Yesterday morning, I was browsing IGN -- as I oft do, as you'd imagine -- and I saw a story that intrigued me. Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 was officially revealed for various pieces of hardware , but two consoles were conspicuously missing: PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.

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Now, this isn't a series I play, but I do know plenty of people that adore it, and I know that lots of folks have traditionally played the series on PlayStation 3. This year, I think the major question was if Magic 2015 would come to PlayStation 4, and even PlayStation Vita, but now the question is why Magic 2015 isn't coming to any PlayStation platforms at all.Reading the comments of the announcement story made me realize I was far from the only person who was confused, so I reached out to Wizards of the Coast's third-party PR firm to investigate."All the info I have is what’s included in the press release – including info about which platforms are available. We don’t have any other announcements planned at this time," PR told me. When I asked if it was possible that Microsoft picked up the publishing rights this year -- hence its absence on PlayStation platforms -- PR said, "Wizards of the Coast is actually the publisher for the Duels games."And so, I was left with perhaps more questions than I originally had.So, there are multiple possibilities. It's possible that Xbox 360 and Xbox One have Magic 2015 as a timed exclusive. This wouldn't be unprecedented; just think of Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Peggle 2. It's possible that the game simply isn't ready for PlayStation platforms yet, either, or that Microsoft has purchased console exclusivity. Or, perhaps, Wizards of the Coast hadn't seen an adequate enough return on PlayStation 3 in years past to justify its release on PlayStation moving forward, which is unlikely.I also reached out to Sony to see if they had any insight, but haven't heard back. I'll keep digging for answers, but in the meantime, I wanted to relay what I learned.

Colin Moriarty is IGN’s Senior Editor. You can follow him on Twitter.