Dungeons & Dragons: Warlock Video Game Announced by Invoke Studios

Invoke Studios, a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast, has announced Dungeons & Dragons: Warlock, a new video game due out for 2027. The game features a new character named Kaati, played by Tricia Helfer, and will be a third-person action-adventure game. Players will use spellcraft to "solve challenges and take down monsters" with players having some freedom in how they solve problems.

"We're not trying to simulate the tabletop RPG experience, so there is no dice-rolling in the game — we're trying to really deliver a video-game experience first," said Dominic Guay, studio lead at Invoke Studios, in an interview with IGN. "If you are not familiar with Dungeons and Dragons, you are not going to feel friction, like in that you're missing details of the world. But if you are a fan of the universe, you are going to be really excited about what we are doing with the lore of the series for Warlock."

Invoke Studios was previously called Tuque Games, and made the much-derided Dark Alliance game in 2021.

Gameplay will be revealed in 2026, with a planned release for 2027.

 

[Zardnaar]

The rules of the internet. It’s an ancient meme (in the original sense of the word, not an image with comedic text) from 4Chan that I would imagine probably aged just as badly as everything from that era of the internet. It’s a very long list of “rules,” most of which are jokes and references only relevant to people who were in that social sphere at that time, but some of them have broken into the broader cultural consciousness, most notably rule 34, which is “if it exists, there is [adult content] of it.” Though to most folks now it’s just a euphemism for “adult oriented” fan art. Rule 35 was the corollary to Rule 34: “if [adult content] of it cannot be found, [adult content] of it will be made.” That one didn’t achieve the same broad cultural reach 34 did, but on the Chans, it was often invoked as a way to ask for the hivemind to either find or produce such content for a specific interest.

Gotcha. Never looked at the chans.

 

[Charlaquin]

Gotcha. Never looked at the chans.

Your life is better off for not having done so, trust me.

 

[Zardnaar]

Your life is better off for not having done so, trust me.

Aware. Never used Twitter, Instagram, tik tok, blue sky,. Stopped watching broadcast news 2010 not that my country had Murdoch media.

 

[Charlaquin]

Aware. Never used Twitter, Instagram, tik tok, blue sky,. Stopped watching broadcast news 2010 not that my country had Murdoch media.

Those places also do suck, but for very different reasons than 4chan did.

…well, nowadays Twitter sucks for the same reason 4chan did. But, in a different way because they’ve been emboldened enough there to stop pretending it’s all a joke.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Will nobody say any joke about warlocks' short rests?

My fear is if this future videogame is enoughly popular then the main character will appear in Rule34.

Will be a fun videogame? The industry is being affected because AAA titles need a lot of money and time, and there isn't space for the risk. Some indie titles are a success because those studios dared to create a different game.

I can understand the gameplay can't be 100% 5e rules but I would like it was closer, at least a close level-up.

It is OK the warlock class if some player wants to be the spellcaster bad boy but I don't like the idea this class could enjoy some special promotion.

* A cozy D&D videogame is possible, something like "Animula Nook". Maybe it could be set in Witchlight(Domains of Delight). Gnomes and halflings should be perfect for this.

* Do you think they could dare to release a videogame with a style like Dark Sun?

There already have been Darksun video games in the past, so possibly.

Reference rule 34 and 35 are from?

Rule 34 is if something exists there is an erotic version on the internet somewhere.

Rule 35 is the same, except replace the word erotica with Silly/Funny.

 

[Not a Decepticon]

The issue with this is, if you don't have D&D mechanics, how do you make the game D&D? Really, you can only do it through lore, and even that is woolly.

But on the whole, nothing I'm hearing about this game fills me with confidence. And the trend in industry appears to be going in the opposite direction.

Same way I am technically runnign D&D even if I use Pathfinder but set game in Forgotten Realms and use D&D lore.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

There already have been Darksun video games in the past, so possibly.

Which were quite good, and attempted to actually use the tabletop rules to create a CRPG, rather than something in a different genre.

 

[corwyn77]

And significantly worse than the previous.

Don't know about that. Inquisition is much better than 2.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Don't know about that. Inquisition is much better than 2.

Disagree. I replayed them fairly recently. DA2 stands up fairly well, whereas I didn't complete Inquisition. Too much collect twenty blankets and then watch this movie telling you want your character does next.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Same way I am technically runnign D&D even if I use Pathfinder but set game in Forgotten Realms and use D&D lore.

This is a Ship of Theseus type thing. Personally, I would use the ruleset to describe the game, qualified by the setting if it's non standard: "next week we will be playing Traveller, set on Discworld".

But the D&D brand has had some success in other media that don't involve the rules, most notably the novels. So, not using the tabletop rules is not a reason in itself for concern about this game. Or even the clichés. D&D is built on clichés. It's more about the track record of the people involved.