Today, Wizards of the Coast announced that Magic: the Gathering Arena would exit its Beta period and officially release on September 26, 2019. MTG Arena’s official release will coincide with the availability of Magic’s newest set, Throne of Eldraine, in the game.
It has been a two year journey to release from MTG Arena’s initial reveal in September 2017. It entered Closed Beta in two months later and went into an Open Beta on September 29, 2018. It will exit its Open Beta after nearly a full year on September 26, 2019.
Despite a two-year Beta period, MTG Arena was used for massive esports competitions, like the Mythic Invitational in at PAX East and Mythic Championship III Las Vegas. In June, Wizards revealed that over 1 billion games had been played on MTG Arena.
Last month, Wizards said 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 was given an exact release date. 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.
