Wizards of the Coast (WotC) introduced at the moment that it has reached a publishing settlement with improvement studio Big Cranium. It is going to publish the studio’s title presently in improvement, a single-player action-adventure recreation with an immersive story set within the Dungeons & Dragons universe. Whereas Big Cranium has not revealed any additional particulars in regards to the recreation to date, it’s presently in improvement for PC and console.
This new venture is one in every of a number of D&D-based initiatives within the works between WotC and varied companions. These embody an action-adventure recreation from Invoke Studios (previously referred to as Tuque), a multiplayer recreation from Starbreeze and a co-op survival recreation from Gameloft. WotC additionally has a number of different online game initiatives within the works, with Archetype’s Exodus and Atomic Arcade’s Snake Eyes venture getting updates alongside the Big Cranium announcement.
Stig Asmussen, Big Cranium CEO, stated in an announcement, “Our proficient and skilled staff at Big Cranium is constructed on creativity and curiosity. Our purpose is to craft a wealthy new Dungeons & Dragons universe full of immersive storytelling, heroic fight and exhilarating traversal that gamers will totally embrace.” Asmussen previously labored on the Star Wars Jedi and God of Conflict collection for Respawn and Sony Santa Monica, respectively.
John Hight, president of Wizards of the Coast and digital gaming at Hasbro, stated of the brand new venture, “Stig and the staff at Big Cranium are precisely the kind of exceptionally proficient creators we need to work with, and I’m so completely happy to be reuniting with him on this new venture… Worldbuilding and storytelling is in our DNA, and this collaboration displays our evolution and dedication to our Enjoying to Win Technique, constructing a stronger presence in digital play.”
