D&D General Cancelled D&D Video Game Project Concept Art Leaks Online

In-development gameplay footage and concept art for a now-cancelled D&D video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment has made its way online. The footage, first discovered by MP1st, comes from a former Hidden Path employee that worked on the game's music and sound effects. Per the employee, the game was referred to as "Project Dante" and featured standard action-adventure fare, with puzzles and combat both featured in the early development art.

First announced back in 2021, Hidden Path was working on a AAA video game that used the D&D IP. The video game was one of several cancelled by Wizards of the Coast back in 2023, although Hidden Path Entertainment did not confirm the project's cancellation until a year later. As a result of the cancellation, Hidden Path laid off 44 studio employees.

Concept art showed several looks at potential companion characters and several classic D&D monsters, including a tressym, displacer beasts and Tiamat.

Despite the cancellation of Hidden Path's D&D game, at least three other D&D video games are currently under development:

• AAA action-adventure video game developed by Giant Skull, a studio founded by the game director of the Star Wars: Jedi series.
• Project Baxter, a cooperative multiplayer "Games as a Service" model video game developed by Starbreeze, maker of the Payday franchise.
• Survival life-sim developed by Gameloft, maker of the Disney Dreamlight Valley.

 

[Gradine]

 

[JConstantine]

• AAA action-adventure video game developed by Giant Skull, a studio founded by the game director of the Star Wars: Jedi series

Easy to assume this would be a D&D version of Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor, but that doesn't feel particularly D&D to me.

• Project Baxter, a cooperative multiplayer "Games as a Service" model video game developed by Starbreeze, maker of the Payday franchise

The GaaS model really needs to die.

• Survival life-sim developed by Gameloft, maker of the Disney Dreamlight Valley.

Could have potential.

 

[JConstantine]

If that's appealing to you, Runescape: Dragonwilds, Enshrouded and Return to Moria might be up your alley, if you haven't already checked them out.

 

[Zardnaar]

Well if any eventually get released I expect the games as service one to die fast.

 

[Distracted DM]

To me, concept art is even worse than a CGI trailer at telling me what actual gameplay will be like- so I try not to get too hyped by it... Cuz it's concept art. It is supposed to look cool. But I will steal it for some games

 

[Gradine]

To me, concept art is even worse than a CGI trailer at telling me what actual gameplay will be like- so I try not to get too hyped by it... Cuz it's concept art. It is supposed to look cool. But I will steal it for some games

I mean, to be fair, that's not really what concept art is for

 

[Distracted DM]

I mean, to be fair, that's not really what concept art is for

I'm aware, but it's supposed to be evocative and demonstrate/guide. So being evocative, it can get some folk hyped.