{"id":9319,"date":"2011-01-11T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"free-to-play-magic-the-gathering-tactics-launches-18-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/9319-free-to-play-magic-the-gathering-tactics-launches-18-january","title":{"rendered":"Free-to-play Magic: The Gathering \u2013 Tactics launches 18 January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Online Entertainment is scheduled to release Magic: The Gathering &#8211; Tactics, a free-to-play game for the PC on 18 January 2011. The game promises to bring to life Wizards of the Coast&rsquo;s legendary trading card game and its iconic creatures, characters and spells for first time in a fully realized 3D environment.<\/p>\n<p>Free to download and play, registered players will be able to compete online against opponents around the world or take on the challenging opening chapter of the game&rsquo;s story-driven campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In the game, players will be able to build more powerful spellbooks by purchasing booster packs and taking on additional campaign chapters through the game&rsquo;s integrated story.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mtgt_black_red_death_baron_red_planewalker_596586720.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Magic: The Gathering &ndash; Tactics\" title=\"Magic: The Gathering &ndash; Tactics\" width=\"340\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Experience a new dimension of a classic favourite: Characters, creatures, spells and settings from the rich world of Magic come alive in the 3D Magic: The Gathering game.<\/p>\n<p>Unleash the Power: As a commanding Planeswalker, players cast devastating spells such as Fireball, Doom Blade, Pacifism and Lightning Bolt, and control incredible creatures like Serra Angel, Lord of the Pit or Reya Dawnbringer.<\/p>\n<p>Connect and Combat: Join legions of gamers for intense battles of thrilling strategy in casual and tournament formats.<\/p>\n<p>Magic: The Gathering &ndash; Tactics is scheduled to release for digital download on the PC platform on 18 January 2011. The Game is expected to be available for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system later in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/10423-Free-to-play-Magic-The-Gathering-&ndash;-Tactics-discussion\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Magic: The Gathering &ndash; Tactics\">Magic: The Gathering &ndash; Tactics<\/a> on the MyGaming forum.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9319 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/9319-free-to-play-magic-the-gathering-tactics-launches-18-january\/attachment\/mtgt_black_red_death_baron_red_planewalker_596586720-jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mtgt_black_red_death_baron_red_planewalker_596586720-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A free-to-play Magic: The Gathering game and the first 3D outing for the franchise will launch on 18 January<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}