Payday 3 developer Starbreeze is making a game based on Dungeons & Dragons

Revised core rulebooks for could be released in mid-2024, but the continued aim to create a never-ending edition of the game shows Wizards of the Coast has grown out of touch with ’s fans, and the tabletop RPG hobby at large. This year saw the company burn bridges with many consumers over its attempt to create a more draconian OGL that would severely impact third-party gaming products. Though this was eventually walked back, the breach of trust is difficult for many to forget. Investor-targeted statements about being “under-monetized” raised further red flags, but the ongoing push for a perpetual edition remains the biggest misstep.

Several upcoming film projects are being lined up for video game adaptations by the Sino-American fund Stars-Hana.

Aquaman's James Wan looks to be making a movie based on one of H.P. Lovecraft's most iconic horror stories, The Call of Cthulhu – which, in turn, is going to be adapted into a video game. 

Bloober Team — the Polish game development studio best known for its work on horror games like Layers of Fear, The Medium, and even the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake, has confirmed that it has another new project in the works. 

Bloober Team has signed a licensing and publishing agreement with Skybound Entertainment to create a game based on intellectual property owned by Skybound Entertainment. It is code-named “R” and expected to launch in 2025.

Nuverse‘s and SGRA Studio’s Dragonheir: Silent Gods has officially launched its collaboration with Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons. This two-year collab introduces three new characters to the game: the Drow hunter Drizzt Do’Urden, his companion Guenhwyvar, and their nemesis Errtu the Balor. SGRA Studio is a brand-new game development studio based in China. Dragonheir: Silent Gods is the studio’s top priority, and with over 10 million global downloads since its launch, it is in good hands.

Hasbro, the parent company behind Wizards of the Coast, which itself is responsible for both Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, is laying off 1100 employees, as reported by Dicebreaker and The Wall Street Journal. The company, which is also behind the Transformers franchise (toys and other media),  announced this decision yesterday, on December 11. 

Hasbro is laying off 1,100 employees, according to anSEC filing. The company behind franchises like Dungeons & Dragons and Transformers, Hasbro already laid off 800 employees in January. While some employees will find out about the fate of their jobs on Tuesday, others will be cut in the coming year. By 2025, Hasbro told shareholders, the company hopes to save about $350 million to $400 million in costs.

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Developer Starbreeze has announced a new game, codenamed Project Baxter, a cooperative multiplayer game presumably in the style of its PAYDAY series. Further, Starbreeze has managed to snag the official Dungeons & Dragons branding. However, we don't expect the studio to treat the RPG setting as reverently as Larian recently did with Baldur's Gate 3.

Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Entertainment has announced that it's teaming up with Wizards of the Coast to create a cooperative multiplayer game based on the popular Dungeons & Dragons franchise. Starbreeze hasn't announced a name for the title just yet, but they have revealed that it's being developed under the name Project Baxter and will be released at some point in 2026.

PayDay 3 developers Starbreeze have announced a new game based on the Dungeons & Dragons IP. The title, currently codenamed Project Baxter, will launch in 2026 on all major platforms and is being built with the Unreal 5 engine.