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<blockquote data-quote="Henadic Theologian" data-source="post: 8877302" data-attributes="member: 7030526"><p>As far as I can tell 5 of the 6 cancelled games were with external studios with the 6th was I think code named Jabberwacky and I suspect that one was the one that was being developed by Archetype studios, the new transmedia sci fi IP.</p><p></p><p> Neither of us are fans of Dark Alliance, but for all the slams from us and critics and gamer community it still made alot of money, enough that not releasing one this year had a very noticable effect on the bottom line for Hasbro.</p><p> </p><p> Again I'm no DA fan, but Drizzt has a huge fan base.</p><p></p><p> And Tuque Studios is now Invoke studios (can't sound too Canadian Ah), it's still around.</p><p></p><p> Honestly I think some of these games were either duds or WotC raised it's embarrassingly low standards and decided to stop allowing the IP to be used for cheap goofy games.</p><p></p><p> For others they said they wanted to focus on it's existing brands, so that would exclude Archetypes attempt to create a Sci Fi brand.</p><p></p><p> Chris Cox's vision is to focus on core brands, not create new ones, and jettison all the stuff that Hasbro has that doesn't serve the core brands.</p><p></p><p> I also wonder if the current head of Archetype will stick around if his hard work got cancelled abd they are redirecting Archetype away from innovating new IPs, towards say D&D games instead.</p><p></p><p> I'd be very suprised if there is no D&D game in development tied into Honor Among Thieves (BG3 does have 1 tie in, Druids can now turn into Owlbears).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henadic Theologian, post: 8877302, member: 7030526"] As far as I can tell 5 of the 6 cancelled games were with external studios with the 6th was I think code named Jabberwacky and I suspect that one was the one that was being developed by Archetype studios, the new transmedia sci fi IP. Neither of us are fans of Dark Alliance, but for all the slams from us and critics and gamer community it still made alot of money, enough that not releasing one this year had a very noticable effect on the bottom line for Hasbro. Again I'm no DA fan, but Drizzt has a huge fan base. And Tuque Studios is now Invoke studios (can't sound too Canadian Ah), it's still around. Honestly I think some of these games were either duds or WotC raised it's embarrassingly low standards and decided to stop allowing the IP to be used for cheap goofy games. For others they said they wanted to focus on it's existing brands, so that would exclude Archetypes attempt to create a Sci Fi brand. Chris Cox's vision is to focus on core brands, not create new ones, and jettison all the stuff that Hasbro has that doesn't serve the core brands. I also wonder if the current head of Archetype will stick around if his hard work got cancelled abd they are redirecting Archetype away from innovating new IPs, towards say D&D games instead. I'd be very suprised if there is no D&D game in development tied into Honor Among Thieves (BG3 does have 1 tie in, Druids can now turn into Owlbears). [/QUOTE]
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