Sunday, January 30, 2011

Magic: The Gathering Taps XBLA For 500K Sales

28th January 2011 - Sales of the XBox LIVE Arcade title, Magic:The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers, reached other epic miracle final week, commanding 500,000 sales of the bottom game.

Developed by UK-based Stainless Games and published by Wizards of the Coast LLC, the diversion has spawned a slew of expansions and add-ons, creation it a of the many successful games on that platform.

Said Patrick Buckland, CEO of Stainless Games, "Breaking the half million blockade with Duels on XBLA is a wonderful way for us to beginning 2011. We'd similar to to appreciate Wizards for all the great encouragement they've shown us on the project, and of march all the Magic fans, aged and new alike, who have paid for the game."

Already existing on XBLA and Personal Computer around Steam, Duels of the Planeswalkers was moreover not long ago expelled on Sony PS3 PSN worldwide, and a dedicated Magic: The Gathering-themed PS3 Home Space is to follow shortly.

Europe's heading console download studio, Stainless Games has created over 25 Download SKUs to date - inclusive the No 1 XBLA Electronic Arts 2010 hit, Risk:Factions - with others now in production.

Said Matt Edmunds, Stainless's COO, "Our plan of concentrating on Console Download early is unequivocally profitable off, with all the major corporate players now agreeing that 2011 will be the Year of the Download. With the multi-platform technology, we'll be anticipating to obey the success of Duels for other brands on all from an iPhone to a high-end Personal Computer and keep up the follow record of at least a No1 per year!"

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