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WotC Hasbro selling D&D IP?
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You did a funny. I approve.
Stonesnake
Explorer
Tencent owns 30% of Larian. And Tencent owns A LOT of video game companies.
I said in my original video that this deal would make a lot of sense for everyone involved. I can easily see this happen, especially after last year when Hasbro canceled four video game projects and seems to be completely out of creating video games going forward.
bedir than
Full Moon Storyteller
About ten paragraphs into the pandaily story they mention that their sources say that this "selling off" is only about a perpetual or time-limited license for digital games that would not require a share of revenue.
And that happens to be quite believable, because it would still allow Hasbro to make money off of books, other licenses (like TV/movies), Beyond, VTT, etc.
And that happens to be quite believable, because it would still allow Hasbro to make money off of books, other licenses (like TV/movies), Beyond, VTT, etc.
LuisCarlos17f
Legend
Plot Twist: Tencent noticing the popularity of the mon videogame Palworld talk with Roll for Combat to create the videogame of "Battlezoo". (Disclaimer: Of course I was kidding).
In the last years 5e hasn't touched the Chinese culture as source of inspiration, but one of the dark realms in the "reboot" of Ravenloft. It is as if they wanted to avoid possible risks by fault of "dangerous friendhips".
A parnetship WotC-Tencent is possible. Tencent could create a "xuanhuan" D&D setting, by and for Chineses, avoiding possible taboos, for example about the undeads. This setting would also to be published in the Western market.
If Hasbro really needed to be acquired, then it should be other company under the same control of the investement fund.
And if Hasbro is well informed, I doubt they want to risk in the Chinese market for this years.
In the last years 5e hasn't touched the Chinese culture as source of inspiration, but one of the dark realms in the "reboot" of Ravenloft. It is as if they wanted to avoid possible risks by fault of "dangerous friendhips".
A parnetship WotC-Tencent is possible. Tencent could create a "xuanhuan" D&D setting, by and for Chineses, avoiding possible taboos, for example about the undeads. This setting would also to be published in the Western market.
If Hasbro really needed to be acquired, then it should be other company under the same control of the investement fund.
And if Hasbro is well informed, I doubt they want to risk in the Chinese market for this years.
bedir than
Full Moon Storyteller
Except Hasbro didn't cancel those games that were claimed to have been cancelled, according to the studios that were producing the games and are still hiring for those projects.
Stonesnake
Explorer
Where did you see that? Can you send me the links on this? Thanks.
CommodoreKong
Explorer
Steven has no idea if this is true or if someone in China is reporting based on his video which is unsurprising.
Probably the most interesting thing he mentioned is he has an exclusive later today about a new OGL,I wonder if it's a new version from Wizards or some new license from another company.
bedir than
Full Moon Storyteller
On Twitter (where search is basically dead) the manager of one of the studios supposedly cancelled continued to list openings for months. The Bronze Girl (iirc)
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