ALL-NEW REAL-TIME PVP MOBILE GAME MAGIC: MANASTRIKE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE FOR MOBILE DEVICES
Send Your Planeswalkers into the Heart of the Battle with Customized Decks and
Powerful Combos through Epic Real-Time Strategy Combat
LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 30, 2020 – Today, Netmarble Corp. is officially summoning Magic: ManaStrike worldwide, its first-ever game for the Wizards of the Coast franchise Magic: The Gathering. Players can now bring Magic to life by downloading the game on the App Store and Google Play.
Magic: ManaStrike is an all-new game that takes the excitement of Magic: The Gathering’s vast lore in a whole new direction with a fast-paced PVP strategy game. After losing a war with the Planeswalkers, Magic: The Gathering’s most powerful villain Nicol Bolas creates a parallel universe to find the Planeswalkers’ weaknesses. Players enter a contract with Nicol Bolas to provide combat data by controlling Planeswalkers and units in his universe.
“Netmarble and Wizards of the Coast worked closely for a long time to ensure Magic: ManaStrike is a new gameplay style that will be enjoyable for all players, but stays true to Magic: The Gathering’s roots and is authentic and enjoyable to fans,” said Joe Lee, Executive Producer at Netmarble. “Thanks to our partnership, we are excited to deliver a Magic: The Gathering experience that introduces real-time battles for mobile players, yet maintains core features from the original IP for fans.”
Fast-paced and easy to learn, fans can experience dynamic real-time battles with anyone from around the world in three-minute matches. During battle, players will be able to summon units, cast spells, and command powerful Planeswalkers with simple tap and drag gameplay and iconic Magic: The Gathering cards re-envisioned through high-quality 3D. By collecting new cards from Magic’s five unique Mana colors – White, Blue, Black, Red and Green, players will learn to understand each color’s traits, and create unique strategies that lead the way to victory.
“With Magic: ManaStrike, we were impressed with Netmarble’s ability to encapsulate Magic: The Gathering‘s 25-year history into a mobile game that stays true to what Magic fans want in other mediums,” said Eugene Evans, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Wizards of the Coast. “Seeing our cards and Planeswalkers stepping into the 3D battlefield, along with our card effects translated from strategic turn-based gameplay into real-time combat, is a delight to see and we can’t wait to see how Magic: ManaStrike develops over time.”
At launch, players that pre-registered to download Magic: ManaStrike can look forward to receiving rewards like Gold (in-game currency), Gems (premium currency), one Player Icon, and ten emoji themed after Magic: The Gathering’s Planeswalkers. Other events and rewards awaiting players include:
- Seven Days Check-In Event: Gold, Gems, and Card Packs will be given to players for seven days
- New
Planeswalkers
- Ob Nixilis: Players can achieve this Planeswalker through Magic Pass upgrade
- Calix: Available for purchase regardless of Magic Pass
- An all-new Gideon skin
- Theros-Themed Map: In celebration of Magic: The Gathering’s new Theros Beyond Death expansion, an all-new Theros-themed map is available for players over Rank 5 to experience.
Magic: ManaStrike is available to download on the App Store and Google Play and is globally launched, and supports 13 languages including English, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Russian and Portuguese.
For more information, please visit Magic: ManaStrike’s official website and forum. Also, please follow Magic: ManaStrike on Facebook and Twitter.
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About Netmarble
Corporation
Netmarble Corporation strives
to entertain audiences of all ages around the world by providing great mobile
gaming experiences. Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble is one of the
fastest-growing mobile game companies and consistently ranks as a top mobile
developer and publisher worldwide. With more than 6,000 employees, Netmarble has
been producing and servicing some of the most successful mobile games including
Lineage 2: Revolution, Blade & Soul Revolution, MARVEL Future Fight, BTS
WORLD, Everybody’s Marble, and Seven Knights. As a parent company to Kabam, a
top mobile game developer in massively multiplayer free-to-play games, the
largest shareholder to Jam City, a leading casual social game developer and a
major shareholder of BigHit Entertainment, a music production, artist
management and publishing company, Netmarble has a strategic partnership with
CJ ENM Corporation, Asia’s largest entertainment company, Tencent Holdings,
Asia’s largest internet company, and NCsoft, a prominent MMORPG company. More
information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com
About Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering’s compelling characters, fantastic worlds, and deep strategic gameplay have entertained and delighted fans for more than 25 years. Fans can experience Magic through the tabletop trading card game, the new digital game Magic: The Gathering Arena, a New York Times bestselling novel, critically acclaimed comic book series, and professional esports league. With over 40 million fans to date, Magic is a worldwide phenomenon published in eleven languages in over 70 countries.
About Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., is an award-winning developer and publisher of tabletop and digital games that ignite a sense of adventure in passionate players around the globe. Best known for publishing groundbreaking fantasy franchises, MAGIC: THE GATHERING® and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®, Wizards is dedicated to bringing together world-class talent to create unforgettable play experiences at its headquarters in Washington and studios in Austin and Montreal. Learn more at www.wizards.com.
