Wizards of the Coast introduced the relaunch of certainly one of its inside studios. Developer Tuque Games is now generally known as Invoke Studios, and its subsequent undertaking is “a triple-A recreation derived from the Dungeons & Dragons universe.”

Invoke already has some expertise with the favored roleplaying recreation. Wizards acquired the Montreal studio in late 2019, and its recreation Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance launched simply final yr. Per the press launch, this new title will run on Unreal Engine 5. 

Serving as normal supervisor and vice chairman for Invoke is Dominic Guay, who joined Tuque in 2021. Guay beforehand labored at Ubisoft as a producer on a number of of its franchises, together with Watch Dogs. 

“We have the most important and hottest model of fantasy role-playing video games in Dungeons & Dragons,” stated Guay. “Such a model, with 50 years of historical past behind it, conjures up builders and offers us monumental inventive freedom.”

Earlier within the yr, Wizards opened Skeleton Key, a brand new studio in Austin headed up former BioWare head Christian Dailey. Similar to Invoke, Skeleton Key shall be creating a triple-A title for the tabletop writer. It’s at present unclear if Skeleton Key is creating a separate D&D recreation, or a title in its personal distinctive setting, much like fellow Wizards subsidiary Archetype Entertainment. 

Dungeons & Dragons is not only a recreation, it is a rising way of life 

The final a number of years have been type to D&D. Actual play collection comparable to Critical Role and Dimension 20 have attracted consideration to broader audiences, helped by TV reveals like Stranger Things integrating the sport into their plots. 

Next yr will even see the discharge of a Dungeons & Dragons theatrical movie, its first in over 20 years. 

On the online game aspect of issues, there’ve been current video games both set within the universe of D&D (see: Baldur’s Gate III), or that try to mimic it (Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands), and which acquired essential and business success.