Dungeons & Dragons co-op multiplayer game on the way from Payday devs

rockpapershotgun.com:

Payday devs Starbreeze are working on a co-op multiplayer game based on storied tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons. It’ll be out in 2026, and Starbreeze are being upfront with the fact it’ll be a games-as-a-service-type game.

The untitled Dungeons & Dragons video game, which is currently codenamed Project Baxter within the studio - which some reason reminded me of the sort of cutesy nickname you’d give a grey old dog, like Major Muffins - will be set in the world of the hugely influential fantasy TRPG, which marks its 50th anniversary next year. While D&D can technically be played in any setting that players want, its official universe is the Forgotten Realms - familiar from the likes of Baldur's Gate 3 and this year’s far-better-than-expected D&D movie Honor Among Thieves.

Starbreeze didn’t say much about what to expect, but indicated that their take on D&D will stick to the sort of formula set by Payday and its ilk in being a co-operative multiplayer game with “lifetime commitment through a Games as a Service-model” and elements of “community engagement”. They also said it’ll offer “a larger than life experience”, which you’d really hope for from a game literally titled Dungeons and Dragons - two things I personally don’t experience much in my average day-to-day, but maybe that’s just me.

We are excited to unveil Dungeons & Dragons® as the IP for our next game, codename ”Project Baxter”. A co-operative multiplayer title to be released on all major platforms in 2026!

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Otherwise, we know that Starbreeze will be both developer and publisher for the game, which is due to release sometime in 2026 on “all major platforms” - so that’ll be a yes to PC. It’ll