A brand new, single-player Dungeons & Dragons motion journey is on the way in which from Stig Asmussen, the director behind Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and God of Warfare 3.
The currently-untitled D&D undertaking was introduced at this time by Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, and is about to launch on PC and unannounced consoles “at a later date.”
Asmussen’s new studio Large Cranium is on growth duties for the upcoming D&D undertaking. Based final 12 months following Asmussen’s departure from Respawn Leisure, the Los Angeles-based Large Cranium was beforehand introduced as making a brand new AAA single-player recreation constructed utilizing Unreal Engine 5.
“Our proficient and skilled crew at Large Cranium is constructed on creativity and curiosity,” Asmussen mentioned in a press release at this time. “Our purpose is to craft a wealthy new Dungeons & Dragons universe full of immersive storytelling, heroic fight and exhilarating traversal that gamers will totally embrace.”
The announcement of Large Cranium’s undertaking provides to a portfolio of video games set to be printed by Wizards of the Coast over the approaching years, after the hugely-successful Baldur’s Gate 3 from Larian, one other D&D recreation, helped raised the profile of the franchise globally.
One other D&D motion journey recreation is already in growth at Invoke Studios, the crew behind Dungeons & Dragons: Darkish Alliance. Wizards of the Coast can be set to publish Exodus, the promising-looking sci-fi RPG from Archetype Leisure, a developer based by a group of former Mass Impact veterans.
As for the Baldur’s Gate collection, it is anticipated that one other recreation will finally materialise, although not from Baldur’s Gate 3 studio Larian, which has now moved on to one thing new. As a substitute, Wizards of the Coast is anticipated to announce plans to proceed the franchise with a distinct developer.
“We’re sort of figuring out our plans for the long run and what we’ll be doing with that,” Hasbro gaming boss Dan Ayoub advised IGN again in March this 12 months. “And truly, in fairly brief order, we’ll have some stuff to speak about round that.”
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