Key Takeaways
- Hasbro is reportedly testing a Commander video game for Magic: The Gathering.
- The game would be separate from Magic: The Gathering Arena and support games with more than two players.
- Hasbro also wants to increase digital collectability of Magic cards, similar to Marvel Snap.
Magic: The Gathering is arguably the most popular it’s ever been, pumping out sets on the regular and crossing over with various popular franchises like Marvel and Lord of the Rings with Universes Beyond. Despite that, not many inroads have been made into gaming, despite the massive popularity of tabletop on mobile devices, with games like Marvel Snap and the recently released Pokemon TCG Pocket.
Magic: The Gathering Arena is popular enough, but Hasbro has made it pretty clear that it wants to start seeing more significant growth in its video-game output, specifically with regard to Magic. In fact, Hasbro apparently wants to start making more use of Magic: The Gathering’s most popular format in the video game industry, as it’s been claimed that a game based on the Commander format is currently being tested by Hasbro.
Magic: The Gathering Is Testing A Commander Video Game
This is according to Bloomberg, which claims this video game would be completely separate from the already established Magic: The Gathering Arena, and would allow more than two players to battle against each other. No further information was provided by Bloomberg, so we have no idea whether this will be a mobile offering, a PC game, or both. We also have no idea how far along this game is in development, though the term “testing” suggests nothing is set in stone just yet.
Alongside that bombshell, Bloomberg also claims that Hasbro wants to increase the collectability of Magic: The Gathering cards in the digital world, using specifically Marvel Snap as an example. Again, no further information was shared, but it’s easy to see how Hasbro would want to do something like this given the massive success of Pokemon TCG Pocket and the way Baldur’s Gate 3 hit a goldmine.
Of course, none of this is set in stone just yet, as we’re yet to have an official announcement from either Hasbro or Wizards of the Coast about this project. Bloomberg claims the game is in testing, so it may never potentially see the light of day, though it would be quite surprising if Hasbro didn’t capitalize on the game’s most popular format. We’ll have to wait and see what eventually shakes out, and whether Magic fans even want a digital version of Commander to begin with.
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