Hasbro Acquires Wizards of the Coast

Hasbro Acquires Wizards of the Coast is today’s business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

The useful part: Privately-held Wizards of the Coast was founded in 1990 by Peter D. Adkison, President and CEO, and is best known for MAGIC: THE GATHERING, the world’s all-time big-selling trading card game. Other well-known products include the popular POKEMON trading card game, currently the number-one game in the U.S., and the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS roleplaying games. Peter Adkison and his senior management team will continue to run Wizards of the Coast, which will remain based just outside of Seattle, WA. File it under the usual 1999 PC pile: interesting, crowded, and probably fighting five other releases for attention.