Welcome to the Order of Aesthetics News, LIVE! We are broadcasting directly from the Great Library of the Ages in Palanthas Alt Cataclius, and today gamesindustry.biz reports that Wizards of the Coast is releasing new video games in the coming years to include Krynn as a possible setting! Learn More Here: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-06-15-video-games-are-core-to-the-future-of-dungeons-and-dragons
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Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga, Order of Aesthetics News! It is Majetag, Holmswelth the 15th, My name is Adam and today I was sifting through the Iconochronos and ran across this exciting bit of news from this today. Wizards of the Coast teases at least six titles on the way, including Baldur’s Gate 3 and next week’s Dark Alliance, including a game about a war-torn world of Krynn!
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Dragonlance News
- Wizards of the Coast teases at least six titles on the way, including Baldur’s Gate 3 and next week’s Dark Alliance
- president Chris Cocks tells us that video games are now “core to our brand blueprint and how we plan to expand our audience.”
- D&D alone, Cocks says the licence has been used on more than 100 video games in the past 47 years, with classic examples include Eye of the Beholder, Baldur’s Gate, and Neverwinter Nights.
- “Among video game fans, D&D enjoys brand awareness equivalent or superior to huge names in the space, games like Elder Scrolls, Warcraft and The Witcher,” he says. “And when we poll our fans, video games are by far the number one request for how we can extend the brand. So, we see video games as core to the future of D&D.”
- Just looking at the next five years, Cocks says fans should expect “at least six new D&D video games,” starting with next week’s co-op brawler Dark Alliance and the upcoming Baldur’s Gate 3 from Larian Studios, which is currently in Early Access.
- “Beyond that, expect us to continue to push the envelope on AAA role-playing, exciting co-op themes and even role-play/strategy hybrids,” he adds.
- “Each game we will bring to market will explore a different, exciting adventure and set of gameplay themes in this diverse universe,” says Cocks. “In one game you might run a thieves guild and traverse the Thieves Highway of Waterdeep, in another you might marshal dragon hosts in the war-torn world of Krynn. In still another, you might explore the very origins of the D&D universe in real-time combat. The brand’s richness is an enabler of tons of amazing game experiences so rather than a challenge, we see it as an amazing opportunity.”
Outro
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