Gameloft, the corporate behind Disney video games Dreamlight Valley and Speedstorm, has introduced that it’s engaged on a Dungeons & Dragons life-sim RPG that will likely be set within the Forgotten Realms, the identical universe through which Baldur’s Gate III (and lots of different D&D adventures) happen.
Final yr, Baldur’s Gate III grew to become one of many largest video games on the planet due to its implausible writing, intense fight and, let’s be sincere, all of the attractive stuff you can do in it. People grew to become enamored with the sport’s characters and relationships, with tons of fan fiction and art work pouring out of Baldur’s Gate III’s group ever since. It additionally didn’t harm that in recent times, Dungeons & Dragons-–a long-running tabletop RPG franchise—has turn out to be greater than ever due to fashionable web exhibits that use the sport as a basis for comedy and storytelling. So, it’s not surprising to see that one other online game firm is partnering with Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast—the businesses who personal D&D—to create a brand new online game set in the identical fictional universe as BG3.
On March 14, Gameloft introduced that it was partnering with Wizards of the Coast to publish a brand new D&D sport on consoles and PC. Particularly, it’s being developed by Gameloft Montreal, the identical people who labored on Disney Dreamlight Valley and Star Wars: Castaways. This upcoming, still-untitled sport will characteristic “distinctive cooperative gameplay.” Gameloft says it will likely be a “hybrid” of survival, life sims, and motion RPGs. That feels like, if carried out nicely, it may very well be precisely the type of factor Baldur’s Gate III followers would love.
“Gamers can count on an journey the place the wealthy lore of this legendary franchise meets real-time survival in a novel marketing campaign of resilience, camaraderie, and hazard at almost each flip,” tweeted Gameloft, “Keep tuned!”
As can also be fairly widespread as of late for sport bulletins, Gameloft ended its tease with a hyperlink to its accessible jobs. So when you’ve at all times needed to assist create an enormous D&D life-sim RPG for consoles and PC, right here’s your likelihood.
Past these fundamental particulars, Gameloft didn’t have the rest to share past one idea picture—the identical picture on the high of this text. No launch date was offered, both. I feel this could be a couple of years away, so don’t get too excited. For now, you may simply replay Baldur’s Gate III once more. Once more.
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