Hasbro Cancels Dungeons & Dragons Game From Star Wars Jedi Director
The cancellation shows Hasbro's willingness to walk away from high-profile game partnerships as part of a broader restructuring, even when the developer is led by a proven AAA director.
Reporting from 2 sources: GameBusiness.jp, Game Spark.
Hasbro terminated its publishing contract for a new Dungeons & Dragons game from Giant Skull, the studio led by Stig Asmussen, less than a year after the project was announced. The cancellation is part of cost-cutting measures at Hasbro.
Giant Skull, the independent studio founded by Stig Asmussen, lost its publishing deal with Hasbro for a new Dungeons & Dragons game less than a year after the partnership was announced. Bloomberg reported the cancellation on May 20, citing cost-cutting measures at Hasbro. Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro subsidiary that owns D&D, withdrew from the deal earlier this year during a restructuring that also saw the closure of its Atomic Arcade studio. A Wizards spokesperson said the company decided not to move forward with Giant Skull's initial concept but praised the team. Asmussen said his studio is in good shape and is already talking to other publishers about new agreements.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.