Hasbro Is Teasing Its Next Big D&D Game And What It Learned From BG3’s Success
Hasbro, which owns the Dungeons and Dragons franchise through Wizards of the Coast, has big plans for its upcoming D&D video games after the massive success of Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3. With more games on the way from Hasbro’s internal studios, the company says it’s taking a few lessons from what Larian did with Baldur’s Gate.
Speaking with GamesRadar, Hasbro’s head of game studios Dan Ayoub spoke on Baldur’s Gate 3’s success, and what it means for future D&D games. “I think it proved for us that people really want great D&D games. We’re certainly doing that,” Ayoub said.
According to Ayoub, BG3’s success proved that there’s a market for a high quality D&D game, as well as showing that a successful game in the genre is likely to bring more players into the actual tabletop game. The third lesson Ayoub has taken from BG3 regards how the game was developed, which he describes as “the importance of taking time to get it right.”