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Source: https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-opens-new-wizards-of-the-coast-video-game-studio-in-montreal-to-support-d-d-franchise.715529/

The new video game studio will produce D&D video games.
Hasbro has announced a new video game studio in Montreal, with a new
focus on supporting D&D video games. The new studio, called Wizards of
the Coast Studios Inc. will focus on developing new content for the
Dungeons & Dragons franchise and expanding Hasbro's lineup of digital
games. The studio is expected to support 200 jobs. Dan Ayoub, the head
of the D&D franchise, will also run the new studio. Ayoub, you may
recall, has a long pedigree in video game development.

The new studio will not replace Invoke Studios, Hasbro's other studio
located in Montreal. The new office for Wizards of the Coast Studios
Inc. will be located next to Invoke Studios.

Hasbro has big aspirations for expanding the D&D franchise via video
games. Several D&D video games are in development at third party studios
and now we're seeing an in-house expansion of the D&D digital portfolio.
One obvious speculation is that the new studio will work on a Baldur's
Gate 4, which Hasbro has promised will eventually be released following
the mammoth success of Baldur's Gate 3.
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On 9/30/2025 6:28 PM, Kyonshi wrote:

Source: https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-opens-new-wizards-of-the- coast-video-game-studio-in-montreal-to-support-d-d-franchise.715529/

The new video game studio will produce D&D video games.
Hasbro has announced a new video game studio in Montreal, with a new
focus on supporting D&D video games. The new studio, called Wizards of
the Coast Studios Inc. will focus on developing new content for the
Dungeons & Dragons franchise and expanding Hasbro's lineup of digital
games. The studio is expected to support 200 jobs. Dan Ayoub, the head
of the D&D franchise, will also run the new studio. Ayoub, you may
recall, has a long pedigree in video game development.

The new studio will not replace Invoke Studios, Hasbro's other studio located in Montreal. The new office for Wizards of the Coast Studios
Inc. will be located next to Invoke Studios.

Hasbro has big aspirations for expanding the D&D franchise via video
games. Several D&D video games are in development at third party studios
and now we're seeing an in-house expansion of the D&D digital portfolio.
One obvious speculation is that the new studio will work on a Baldur's
Gate 4, which Hasbro has promised will eventually be released following
the mammoth success of Baldur's Gate 3.

and maybe they even manage to release something this time...
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On 9/30/2025 9:28 AM, Kyonshi wrote:

Source: https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-opens-new-wizards-of-the- coast-video-game-studio-in-montreal-to-support-d-d-franchise.715529/

The new video game studio will produce D&D video games.
Hasbro has announced a new video game studio in Montreal, with a new
focus on supporting D&D video games. The new studio, called Wizards of
the Coast Studios Inc. will focus on developing new content for the
Dungeons & Dragons franchise and expanding Hasbro's lineup of digital
games. The studio is expected to support 200 jobs. Dan Ayoub, the head
of the D&D franchise, will also run the new studio. Ayoub, you may
recall, has a long pedigree in video game development.

The new studio will not replace Invoke Studios, Hasbro's other studio located in Montreal. The new office for Wizards of the Coast Studios
Inc. will be located next to Invoke Studios.

Hasbro has big aspirations for expanding the D&D franchise via video
games. Several D&D video games are in development at third party studios
and now we're seeing an in-house expansion of the D&D digital portfolio.
One obvious speculation is that the new studio will work on a Baldur's
Gate 4, which Hasbro has promised will eventually be released following
the mammoth success of Baldur's Gate 3.

I think they got REAL lucky with BG3. I seriously doubt anyone else can manage to deliver anything similar. How modible it is also makes it
unlikely anything else will overtake it in the next decade or two, as
one can just mod it to be what you want.

The chances of a studio owned/operated by WotC/Hasbro even releasing
anything are next to nil with their track record.
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:28:50 +0200, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

Source: >https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-opens-new-wizards-of-the-coast-video-game-studio-in-montreal-to-support-d-d-franchise.715529/
The new video game studio will produce D&D video games.
Hasbro has announced a new video game studio in Montreal, with a new
focus on supporting D&D video games.

Probably not unrelated, but Starbreeze Studios just announced* that
they've cancelled development on the D&D RPG (the so-called 'Project
Baxter'0 they were working on. Starbreeze _says_ it is so they can
focus more on the "Payday" games; it's part of a 'strategic shift'.

But I suspect that Hasbro may have been tightening the screws on them
as an excuse to yank the license.

I can't say I'm too upset about this. Starbreeze Studios has, as far
as I'm concerned, really only had one _good_ game ("Chronicles of
Riddick"), and a host of middling B-tier titles. There was fun to be
found in the latter, but I don't think the world needs another "sorta
okay" D&D game. We've enough of those already.

(Starbreeze's increasing fascination with post-purchase monetizations
is also something I'd rather not see embedded into a D&D RPG)






* announcement here https://corporate.starbreeze.com/en/press/press-releases/starbreeze-sharpens-focus-on-payday-franchise-baxter-discontinued-as-part-of-strategic-shift/

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