After the success of Baldur’s Gate 3, There has been talk of Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast by launching more games based on Dungoons & Dragons. The bad news for fans who expect that: one of them, a title called “Baxter Project”, has been completely canceled.
The title was in development at the Swedish developer Starbreze, better known by the Payday Franchise and 2012 Union. In a recent one advertisementThe CEO Adolf Kristjansson said that the “difficult but necessary decision” occurred since the study is prioritizing a complete renewal of its cooperative robbery franchise Payday. As such, the development of “Baxter” has been completed, and some of its assigned developers will be “redistributed in Starbreze projects.” Others will be allowed to go and will help Starbreze to find employment elsewhere.
“Baxter” was announced for the first time in 2023with Starbreze at that time indicating that he would present “cornerstone” of his previous works as a live service model and a cooperation work. Although the study has been silent since then, the game would have been released at some point in 2026 for “all the main platforms.” Around this time in 2024, Starbreze showed conceptual art with a provocation that would show more in the near future.
Dungoons & Dragons is no stranger to live service games: before Baldur’s Gate 3, There was a rebooting centered on the cooperative of Dungoons & Dragons: Dark Alliance In 2021, and his online servers closed last February. Wizards of the Coast, who owns D&D, Also canceled five games not announced before Baldur’s launch, some of which were probably D&D Games. At the time of writing, a Action game for a player of the giant skull established in the D&D Universe, and directed by Star Wars: Jedi Director Stig Asmussen – Rights in development.
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