House Marine 2 Devs Engaged on New AAA Sport Utilizing “Tentpole” Hasbro IP Players Enviornment

Hasbro has introduced that the Warhammer 40k: House Marine 2 improvement group is presently engaged on an AAA recreation based mostly on one of many tabletop large’s “tentpole” IPs.

The information comes courtesy of an earnings name to mark Hasbro revealing its fourth-quarter financials earlier at present (thanks, Gematsu). In that decision, CEO Chris Cocks mentioned the brand new recreation, which might be developed by House Marine 2 studio Saber, will mix “high-octane single-player motion and wonderful multiplayer”.

Cocks went on to say that the sport will make the most of Saber’s Swarm expertise, presumably referring to the Swarm Engine on which House Marine 2 runs, alongside video games like SnowRunner and World Battle Z.

It is price noting that the Swarm tech to which Cocks refers would not essentially imply we’ll be seeing the identical sort of large hordes of enemies current in each House Marine 2 and World Battle Z; it is the title for the engine, in any case, somewhat than simply that one characteristic.

As for which IP Cocks is referring to, Hasbro is of course enjoying these playing cards very near its chest, and I exploit these phrases advisedly.

IPs the corporate controls embrace Magic: The Gathering, which is getting a Legendary Footage-produced film, probably making it a strong candidate for a brand new AAA online game.

Different potential IPs would possibly embrace Transformers, though the cancellation of Splash Injury’s Transformers: Reactivate would possibly put a dent in that idea, in addition to Dungeons & Dragons, Energy Rangers, and, uh, Peppa Pig. Yeah, it is in all probability that final one.

If Hasbro and Saber are engaged on a single-player Dungeons & Dragons recreation, then it will be in good firm, slotting alongside the stay service multiplayer recreation presently within the works at Payday 3 studio Starbreeze.

In fact, whether it is Dungeons & Dragons-related, Saber and Hasbro must be sure that they do not repeat the errors of the genuinely terrible Dungeons & Dragons: Darkish Alliance, which is being delisted subsequent week.

It’s, nevertheless, in all probability secure to imagine that we’re not about to see a serious AAA recreation based mostly on Monopoly or Cluedo, as unhappy as I’m about that. It is also unlikely we’ll hear something extra about this one for fairly some time, so keep tuned.