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Hasbro cancels Dungeons & Dragons game led by Respawn veteransHasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast has canceled an action-adventure game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, which was being developed by Giant Skull, a studio founded by Respawn veteran Stig Asmussen. The collaboration ended less than a year after its announcement, with Wizards of the Coast stating they decided not to pursue the early concept but value their ongoing relationship with Asmussen and his team. This cancellation follows the earlier closure of another Hasbro studio, Atomic Arcade.
Godot veteran laments 'AI slop,' Highguard's mystery investor, and a big doc for Big Hops - Patch Notes #41This week's gaming news highlights concerns over generative AI's impact on hardware availability and the influx of low-quality submissions to open-source projects like Godot. Unity claims its AI can now generate full casual games from prompts, while a documentary explores the six-year development of the indie platformer Big Hops. Other news includes Hasbro shutting down its Atomic Arcade studio, Tencent's secret funding of Highguard, a banned Call of Duty ad, ByteDance potentially selling Moonton, and Valve warning of Steam Deck OLED stock issues due to RAM shortages.
Update: Hasbro shutters internal video game studio Atomic ArcadeHasbro has confirmed the closure of its internal video game studio, Atomic Arcade, which was established in 2021. While the studio has been shuttered, Hasbro stated that the development of its G.I. Joe character Snake Eyes project will continue. Several employees have posted on LinkedIn about the layoffs resulting from the closure.