Today at Gamescom, Wizards of the Coast announced that Magic: the Gathering Arena would be coming to the Epic Games Store on PC this Winter, with a Mac version of the game coming “shorty after.” Neither release was given an exact release date.
The Epic Games Store
MTG Arena Client. Click here to download the client. Current Version: 1.12.02.00 Updated: October 12, 2020 Specifications. Magic: The Gathering Arena is currently available for Windows PC. Temporarily disable your firewalls or add exceptions for MTG Arena. To disable Windows Firewall, go to Control Panel → System and Security → Windows Firewall → Turn Windows Firewall On or Off. Third party firewalls will each have different instructions for this - check your brand's documentation for steps to do this.
Epic, the company behind Fortnite, launched its own video game storefront called the Epic Games Store in December 2018. It is a competitor to Steam, and similarly offers games for both Windows and Mac.
Wizards says that Epic will be the exclusive third-party PC download partner for MTG Arena and that the game will still be available for direct download from MTGArena.com. Existing players will not be required to create Epic accounts in order to keep playing.
Magic on a Mac
Since the release of Magic: the Gathering Online (neé Magic Online with Digital Objects) on PC in June 2002, one of the biggest community complaints about Magic’s digital form was that it was only available on PC—not on Mac. That trend continued when MTG Arena was announced in 2017 as PC-only to start.
But a few months later, in an interview with Hipsters of the Coast, Wizards CEO Chris Cocks said that they were intended to bring MTG Arena to Mac eventually. “We will support other platforms like Mac,” Cocks said. “[T]hat likely won’t be until either the later stages of the Beta or around when we declare it as a launch game, but Mac will be a platform that supported as well as all the other platforms you would expect us to do.”
More than a deck tracker
MTGA Assistant aims to be far more than just a deck and draft helper; it is a symbol of Aetherhub’s vision of expanding upon the game, merging tools, metagame, and community with the game we love.
The assistant expands on the game, serving you metagame information, content creator videos, deck guides and writeups inside of the game. It is quick and easy to compare your collection with any meta or user deck on the website. Use the built-in Deck Hub Search tool to explore AetherHub decks, see a summary of your ranked seasons, study your earlier drafts and go through each of the picks. Or view your card collection by set to see what cards you are missing.
Working with OverWolf
The creators of Aetherhub.com have joined forces with the Overwolf Team to provide you with an MTG Arena extension that serves all your Arena needs, from deck tracking, draft helper to collection summary and metagame information. We also have many features planned for future releases and all updates within the client happen automatically!
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Working with Overwolf enables us to have powerful In-game overlay capabilities and at the same time develop in-game apps using web developement tools without the need to master C++. They help us monetize our app so that we can focus on building the best app for MTG Arena.