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Wizards of the Coast Kills D&D Game From God of War Director’s Studio Less Than a Year After Greenlight

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Less than a year ago, Wizards of the Coast announced that it would publish a single player action/adventure game based on its Dungeons & Dragons IP and developed by Giant Skull, the new studio founded in 2024 by God of War III and Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order & Survivor director Stig Asmussen. That project was short-lived, though. As first reported by Bloomberg, Wizards of the Coast canceled it earlier this year as part of a periodic review of upcoming projects. A company spokesperson told Bloomberg: We assess concepts at every stage of development. While we decided not to pursue […]

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Hasbro is Betting $1 Billion on Proving it Knows β€œHow to Make Great Games” Before Betting on GaaS Titles

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[UPDATE - May 20, 2026] It has come to light that Hasbro has recently canceled the D&D action/adventure game in development at Giant Skull, the studio founded by industry veteran Stig Asmussen. [ORIGINAL STORY] Toy makers and Wizards of the Coast parent company Hasbro have spent a whopping $1 billion over the past eight years in an effort to flesh out its video game division and develop its own games with its own studios. Based on the last decade or so of the video game industry, you'd be right to assume that a company like Hasbro, with a wealth of […]

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