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Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast have "about 40" video game projects in the works (www.gamefile.news)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/games
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If there's that many, one of them better damn well be another Shandalar game.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

their own official DnD game is the complete opposite of BG3 in terms of monetization, popularity and critical acclaim

I don't follow. You buy a book and you play. Critical Role brings in more viewers than most primetime network TV shows ever could. They had a controversy around changing their monetization that didn't come to pass, is my understanding, but the complete opposite of BG3?

[–] edgemaster72 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think they're referring to Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance which came out in 2021, not to tabletop D&D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Ah, that would make more sense. I thought that was a licensed deal like anything else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Dark Alliance was a bit of a mess from what I hear.

Critical Role does great, but for the most part Wizards has left its own setting to languish. Most of the lore from Faerun is now 100+ years out of date (in-game) with new sourcebooks rehashing versus moving the world forward. Unless you're a Drizzt fan, you're not getting a ton as far as... well, anything is concerned. Even Dark Alliance is a rehash of Salvatore's fiction.