PC Gamer has just published a story revealing that remakes for Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 are reportedly in development at Wizards of the Coast. PC Gamer's source specifically mentioned Baldur's Gate 2 because Kevin Martens, Co-Lead Designer of the 2000 game at BioWare, is reportedly working on the project. Martens, who has also worked on Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age: Origins, World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Destiny 2, and Marathon, joined Archetype Entertainment in November 2024 as a Creative Lead to contribute to the new sci-fi IP Exodus. However, he is now focused on the Baldur's Gate 2 remake. […]

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Toy makers and Wizards of the Coast parent company Hasbro have spent a whopping $1 billion over the past eight years in an effort to flesh out its video game division and develop its own games with its own studios. Based on the last decade or so of the video game industry, you'd be right to assume that a company like Hasbro, with a wealth of IPs on hand, would look to lean on live service, or Games as a Service (GaaS) games, to lead its portfolio. But that's not the whole strategy, and in a new interview with The […]

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Today, Archetype Entertainment, the Texas-based studio founded by former BioWare employees and owned by Wizards of the Coast, released a new gameplay trailer of its debut game, EXODUS. The short trailer combines three clips: Archetype has also provided a rough roadmap of the news and information that will be shared on EXODUS ahead of the planned early 2027 launch. From now through early Summer, more short gameplay clips will be released to showcase combat encounters, traversal, interactions, and environments. This summer, the team will host a longer gameplay showcase featuring continuous, moment-to-moment footage, including combat, conversations, in-mission choices, and more. […]

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