Hasbro and House Marine II Devs Workforce on “Tentpole” IP Recreation

After Baldur’s Gate 3 took the world by storm in 2023 (and continues to take action), Hasbro determined it preferred working with massive recreation studios to adapt its properties. Now it appears they’ve discovered their subsequent massive associate in Saber Interactive, builders behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II.

Throughout its latest earnings name, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks revealed the 2 firms are collaborating on “an all-new online game partnership. Combining high-octane single-player motion and superb multiplayer with Saber’s Swarm tech, this new AAA title, based mostly on one among our tentpole IPs, is bound to be a success.” The information is fascinating for a number of causes: Saber has a number of subsidiaries beneath its belt—one is making an Avatar game—however Cocks particularly namechecks the St. Petersberg crew that led improvement on House Marine II. That recreation was extraordinarily widespread and one of many largest Warhammer 40K video video games up to now, which explains why this crew bought the gig.

As for what “tentpole” Hasbro property that is, that’s the query on everybody’s minds. One of many best picks is Transformers; in January, developer Splash Injury revealed it canceled improvement on Transformers: Reactivate, a co-op shooter that will’ve been the franchise’s first main, non tie-in recreation in fairly some time. There’s additionally an opportunity it could possibly be G.I. Joe (since they’re coming again to theaters with the Transformers) or Magic: The Gathering (which has started getting an enormous expanded media push currently). It may additionally simply as doubtless be Dungeons & Dragons: earlier than Baldur’s Gate 3, there was 2021’s Darkish Alliance, a co-op action-RPG going offline on Monday, and Saber’s identify connected to a brand new D&D recreation would flip heads.

So there’s a handful of candidates Saber may select from. Tell us your guesses (or hopes) within the feedback beneath.

[via Polygon]

Need extra io9 information? Take a look at when to count on the most recent Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on film and TV, and every part it is advisable to learn about the way forward for Doctor Who.