MTG Arena: State of the Game – September 2020
https://magic.wizard...2020-09-15?h=ab
In Development
Mobile
As we affirmed in the Zendikar Rising debut—soon. For our developer roadmap purposes we still list it under "In Development" because on "Coming Soon" generally means the next game update, and it's not quite that soon. However, each month brings us closer to MTG Arena's launch on mobile devices, and we plan to support both iOS and Android devices at launch. Players should expect the same formats, features, and collections they currently have access to when playing on desktops.
Kaladesh Remastered
So, this is a two-part story involving both Kaladesh Remastered and Pioneer Masters. As you probably noticed, we've added the former to "In Development" and pushed the latter back to "In Concept." Let's break down the reasons why:
- We learned a lot from Amonkhet Remastered that we want to build on sooner rather than later.
- We have a better idea of the power level of Historic in a post-Jumpstart, Amonkhet Remastered, and Mythic Invitational world, and we felt this was a good time to reintroduce Kaladesh and Aether Revolt to MTG Arena.
- . . . It's still a step toward Pioneer!
One of the biggest takeaways from Amonkhet Remastered was how players chose to interact with the set and add cards to their collection. Based on our Historic formats, roughly the same amount of people who play Constructed Historic purchased Amonkhet Remastered packs through the in-game store. Math checks out. What surprised us was how many players participated in Amonkhet Remastered Draft and Sealed events, which greatly exceeded our expectations and blurred the line between Historic and Standard players.
The Kaladesh block was known for its fast, fun Limited environment as well as its powerful cards for Constructed play, so it readily builds off the foundation of Historic that we've built throughout the year.
You should expect Kaladesh Remastered by the end of the year.
In Concept
Pioneer Masters
As noted above, we've shifted Pioneer Masters back to the concepting so we can iterate on what we've learned from Amonkhet Remastered and will likely learn from Kaladesh Remastered. When we originally concepted Pioneer Masters, we put a heavy emphasis on Constructed play staples, and while this remains a guiding star, we're going to use this time to get more playtesting in to ensure the Limited environment is just as fun. We believe that the additional time and iteration will make Pioneer Masters a better set overall, however, this does push the release date into 2021.
Bearbeitet von seizan, 15. September 2020 - 18:58.