Wizards of the Coast has announced plans to expand live video streaming coverage of all North American, European and Japanese premier, pro-level Magic the Gathering events in 2014 via Twitch.tv/magic. Furthermore, video coverage will come to Australia for the first time, too.

Wizards plans to partner with production companies/teams in numerous countries in order to produce this coverage, including ChannelFireball and Star City Games. For Japanese events, a company called NicoNico will produce the content. Events with out video coverage will continue to have text coverage on DailyMTG.com.

In addition, they announced that Luis-Scott Vargas and Ben Stark of ChannelFireball fame will come on as commentators for this coverage.

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About Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS), is the leader in entertaining the lifestyle gamer. Wizards’ players and fans are members of a global community bound together by their love of both digital gaming and in-person play. The company brings to market a range of gaming experiences under powerful brand names such as MAGIC: THE GATHERING, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, and KAIJUDO. Wizards is also a publisher of fantasy series fiction with numerous New York Times best-sellers. For more information about our world renowned brands, visit the Wizards of the Coast Website at www.wizards.com.

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