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Critical Role's plans to make a videogame have become an 'active pursuit', says CEO Travis Willingham, after almost 10 years of growing a D&D campaign into a full-on franchise (www.pcgamer.com)

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[-] jonathan@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago

Larian told Hasbro to fuck off for a BG3 DLC and/or sequel, so there's definitely an opening for someone to pick up that torch. That said, I also think they'll go with their own system and brand.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Larian told Hasbro to fuck off for a BG3 DLC and/or sequel

That's definitely not how I've ever seen it framed.

I think Critical Role has an incentive to use their own system, but it's not one that I'm excited about.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's exactly how they framed it. They cited reasons as worker burnout and Hasbro / the game system. They wanted to be done with BG3. Studios don't really announce that the second they finish the game.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

It wasn't the second they finished the game. It was after working on DLC for months, which was after a 6 year development cycle. That's not the same as telling Hasbro to fuck off. That's having the luxury of a war chest that means they can afford to do the less lucrative thing and make whatever is going to keep their talent happiest.