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.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Rime came out in 2020, so it can’t have been more than 5 years ago.

It came out in September, so it could have been (and probably was since I ran it soon after it came out).

 

[Remathilis]

Are there even steps between AAA and Indie studios?? /s

Nah. It's like ttrpgs: you're either a small, scrappy indie doing it for the love of the game, or you're WotC. /S.

 

[Remathilis]

Or disinterest.

Isn’t the eyeshadow and floppy hair warlock a rather dated cliche? I remember taking the micky out of it whist I was running Rime of the Frostmaiden, which must have been more than 5 years ago.

Would you prefer an effeminate albino man being controlled by his sword? ;-)

 

[Reynard]

Would you prefer an effeminate albino man being controlled by his sword? ;-)

I'm just shocked it isn't a violet skinned tiefling.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Would you prefer an effeminate albino man being controlled by his sword? ;-)

With floppy hair and shadowed eyes? It's a very old cliché.

 

[humble minion]

Isn’t the eyeshadow and floppy hair warlock a rather dated cliche?

And the main character of the Space Marine video games is a square-jawed stoic Ultramarine with cropped hair, and the main character of the Jedi Survivor games is a human male survivor of Order 66 who gets a hawt Dark Side girlfriend.

Game adaptations of franchise properties very often have cliches as the main character. It’s an easy entry point for people who might be interested in the video game but only have passing familiarity with the lore.

 

[AlViking]

Dark edgy, too-cool-for-school overwrought dark look just doesn't do anything for me. I've also learned to not judge games by trailers. That and even if they're saying there's no dice rolling, that just means in most games that they aren't making the randomization visible so it's a bit of a weird aspect of the game to call out.

Like others, I'll wait for the reviews. Performance for previous games doesn't necessarily mean anything one way or another, the mighty have fallen and the sometimes the underdog well ...

 

[Charlaquin]

Weren't a bunch of the people they hired people who got fired from bioware for ruining dragonage?

…Executives?

EDIT: Joking aside, if this company is built from people EA laid off from BioWare, I’d actually consider that a ringing endorsement. BioWare’s problems were of mismanagement; all of their failures were in spite of excellent talent.

 

[Reynard]

…Executives?

When people yell about Veilguard, I have to wonder how many Dragon Age games they have played. Each one is significantly different.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

When people yell about Veilguard, I have to wonder how many Dragon Age games they have played. Each one is significantly different.

And significantly worse than the previous.