So earlier this year, Hasbro was hyping up their new digital games division, and mentioned that "Wow, wouldn't it be amazing is there was a Magic: The Gathering MMO!?!?!"
Now, Cryptic, developers of the 15 million download and hugely succesful game Neverwinter, an MMO based on Hasbro's Dungeons and Dragons property, has a new game in development based on a critically acclaimed fantasy IP.
Feel free to speculate what else it might be, but uh, smart money is on Magic: The Gathering.
Previous Hasbro statement:
Now, Cryptic, developers of the 15 million download and hugely succesful game Neverwinter, an MMO based on Hasbro's Dungeons and Dragons property, has a new game in development based on a critically acclaimed fantasy IP.
Feel free to speculate what else it might be, but uh, smart money is on Magic: The Gathering.
Source: http://jobs.gamasutra.com/job/art-director-unannounced-project-los-gatos-california-31868Gamasutra said:Art Director, Unannounced Project
Cryptic Studios is looking for an experienced visionary project Art Director to lead the visual development of our next game based on a critically acclaimed fantasy IP!
Every day you could be:
Establishing and refining a unified artistic vision, style and quality standards for an unannounced project based on an extremely exciting, well-known fantasy IP
Previous Hasbro statement:
Source: http://company.wizards.com/article/news/making-movesHasbro/Wizards of the Coast said:We will bring our characters and worlds to other games and experiences. What would it be like to throw fireballs as a Planeswalker in an MMO, or quest for treasure with your friends in a D&D augmented-reality game? We want to play games like this too, so we hired David Schwartz, an industry veteran with 25 years of experience leading projects at Microsoft, Electronic Arts, THQ, LeapFrog Enterprises, and Midway Games. He is building a publishing team to explore partnerships and collaborations that will bring Magic and D&D to unexpected settings, genres, and platforms.