Magic: Legends will be no more when the end of October arrives.

Magic: Legends executive producer Steve Ricossa made the announcement today. The ARPG based in the world of Magic: The Gathering will shut down its servers on Halloween, but players can continue venturing into the universe for the next few months. The full announcement can be seen below.

Magic: Legends was revealed at The Game Awards 2019 with a closed alpha taking place last June. Back in March, the game launched in open beta form on the Epic Games Store. With news of the game shutting down servers soon, plans for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam versions are scrapped as well.

Hello Planeswalkers,

It is with heavy hearts that we announce Magic: Legends will be shutting down on October 31, 2021. All players who spent money in-game across Arc and the Epic Games Store during the Open Beta will be refunded their full purchase amounts. Servers will remain open for play until closing day, however we will be closing the Zen Shop effective immediately. Later this week, all items will instead be purchasable using Aether, our free in-game currency.

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.

Most importantly, we’d like to thank all of the players who explored the Multiverse with us and provided feedback during the Alpha and Beta testing phases. We couldn’t have gotten this far without you!

Sincerely,

Steve Ricossa