Magic: Legends Canceled; Developers Will Refund Money for Microtransactions
Magic: Legends, a hack'n'slash game based on the license of the Magic: The Gathering card game, has been canceled. Studio Cryptic will refund players for microtransactions.
Devs at Cryptic announced that Magic: Legends, the hack'n'slash game based on the license of the popular card game Magic: The Gathering has been canceled. Its servers will be shut down on October 31, 2021. Thus, the game will not be released on consoles. In addition, the developers promised to return the money spent by players on microtransactions during the open beta period.
The title will be available for the next four months both on the official website and Epic Games Store, however the Zen Shop, where purchases could be made, will be closed immediately. Items offered there can still be purchased, but only with Aether, the in-game currency.
One of the producers of Magic: Legends, Steve Ricossa, thanked players for their support, while commenting on the whole situation in the following way:
"Our vision for Magic: Legends missed the mark, but we are proud of what we achieved. Thanks to Wizards of the Coast, we got to bring the expansive Magic: The Gathering Multiverse to a wide audience and explore new angles within the established ARPG genre. We learned several valuable lessons along the way, and we will use them to improve Cryptic’s future development efforts."
Will the developers' decision surprise anyone? The title was announced at The Game Awards 2019. The first trailers were quite impressive, but when the open beta started, it turned out that its technical condition and gameplay leave much to be desired, and microtransactions are too aggressive. In the end, the hack'n'slash game didn't enjoy too much popularity, and soon it will become a thing of the past. I don't think anyone - except maybe the developers - should cry over its fate.
