Star Wars Jedi director moves to D&D

Stig Asmussen made a name for himself as the director of the Star Wars Jedi games. Unfortunately, before completing the planned trilogy, Asmussen departed EA to start a new studio, Giant Skull, and now, we know more about their first project. 

Asmussen's next game will be a Dungeons & Dragons title, having signed a licensing deal with Wizards of the Coast. The untitled game is described as an “all-new single-player action-adventure title set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons”.

The game is in development for both PC and consoles, using Unreal Engine 5. We don't really know much more than that at this stage but as this is a new studio, we would expect to be waiting a couple more years before we see anymore concrete information.

Giant Skull is the latest in a growing number of studios signing deals with Wizards of the Coast. After the success of Baldur's Gate 3, there has been a resurgence of interest in D&D video games, and other companies like Starbreeze, Invoke Studios and Game Loft are all working with the D&D license right now.

Larian Studios won't be amongst the new wave of studios developing D&D games though. The company butted heads with Wizards of the Coast during development of their masterpiece, Baldur's Gate 3 and as a result, the studio has already confirmed that it has no plans to make Baldur's Gate 4.

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