While Starbreeze nonetheless has loads of work left to do on Payday 3, the studio does have its subsequent main challenge lined up. While the corporate’s earlier licensed recreation for The Walking Dead was ill-fated, the studio is seeking to strive its hand at a licensed challenge as soon as once more, this time targeted on Dungeons & Dragons.
The Starbreeze D&D recreation is being developed underneath the codename ‘Project Baxter’ and can carry the studio’s “signature cornerstones”, together with co-op multiplayer and ‘video games as service’, which means prolonged post-launch help for the sport with content material updates.
The recreation is focusing on a 2026 launch, which appears a bit quickly given how lengthy recreation growth cycles have gotten over time. The recreation will likely be constructed utilizing Unreal Engine 5 although, so we will anticipate it to comprise among the engine’s contemporary new options to boost graphics.
There will likely be numerous eyes on this recreation too after the success of Baldur’s Gate 3 from Larian Studios, one other licensed D&D online game and one of many highest-reviewed video games of 2023.
KitGuru Says: It is nice to see extra D&D online game tasks. Hopefully Starbreeze can get one thing good collectively over the subsequent few years and keep away from the pitfalls it confronted with Payday 3’s launch, or its earlier Walking Dead challenge.
