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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 accomplice in Saber Interactive, builders behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II.

Throughout its latest earnings name, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks revealed the 2 corporations 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 certainly one of our tentpole IPs, is bound to be a success.” The information is fascinating for a couple of causes: Saber has a number of subsidiaries underneath its belt—one is making an Avatar game—however Cocks particularly namechecks the St. Petersberg crew that led growth on House Marine II. That recreation was extraordinarily in style and one of many largest Warhammer 40K video video games thus far, which explains why this crew received 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 growth 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 may very well 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 these days). 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 title hooked up 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]

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