New D&D Video Game In the Works At Hasbro
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In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks confirmed that an in-house studio is currently developing a new Dungeons & Dragons video game. The announcement comes hot on the heels of record breaking sales for the D&D video game Baldur’s Gate 3, which was a critical and financial success for Hasbro, who raked in millions from licensing fees.
It’s also part of a renewed focus from Hasbro on the video game industry, with the companying having recently purchased several game studios and pushing a number of new Dungeons & Dragons video games with other third-party developers.
So just what is Hasbro’s upcoming D&D video game all about? Below, we break down everything we know so far.
What is Hasbro’s New D&D Video Game About?
In the Bloomberg interview, Chris Cocks offered very little information on what the upcoming D&D video game is about or when it might be released. He did, however, mention that Hasbro plans to release one to two video games a year by 2026, not including third-party licensed games.
Notably, video game development cycles are notoriously long. Baldur’s Gate 3, for example, took over six years to develop and release. Additionally, video game cancellations are common, even after significant resources have been invested and progress has been made. In January 2023, for example, Wizards of the Coast cancelled five D&D video games that were in various stages of development. All of which means that a D&D video game from Hasbro still has a long ways to go and is far from a sure thing.
What other D&D Video Games Are in the Works?
Currently, there are a number of new D&D video game projects in the works, inclulding:
- Gameloft Montreal: The studio known for the popular Disney Dreamlight Valley game is currently working on a survival-life sim set in the Forgotten Realms.
- Starbreeze Entertainment: Best known for their shooter Payday 3, Starbreeze is working on an upcoming D&D game code named “Project Baxter” that is a co-operative multiplayer game and slated for release in 2026 for consoles and PC.
- Resolution Games: Developer of the popular VR dungeon crawler Demeo, Resolution is also working on an upcoming virtual reality game that uses the official D&D license.
- Baldur’s Gate 4: Larian Studios has confirmed that they will not be working on a sequel to Baldur’s Gate 3. Hasbro, however, is unlikely to let the lucrative franchise die and chances are good we’ll see a Baldur’s Gate 4 in the future from another developer.
While not technically a video game, it’s also worth noting that Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast have invested significant resources into the upcoming D&D Virtual Tabletop (also known as “Project Sigil”), which is in a closed Beta and uses the Unreal Engine 5 video game platform.
Final Thoughts
Video games have long been a major part of the Dungeons & Dragons brand, so it’s great to see that new titles are in the works. Whether they live up to the high bar set by past games and recent releases like Baldur’s Gate 3, however, remains to be seen.
We’ll be keeping a close eye on this story in the days ahead and will update this page as we learn more about the new Hasbro D&D video game.
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Cameron Nichols is a Senior Editor who lives in Boston, Massachusetts, and has been playing D&D since the early 90s, when he was introduced by his older brother and cut his teeth on AD&D 2nd Edition. Since then he’s played virtually every RPG he could get his nerdy little mitts on (including a weird Goth phase in the early 2000s when he rocked Vampire: The Masquerade pretty hard). His favorite D&D campaign setting is the Forgotten Realms and his favorite character to play was a Half-Orc Barbarian named Grug (who was unfortunately devoured by a gelatinous cube).
