Magic: The Gathering Arena Is Coming To Steam And Consoles
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Magic: The Gathering Arena is coming to consoles and Steam. That’s the news
coming out of Hasbro’s Q2 earnings call, where Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks noted
how great Magic Arena has been for the longstanding trading card game’s
growth.
"Arena is a profitable, vital platform for player acquisition," said Cocks.
"We see things like Steam, things like consoles, will be nice revenue kickers
and user kickers for us. Later this year, the game will be available on Steam
for the first time, and in 2023 we expect it to launch on major consoles."
Magic: The Gathering Arena, or just Magic Arena, first launched on PC in
September 2019, later arriving on mobile in 2021. Magic Arena was Wizards of
the Coasts' first attempt to modernize Magic Online, which already allowed
Magic: The Gathering fans to play the game in a completely digital way.
However, there are some significant differences between Magic Online and
Magic Arena.
For starters, since Magic Arena came much later than Online, the focus is on
the most recent expansions in Magic: The Gathering. Magic Arena also features
a far better user interface and is cross-platform between PC and mobile
users. It also has many of the trappings of a live service game, such as
daily and weekly rewards and a Mastery Rank system where those rewards can be
increased through collecting cards and playing games. It also has a bunch of
cool freebies that Magic Online just can't match.
Magic Arena also features an Alchemy game mode which is unique to Magic: The
Gathering. In Alchemy, Wizards of the Coast can sort of beta test cards,
changing them on the fly if they turn out to be too strong or too
weak