D&D Beyond just leveled up in a big way

D&D Beyond, the company behind the official digital toolset for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition, have long worked as partners of Wizards of the Coast, the publisher for the popular tabletop RPG. However, D&D Beyond have now been acquired by Wizards of the Coast, announced earlier today on both companies twitter pages.

What exactly this will mean for fans of the Tabletop RPG, and the 10 million registered users of D&D Beyond isn’t apparent just yet. However, the staff at D&D Beyond were quick to reassure their users that Wizards of the Coast has no plans to stop supporting D&D Beyond. They go on to confirm that the purchases their customers have made, along with the data for their characters and campaigns they’ve built won’t be going anywhere. The team in general expressed excitement about getting to work with Wizards of the Coast, in improving their support for the game.

This will be welcome news for many players. D&D Beyond has been praised for it’s quick and easy to use features since it launched in 2017. These features include a character builder and digital character sheet, monster and spell listings that can be sorted and filtered, an encounter builder, and an interactive overlay Twitch Extension. D&D Beyond also provides official D&D content available to purchase, as well as the ability to create and add custom homebrew content.

What could this mean?

Now that the service is set to become an official product of Wizards of the Coast, many fans are hopeful that the service could provide free digital versions of books, for those who own a physical copy. In addition, some fans speculate that this could see the return of playtest ‘beta’ content to D&D Beyond. Wizards of the Coast usually releases playtest content in PDF’s under the name ‘Unearthed Arcana’ to gather feedback from players before it’s adapted into upcoming rule and settings books. D&D Beyond has not supported this content for some time, but with this closer partnership, could do so again. However, whether or not these wishes will become a reality, is yet to be determined.

Wizards of the Coast, during D&D Celebration 2021, announced that an updated version of the fifth edition rulebooks will be released in 2024, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of D&D. A calculated move that seeks to appease the already incredibly large player base of the 5th edition to the RPG which launched in 2014. They assured their customers that the new updated rules would be compatible with the current version of the game, whilst cleaning up some of the inconsistencies born from the gradually shifting design philosophies behind the scenes over the last few years. Given the timing of this acquisition, it seems probable that D&D Beyond will play a big part in delivering this new updated content to the players when it releases.

Whether this acquisition will lead to positive changes remains to be seen. Thankfully, Wizards of the Coast and their partners are no strangers to hearing and responding to fan feedback. And we will be excited to see what the team at D&D Beyond can acomplish, with an even closer working relationship with the publisher.

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Vampire: The Masquerade Swansong was formerly announced for a February release, but now has been confirmed for a May 19th release in 2022! Check out the Vampire: The Masquerade Swansong trailer here.

A Brief History Of Vampire: The Masquerade. The ‘Vampire: The Masquerade’ series of games is based on a TTRPG (or Tabletop Roleplaying Game) in a similar vein to the likes of Dungeons and Dragons or Pathfinder. My personal experience with the franchise before writing essentially consists of a couple half-remembered mentions of it in a Team Four Star podcast episode on hype in video games. That, plus a couple random trailer clips from one of the games that made me think “oh, so like Dishonored, but vampires”.

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Vampiric Royale: Turns out this isn’t the only Vampire The Masquerade game in the works right now! Vampire The Masquerade Bloodhunt is an upcoming battle royale coming out next year, but is also playable in early access mode via Steam right now! Click here for the gameplay trailer.

Swansong’s Gameplay and Story Teases: Vampire The Masquerade Swansong is set to be an action RPG with a choice-driven narrative in a similar vein to titles like Until Dawn or Detroit Become Human. Set in modern-day Boston, the player is caught in a power struggle when a new vampire rocks up to the city saying “nice place you got here”, and you’re like “yeah, it’s mine, get out” and he’s like “Mum said it’s my turn on the power vacuum” and then they fight… I’m exaggerating, but not by much!

Each of the three playable characters are from different vampire clans, each with unique skills and strengths. So by the looks of it, we’ll be seeing Game of Thrones levels of political drama here.

Good News In Ethics in Game Development: In this recent tweet, Big Bad Wolf Studio claimed Swansong’s release delay will allow for increased quality while also allowing the team to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Considering the prominence of issues like crunch time culture that played a role in the development of The Last Of Us Part 2, it’s good to hear some good news in the realm of game development for once!

Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

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