November 2, 2009
SOE
and Wizards of the Coast Collaborate to Develop Magic: The Gathering – Tactics
Online, 3D Turn-Based Strategy
Game Scheduled for Launch in Early 2010
Today, Sony Online Entertainment
LLC, and Wizards of the Coast LLC announced they are developing Magic: The
Gathering – Tactics, an online, 3D turn-based strategy game played within the
rich Magic: The Gathering Multiverse.
“By collaborating with Wizards of
the Coast, we’re able to combine the strengths of both companies to develop an
innovative, online, 3D game based on an extremely popular IP,” said John Smedley,
president, Sony Online Entertainment. “We’re going to be taking the Magic: The
Gathering Multiverse places players have never seen.”
“The growing Magic: The Gathering
community has an insatiable desire for great strategic game experiences. Sony
Online Entertainment is the perfect partner to transform the best of Magic’s
story, strategy and competitive play into a fantastic ‘Tactics’ game experience
for current and new Magic fans,” said Greg Leeds, president, Wizards of the
Coast.
Magic: The Gathering – Tactics will
allow players to command forces of dramatic 3D figures and powerful spell cards
pulled from the Magic: The Gathering Multiverse. Players can participate in
single player scenarios or jump right into PVP action against other players
worldwide, 24 hours per day. Magic: The Gathering – Tactics is expected to
feature regular content expansions, a robust tournament environment, an
achievement and rankings program, and original stories of the Planeswalkers of
Magic: The Gathering.
Magic: The Gathering – Tactics is
being developed by SOE’s Denver studio and scheduled to be available for the PC
in early 2010, with a version for the PlayStation 3 to follow.
For more information on Magic: The
Gathering – Tactics, visit
www.magicthegatheringtactics.com.
