Former Star Wars: The Old Republic Game Director Joins New Wizards of the Coast Horror Game Studio
Wizards of the Coast has been making big plays across the industry, between its acquisition of D&D Beyond, the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons: Honor among Thieves movie, and its recent announcement of One D&D. On top of these big announcements, Wizards of the Coast just announced Skeleton Key, a new video game studio led by industry veterans.
Skeleton Key was formally revealed to the world on July 26th. More recently, veteran game developer and writer Charles Boyd revealed he was joining Skeleton Key as its new creative director.
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Until recently, Boyd was the creative director for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Boyd joined BioWare to work on SWTOR in 2006, where he became lead writer in 2012. By 2015, he became lead creative designer, and was promoted to creative director in 2016 until his departure from The Old Republic in early August 2022. Now, Boyd has joined the crew of Skeleton Key as one of its leadership.
Very little is known about Skeleton Key’s future projects at present. According to its website, the video game studio seems to be aiming for the suspense and horror genre, and hopes to “guide players to have fun while facing their fears.” Players can only speculate if its first project will be a single player game, a live service MMORPG like The Old Republic, or something completely new. Though only a couple of developers have been revealed as employees of Skeleton Key, players may be able to get a glimpse at what its next project may look like once more of its crew goes public.
Fans of The Old Republic had their attention drawn to Skeleton Key upon learning Boyd was involved. He has been a part of the Star Wars: The Old Republic for its entire lifespan until this
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