Hasbro: Toy manufacturer wants to develop own games

Transformers, G.I. Joe, Power Rangers & Co. - the list of toy brands owned by the US manufacturer Hasbro is long. Many there were in the past video games from third-party manufacturers, but hardly one of them has been particularly successful. That should change in the future. As the Transformers fan site twf2005.com reported Hasbro has opened a separate department for digital games and a new gaming studio in North Carolina. The New Raleigh-Durham Studio will be devoted to the future exclusively on the development of premium games based in-house toy licenses.

team of industry veterans

It nevertheless does both take the PC and the console market in attack. According to the report Hasbro employs numerous industry veterans in its new gaming department. Including former employees of Warner Bros. Games, which among other things on the - who worked series Batman Arkham . The new studio is part of the Dungeons & Dragons developer Wizards of the Coast, which since 1999 has been owned by Hasbro and finally the game Dungeons & Dragons - Dark Alliance has been published. Currently, the company is looking for several new employees for the development of the first Hasbro games. Which they are, the manufacturer had placed an investor meetings in prospect in February 2021 course.

Only G.I. Joe, the Transformers

Thus, initially created a game for action figures series G.I Joe . According to the relevant job postings, these are an action-adventure from the third-person perspective, both melee and includes shooter elements and based on the Unreal Engine. More details does not yet exist. The next projects are already but carved in stone. Accordingly, the New Raleigh-Durham Studio should accept the brands Micronauts and Ouija then new games from the Transformers universe and games. Official announcements will not have to wait long in coming.