Wizards of the Coast has signed an exclusive publishing agreement with Giant Skull, the studio led by Star Wars Jedi director Stig Asmussen, to create a new Dungeons and Dragons game. The project is set to be a single-player action-adventure game, and sounds like a clear reaction to the immense success of Baldur's Gate 3. Before you start holding out hope for Baldur's Gate 4, though, early signs already point to this being a very different experience.
We've been waiting to hear about what Giant Skull is up to for some time. Last year the triple-A studio was Baldur's Gate 3, the team is diving into the world of Dungeons and Dragons.
DnD owner Wizards of the Coast is working with Giant Skull on this new game, and a combination of Asmussen's experience and a new comment on the partnership gives us a clue to the type of game we'll be playing.
"Our talented and experienced team at Giant Skull is built on creativity and curiosity," Asmussen says. "Our goal is to craft a rich new Dungeons and Dragons universe filled with immersive storytelling, heroic combat, and exhilarating traversal that players will fully embrace."
Even with just one sentence, this new Metroidvania-inspired traversal mechanics, and it certainly sounds like Giant Skull is building something similar.
If you're holding out hope that this is Baldur's Gate 4, I'm here to tell you to adjust your expectations. Baldur's Gate has always been a CRPG, and with the success of BG3, I don't see Wizards of the Coast changing that now. Giant Skull's project is also described as a "single-player action-adventure title," so it would make sense that the team is leaning on Asmussen's previous experience.
Still, if you want to revisit Larian's huge hit, we've got all the Baldur's Gate 3 mods to suck you back in.
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