Baldur’s Gate 3 opened the D&D video game floodgates | Kaser Focus

Baldur’s Gate 3 was a phenomenon — in a year as stacked as 2023, it still managed to stand out as exceptional. I think we’re going to see ripples from it for years to come, and at least one of those is already apparent: Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro have greenlit several Dungeons & Dragons-based games from several major publishers. The most recent is Gameloft, which announced this week that it’s making a co-op survival-ish title set in the D&D setting, the Forgotten Realms.

Other announced D&D-based titles include a VR title from Resolution Games and a multiplayer title from Starbreeze. I’m not complaining — D&D has rich lore from which to draw and built-in shenanigan mechanics. Funny story: My husband and I were together for six years before we realized we shared a mutual interest in TTRPGs. How we managed to coast along without that essential bonding experience for the better part of a decade, I have no idea. Bottom line, I’m all in favor of more D&D-based games, as long as they’re made with the same love and humor as Baldur’s Gate 3.