Magic The Gathering RPG in Development at Perfect World, Coming to PC and Consoles

Along with its partnershp with Wizards of the Coast and Dungeons and Dragons for Neverwinter, Perfect World and Cryptic today announced that they are making an RPG based on the Magic: The Gathering property. It’s under development from the ground up, and details on game’s title and release date are coming at a later time.
“It’s Magic: The Gathering like you’ve never experienced before,” said Bryan Huang, CEO of Perfect World Entertainment. “We are ecstatic about the direction of the game Cryptic has been shaping. It’s always been a dream of ours to bring Magic’s Planeswalkers to a modern RPG.”
The upcoming game extends the licensing partnership between Perfect World Entertainment, Cryptic Studios and Wizards of the Coast – a relationship that has resulted in 15 million Neverwinter players and growing.
“This game is an exciting part of Wizards of the Coast’s Magic Digital Next initiative to extend gameplay beyond the tabletop, and we’re proud to work with the talented team at Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios to bring the Magic: The Gathering Multiverse to life,” said David Schwartz, Wizards of the Coast Vice President of Digital Publishing.
Cryptic Studios is currently ramping up production in its Los Gatos headquarters for the development of the game.
“Everything from the graphics to the gameplay is being targeted for a truly unique AAA game,” said Stephen D’Angelo, CEO of Cryptic Studios. “We’re thrilled to provide Magic fans with an opportunity to explore the game’s worlds and characters through an entirely new lens. Get ready to embark on a brand new journey.”
If it goes anything like Neverwinter, the game will come first to PC then followed by consoles a bit later. As an RPG, it won’t be a full on card game but an adventure title similar to how Neverwinter was set up from the D&D tabletop game. We’ll have to wait and see more, and we reached out to Perfect World to try and get more information. We’ll let you know what we have. Stay tuned.