Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have announced a brand new “AAA RPG” based on Magic: The Gathering.

While details are currently scant, the MMORPG is currently in development for both PC and consoles. Both developers are promising that fans of the card game will be able to “fully immerse themselves in the Multiverse” established within the long-running franchise.

“It’s Magic: The Gathering like you’ve never experienced before,” said Perfect World Entertainment CEO Bryan Huang. “We are ecstatic about the direction of the game Cryptic has been shaping. It’s always been a dream of ours to bring Magic’s Planeswalkers to a modern RPG.”

Cryptic Studios CEO Stephen D’Angelo sounded off as well: “Everything from the graphics to the gameplay is being targeted for a truly unique AAA game. We’re thrilled to provide Magic fans with an opportunity to explore the game’s worlds and characters through an entirely new lens. Get ready to embark on a brand new journey.” He continued:

“The other part of it is working with the IP holder. It’s not just the approvals. When you’re making a game as big as an MMO, you are pushing the boundaries of their IP in directions that they did not anticipate going. You’re creating dozens or hundreds of characters they didn’t have in their worlds, places they never had to go. And that’s really hard on those IP holders when you’re taking their baby and reworking it. That I think ends up being the biggest core challenge in working on these games, building a relationship where they’re ok with you writing and re-writing large portions of their universe for them… The fans have their own view of what the IP is, and the IP holders have their view. It’s a little different in that the fans typically embrace some elements of it that the IP holder may not even be thinking about, and the IP holder gets to view their world in a given way.”

Cryptic Studios is handling the bulk of development on the game, from within their Los Gatos studio.

Editor’s Note: Art by Jaime Jones