Wizards of the Coast to Publish Star Wars Jedi Director's D&D Video Game | TechRaptor

Wizards of the Coast to Publish Star Wars Jedi Director's D&D Video Game | TechRaptor

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Wizards of the Coast has announced that it will publish a Dungeons & Dragons game currently in the works at Star Wars Jedi: Survivor director Stig Asmussen's studio Giant Skull.

Per a VentureBeat report, the game is a "single-player action-adventure game with an immersive story set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe". Asmussen and Giant Skull haven't revealed more details about the project yet.

In a statement to VentureBeat, Asmussen says the goal with the studio's D&D game is to "craft a rich new Dungeons & Dragons universe filled with immersive storytelling, heroic combat, and exhilarating traversal that players will fully embrace".

For his part, Wizards of the Coast president John Hight says Giant Skull is full of "exceptionally talented creators", and that the collaboration between the two companies represents a new development in the "Playing to Win strategy".

The description of the Dungeons & Dragons game in the works at Giant Skull isn't particularly specific, but it does rather sound like Asmussen's M.O.; he's previously served as the director on games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and God of War III.

Asmussen first announced the founding of Giant Skull in March last year, following his departure from Respawn and its parent...

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