Now if only we could get a mobile launch, so I can play on my phone.
On today’s 2019 earnings call, Hasbro Chairman and CEO Brian Goldner revealed that Magic: the Gathering Arena would be released on mobile in 2020. Goldner said that Hasbro would provide more information at NY Toy Fair later this month.
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“Magic Arena will move to mobile in 2020,” Goldner said on the call, and it’s “incredibly exciting as we give more people access to Magic Arena.”
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MTG Arena has been PC-only since the beginning of its Closed Beta in September 2017. It came to the Epic Games Store last month, which will be the exclusive third-party download partner for MTG Arena, with a Mac version expected to come “shorty after” its arrival on Epic.
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Stay tuned for more information about MTG Arena’s planned release on mobile at Hasbro’s presentation at NY Toy Fair on Friday, February 21, 2020.
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This story has been updated with a direct quote from the earnings call, the recording of which only became available later in the day.