Wizards of the Coast has partnered with Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Entertainment for Project Baxter, a co-op multiplayer Dungeons & Dragons game planned to launch in 2026.According to Starbreeze Entertainment’s announcement, Project Baxter will be developed using Unreal Engine 5 and feature “co-operative multiplayer, lifetime commitment through a games as a service-model, community engagement, and a larger-than-life experience.” Starbreeze will be developing and publishing the game itself, and while Xbox Series X|S hasn’t been specifically mentioned, the Dungeons & Dragons game will launch on “all major platforms” in 2026.“It is hard to imagine a better pairing than Dungeons & Dragons and Starbreeze — both with their foundation in cooperative and community-driven experiences, ‘play it your way,’ and infinite replayability,” Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren said. “When looking at prospective IPs for our future projects, Dungeons & Dragons was always at the top of our list, and I’m incredibly happy to announce this license. I want to thank Wizards of the Coast for being such a great partner. Development of the game is in full swing, and we are excited to deliver an amazing Dungeons & Dragons action-adventure in 2026.”While we wait to see Starbreeze’s take on the Dungeons & Dragons IP, Larian Studios’ highly-anticipated Baldur’s Gate 3 — seriously, I can hardly contain myself — is set to finally get an Xbox Series X|S release date later today. In our predictions for The Game Awards, the TrueAchievements news team was split on whether the RPG will join the many games coming to Game Pass soon.Earlier this year, Wizards of the Coast reportedly canceled a number of video game projects due to a “change in strategy,” many of which were internal projects. With this announcement, though, it looks like we haven’t seen the end of Dungeons & Dragons video games.What a Payday-style fantasy game will look like is certainly interesting. We’ll be watching this closely!
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