After the success of Baldur's Gate 3, Hasbro has a new Dungeons & Dragons game in the works: "We want to reach fans where they want to play"
Nov. 21, 2024It’s probably not Baldur’s Gate 4
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Following in the footsteps of Larian Studios and its banger RPGBaldur’s Gate 3, Hasbro says it’s working on another Dungeons & Dragons video game - and it’s one that hasn’t previously been revealed.
Speaking in a recent interview withBloomberg, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks describes the game and toy company’s shift to ever-expanding forms of modern media - like video games. “We want to reach fans where they want to play,” he explains, “and increasingly that is through digital expressions of their favorite brands.” He’s not wrong. After all, Baldur’s Gate 3 alone earned a whopping $90 million in just its first six months.
Over a year after its release, Larian’s D&D game is doing even better than before, too,with daily users up by 20%- and while the beloved universe’s next title likely won’t be Baldur’s Gate 4 as Hasbro admitted in April that it was still"talking to lots of partners"about making the sequel, there’s a new D&D gem in the works nonetheless. According to Cocks, the mysterious game hasn’t previously been announced by Hasbro.
As Cocks reveals, Hasbro isn’t just working on new Dungeons & Dragons content, however - it’s also hoping to invest more into video games drawing fromMagic: The Gathering. While Magic Arena is popular, Cocks says it doesn’t harness collectability or its Commander format well, which involves more cards and players. The company is currently testing the latter as a standalone game while looking to make digital versions of Magic cards more collectible.
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After spending years with her head in various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she’s not frantically trying to form words into coherent sentences, she’s probably daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she’s spending a thousand (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur’s Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you’ll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.
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