Hasbro, the toy firm that owns Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Transformers, and extra, has introduced that it’s making a “AAA” online game with the Saber Interactive crew that made Warhammer 40,000: House Marine 2.
The information got here straight from Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks throughout an earnings name on Thursday. Cocks mentioned the sport could be primarily based on one among Hasbro’s “tentpole IPs.”
“We’ve got many new digital collaborations within the works, however I’m particularly excited to announce this one at present, being a private fan of lots of this crew’s video games,” Cocks mentioned. “Hasbro and Saber Interactive can be collaborating on an all-new online game partnership developed by the crew behind 2024’s megahit, Warhammer 40,000: House Marine 2. Combining high-octane single-player motion and wonderful multiplayer with Saber’s Swarm tech, this new AAA title, primarily based on one among our tentpole IPs, is bound to be successful.”
Answering questions from buyers, Cocks described the settlement as a “co-publishing deal,” and was particular on which inner Saber crew could be doing the work. “We are going to use the Warhammer 40K House Marine 2 crew to develop the challenge,” he mentioned, calling them “among the greatest expertise within the business.” Saber is a sprawling firm with many studios and subsidiaries, however the well-received House Marine 2 was made on the firm’s studio in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Hasbro, buoyed by the success of Baldur’s Gate 3 (and of its cellular recreation, Monopoly Go), has a number of self-funded, inner online game initiatives underway, pushed by skilled studios. These embody a serious new Dungeons & Dragons recreation from the builders of Dungeons & Dragons: Darkish Alliance; Exodus, a sci-fi role-playing recreation by ex-BioWare builders; a G.I. Joe recreation starring Snake Eyes coming from Atomic Arcade; and an unnamed recreation from Skeleton Key.
The query is: Which “tentpole” will Saber be engaged on? Given House Marine 2’s excellence as a shooter, the thoughts instantly goes to Transformers (a franchise sorely in want of a good online game), or maybe G.I. Joe. However D&D and Magic may be on the desk, too.