The announcement came via Hasbro’s investor newsfeed, followed by a post on the official Dungeons & Dragons website. Welcome to the party, @DnDBEYOND – are you ready for the next adventure? pic.twitter.com/Ph5kkn7xMk – Dungeons & Dragons (@Wizards_DnD) April 13, 2022 “Dungeons & Dragons and D&D Beyond have always felt like members of the same family,” the D&D statement said. “That’s why we’re excited to welcome everyone at D&D Beyond to officially join us at Wizards of the Coast, bringing together two teams dedicated to continuing to make Dungeons & Dragons easy to operate and accessible to everyone!” Most importantly, it seems that current D&D Beyond members need not worry about losing access to their list of campaigns, characters they have created, or books they have purchased. “You’re probably wondering what kind of change might happen as a result of these two teams coming together,” writes the Wizards, “so let’s clarify: we have no plans to stop supporting D&D Beyond. The purchases you have made, the characters you have create and the campaigns you run run nowhere. “
The WizKids Gargantuan Tiamat is D&D’s largest Mini Calling it a “strategic acquisition”, Hasbro seems to be looking at the market – which will cost the gaming giant the “intangible” $ 146.3 million – an obvious step, citing D&D Beyond as a “significant contribution” to the faster D&D revenue stream. “The acquisition of D&D Beyond will accelerate our progress both in gaming and directly to the consumer,” said Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks. . “Together we will offer the best possible Dungeons & Dragons experience” “ Ever since it was released in 2017 as an online epitome with both the free release of the D&D set of rules (with digital editions of published source books available for purchase), D&D Beyond has quickly gained popularity with its add-on tools for both Dungeon Masters and and for the players. It is a digital character sheet that comes with official content and playback testing material — along with a wide variety of homebrew content shared by the community — and has since added other tools, such as digital dice for you, meeting builders, and battle tracker. With the onset of the global pandemic in 2020, the service saw a huge increase in active users as players began uploading their weekly D&D games online. There is no word on whether players purchasing physical copies of new fifth-edition D&D books will be able to receive free or discounted digital copies, which has long been a topic of discussion in the D&D digital community. However, Hasbro’s announcement claims that the team aims to pursue “a single, game-centric vision” for Dungeons & Dragons to move forward. “The team at D&D Beyond has created an incredible digital platform,” said Cynthia Williams, President of WotC and Hasbro’s Digital Gaming Division, “and together we will offer the best Dungeons & Dragons experience for players around the world.” The transaction is not yet final, although it has been approved by the Boards of Directors of Hasbro and Fandom and is expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2022. Follow here for more updates on digital D&D, as well as all upcoming releases books and everything we know about the next edition of Dungeons & Dragons. JR is a Senior Producer at IGN, you can follow him on Twitter for more video games and RPG board games.
