In March of 2024, Stig Asmussen revealed Giant Skull, a brand new developer he based after leaving Respawn, the place he directed each video games within the Star Wars Jedi sequence. Whereas the studio claimed it was engaged on an motion journey recreation, we did not have any extra particulars till in the present day, when Wizards of the Coast introduced its partnership with the developer on a Dungeons & Dragons recreation through a press launch.
The assertion features a quote from John Hight, who’s at the moment the president of Wizards of the Coast and digital gaming, however labored with Asmussen on the God of Struggle sequence within the late ’00s. “I’m so joyful to be reuniting with him on this new mission,” Hight says of Asmussen. “In our time working collectively on God of Struggle I received to see firsthand Stig’s artistry and experience, and he and the Big Cranium group are the proper match for our new recreation.”
Big Cranium Founder Stig Asmussen
Particulars on the sport itself are scant, nevertheless it’s confirmed to be a single-player action-adventure title in growth for PC and console. Given Asmussen’s expertise with the Star Wars: Jedi and God of Struggle sequence, it appears firmly in his consolation zone. Whereas it is simply hypothesis, we might not be stunned to see a recreation starring D&D legend Drizzt Do’Urden and his twin scimitars a la Cal Kestis or Kratos. Regardless, it appears probably that this will probably be Asmussen’s second recreation sequence involving power injury.
Whereas there are different D&D video games in manufacturing, Wizards of the Coast is probably going looking for a brand new long-term partnership after it and Larian parted methods following the success of Baldur’s Gate 3. Whereas there isn’t any telling how the event cycle will shake out, we had been enormous followers of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and even greater followers of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, one of our favorite games of 2023, so this looks like a promising collaboration.