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Austin Wood

"We are going to do CRPGs that are going to be as serious as BG3," says Wizards of the Coast president, but Star Wars Jedi director's D&D action game is very different to Larian's RPG

Karlach uses her fire powers to light a cigar in Baldur's Gate 3.

The newest D&D game added to publisher Wizards of the Coast's roster is being led by former God of War and Star Wars Jedi director Stig Asmussen, and while its "action-adventure" focus is a significant departure from Baldur's Gate 3, still the talk of D&D games among many, Wizards says it isn't done with the crunchy CRPG space.

Speaking with Polygon at Summer Game Fest, Wizards president and former World of Warcraft veteran John Hight, clearly cognizant of the hunger for more Baldur's Gate, says a D&D game could be many different things, but "Don't get me wrong, we are going to do CRPGs that are going to be as serious as BG3."

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