Neowin.net

In the Magic Online game, players will be able to purchase digital cards and trade them with other players, build and customize their decks and organize their card collection right on their PCs. A wide range of game rooms will allow players of different levels to find just the right environment for them, from casual pick-up games to highly competitive tournaments. Players new to the Magic game will be able to observe games in the "Casual Play" room. Built-in tutorials and practice rooms will help get game-play underway quickly.

Game Features

Fully integrated, enforceable rules
All cards from 7th Edition and Invasion forward, complete with art and flavor text
Popular formats like Rochester and Booster Draft, Standard, and Block Constructed
Several Multiplayer variants, including Two-Headed Giant and Emperor
Secure online trading and easy collection management
Chat function, ratings tracker, and game replay option

(Ed - If you are looking for a clan, I have taken the liberty of registering Team Neowin, just message PrinceKheldar (I'm usually online) and I'll get you added)
(Ed - PS Forgot to mention the beta is completely free)

View: Magic Online Official Page

"While the nature of this inquiry is being kept under wraps, we believe the reserves in question relate to the launch of the Xbox," wrote Eric Ross, research principal at Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, in a research note published on Feb. 15. "We believe this because of the method of discovery as stated in the (NVidia) press release: through the separate employee insider trading investigation."

In November, NVidia said that 10 employees had been accused of insider trading by the SEC, with four of them facing criminal charges. The charges brought against the 10 employees, both civil and criminal, stemmed from alleged incidents of insider trading of NVidia stock that occurred in March 2000, the same month that NVidia announced it had been selected by Microsoft to design the graphics chips that would be used in the Xbox.

The SEC charges alleged that the 10 NVidia employees and five others purchased NVidia stock on March 6, 2000, knowing that the company would win a contract to produce graphics chips for Microsoft's Xbox . Following the announcement that NVidia had won the Xbox contract on March 10, 2000, the accused allegedly sold their shares, reaping $1.7 million in profits.

In support of the SEC insider-trading investigation, NVidia handed over e-mails and other materials dating from between December 1999 and March 2000 to government investigators. The current SEC investigation into NVidia's accounting practices stems from a review of those materials, the company said in a statement.

While noting that the final results of the SEC investigation cannot be known, the few details that are publicly available regarding NVidia's handling of the transactions indicate that the company may have delayed recognizing Xbox-related revenue until after Microsoft's official unveiling of the Xbox on March 10, 2000, Ross said. "We believe these revenue and costs (under investigation by the SEC) were associated with the development and launch of the Xbox," he wrote.