WotC 7 Digital D&D Games In Development

Following up on the Hasbro earnings call a couple of weeks ago, WotC"s CEO Chris Cocks announced at New York Toy Fair (D&D comes up after about an hour of the audio - a lot of it is about Magic: The Gathering) that there are seven digital D&D games in development, with at least one coming per year. Unfortunately, there's no other solid information.

Of course, 'digital' can mean anything from full-fledged console or PC games to mobile and Facebook games.

What we already knew:

• WotC acquired Tuque, a video games company last year which is working on a brand new D&D video game called D&D: Dark Alliance.
• There is also, of course, Baldur's Gate 3 coming soon.
• Archetype Entertainment is WotC own new video game studio headed by ex-Bioware staff.

There was a slide show at the event which you can view online. D&D doesn't feature much in it, as it covers all of Hasbro's brands. One of them does feature a small image of a mobile game, though - looks like the existing Warriors of Waterdeep rather than a new game.

 

[Xeviat]

I started playing D&D because of computer rpgs, specifically Baldurs Gate 1 and 2. BG2 came with a 3E character builder software, and after that I ran out and grabbed a core boxed set. The rest is history.

I hope they put real effort into a fully functional 3D virtual table top like old Neverwinter.

 

[Morrus]

I hope they put real effort into a fully functional 3D virtual table top like old Neverwinter.

I think you need to look to Solasta for that.

 

[Xeviat]

I think you need to look to Solasta for that.

Yeaaaaah ... but it won't have the official subclasses and such.

 

[Morrus]

Yeaaaaah ... but it won't have the official subclasses and such.

Oh no!