Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013

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80 20 June 2012

Card & Board Game Strategy Tactical Turn-based strategy (TBS) Fantasy

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 is a card & board game developed by Stainless Games Ltd., released 20 June 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 is

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 is a card & board game game developed by Stainless Games Ltd. and released in 2012. It was published by Wizards of the Coast. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 is a video game based on the popular collectible card game of the same name, published by Wizards of the Coast. It was released on June 15, 2011. The game is a follow-up to the highly popular Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers, which was released in 2009. An expansion for the game, called Ascend into Darkness, was released on September 14, 2011. The sequel, Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013, was released in 2012.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 25 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Magic: The Gathering series

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 is the tenth of 18 entries we hold in the Magic: The Gathering series. It arrived a year after Magic: The Gathering - Tactics. The next entry was Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers in 2013. Its critic score of 80 is 5 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Magic: The Gathering Arena at 85.

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How it was received

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 66% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2GHz CPU (Pentium 4 or equivalent), 1GB RAM (2GB for Vista and Windows 7) and 512MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card with Pixelshader 3.0 support. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it launched against

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 launched on 20 June 2012, within three weeks of Persona 4 Golden, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky and Pokémon Black Version 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Persona 4 Golden, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky, Pokémon Black Version 2.

Cheats and codes

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Screenshots

All media

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 gameplay screenshot

Dlc

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013: Deck Pack 1

TBA

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013: Deck Pack 2

TBA

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013: Deck Pack 3

TBA

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013: Expansion

19 September 2012

Expansions

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013: Expansion

19 September 2012

Quick answers

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 — frequently asked questions

When did Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 come out?

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 was released on 20 June 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013?

At minimum, Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 needs 2GHz CPU (Pentium 4 or equivalent), 1GB RAM (2GB for Vista and Windows 7), 512MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card with Pixelshader 3.0 support graphics, 1.5Gb HDD of storage.

How many GB is Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013?

The PC version needs about 1.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1.5Gb HDD"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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