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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6012934" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>That wasn't a mistake. So far as I can remember... it just wasn't POSSIBLE. Hasbro/Wizards I do not believe owned the video game rights to the D&D brand at the time. Atari still owned them, which is why a 4E game was never produced.</p><p></p><p>That being said... I *think* the brand is back in-house for video games now... so the possibility does exist that they could release one. Although actually let's be honest... there's no way in hell they'd be able to release a 5E video game <em>at the same time</em> they release the 5E roleplaying game... simply because the RPG will get changed and edited right up until the time of release. And a video game would have needed it's engine built and designed way, way, way before then. Heck... for proof of that, we just need to see how much 4E changed just from when the <em>Keep On The Shadowfell</em> module and fast-start rules got locked in for printing up until the release of the hardcover books.</p><p></p><p>Making small changes to the printed game is much less difficult and can occur much closer to release than they EVER could with a video game. So putting out a video game to coincide with the RPG would most likely not end up being what they wanted, as the video game's DDN rules would probably not be all that close to the RPG's DDN rules upon release.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6012934, member: 7006"] That wasn't a mistake. So far as I can remember... it just wasn't POSSIBLE. Hasbro/Wizards I do not believe owned the video game rights to the D&D brand at the time. Atari still owned them, which is why a 4E game was never produced. That being said... I *think* the brand is back in-house for video games now... so the possibility does exist that they could release one. Although actually let's be honest... there's no way in hell they'd be able to release a 5E video game [I]at the same time[/I] they release the 5E roleplaying game... simply because the RPG will get changed and edited right up until the time of release. And a video game would have needed it's engine built and designed way, way, way before then. Heck... for proof of that, we just need to see how much 4E changed just from when the [I]Keep On The Shadowfell[/I] module and fast-start rules got locked in for printing up until the release of the hardcover books. Making small changes to the printed game is much less difficult and can occur much closer to release than they EVER could with a video game. So putting out a video game to coincide with the RPG would most likely not end up being what they wanted, as the video game's DDN rules would probably not be all that close to the RPG's DDN rules upon release. [/QUOTE]
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