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Magic: The Gathering - Battlemage (1997)

Wizards of the Coast LLC

DOS · PlayStation

2.63 from 8 ratings

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Magic: The Gathering: BattleMage is a real time strategy game published in January 1997 by Acclaim for both PCs and PlayStation. It was also in development for the Sega Saturn, but this version was cancelled in mid-1997. In addition to the real time strategy game, BattleMage has a head-to-head mode. It is set on the continent of Corondor, where a … Read more
Magic: The Gathering: BattleMage is a real time strategy game published in January 1997 by Acclaim for both PCs and PlayStation. It was also in development for the Sega Saturn, but this version was cancelled in mid-1997. In addition to the real time strategy game, BattleMage has a head-to-head mode. It is set on the continent of Corondor, where a planeswalker named Ravidel forces the most powerful mages to fight each other, so that he can eventually destroy them and conquer the land. The game had a poor critical reception due to its unfair AI, unfriendly interface, and unbalanced gameplay.[citation needed] Spectrum Holobyte filed a lawsuit after Acclaim published the PC version in January 1997, claiming Acclaim had violated an agreement the two companies made in November 1996 which established a release schedule for the game, with the two companies publishing it for different platforms. In October of 2018, the game's rights were acquired by Canadian production company Liquid Media Group along with other titles originally owned by Acclaim Entertainment. Read less
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Developers
Wizards of the Coast LLC
Publishers
Acclaim Entertainment
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Themes
Fantasy, Warfare
Franchises
Magic: The Gathering

Release dates

  • Feb 1997 (Worldwide) DOS
  • Feb 1997 (North_America) PlayStation
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Bliceheart

Status Bliceheart Sep 9, 2025

This is... the weirdest approach to a mtg game.... we played an hour of it this evening when our discord rom crashed.

This dispite appearances is a RTS territory control game with an ability ... summon based mini game.

And no tutorials.

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