
Developer Starbreeze has announced a new game, codenamed Project Baxter, a cooperative multiplayer game presumably in the style of its PAYDAY series. Further, Starbreeze has managed to snag the official Dungeons & Dragons branding. However, we don't expect the studio to treat the RPG setting as reverently as Larian recently did with Baldur's Gate 3.
Due out in 2026 for all major platforms, Project Baxter will be developed and published by Starbreeze, and the company says it "will carry the signature Starbreeze game cornerstones of cooperative multiplayer, lifetime commitment through a Games as a Service-model, community engagement and a larger than life experience."
Forgive the scepticism, but PAYDAY 3, Starbreeze's latest release, dribbled onto the scene, plagued by server issues that the CEO had to apologise for, taking the developer the better part of two months to get the heist shooter's first patch out. In a year plagued with the likes of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Kong: Rise of Skull Island, or The Walking Dead: Destinies, it's a story of dismal quality that may have gone under the radar for some.
Do you want to see a multiplayer live service D&D game out of Starbreeze? Is this an effort to capitalize on the moment the setting is having, between Baldur's Gate and the shockingly decent film Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves? Let us know in the comments section below.
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If we take a look at aome of Starbreeze other work such as The Walking Dead and their World War 2 game you can guess that this will most likely be a clone of Pay Day.
They might surprise us.
Guerrilla were able to switch away from their FPS Killzone games and make Horizon Zero Dawn. So let’s not count these guys out until we see the final product.
I’m still gonna keep my expectations low though…
I'd really like to see a coop d&d game which combines hand crafted scenarios with ai NPC interactions to simulate a real campaign.
"Due out in 2026 for all major platforms"
Really, we're crystal ball gazing that far ahead? Well, at least the PS6 will have 1 game available on release day...
"will carry the signature Starbreeze game cornerstones of cooperative multiplayer, lifetime commitment through a Games as a Service-model, community engagement and a larger than life experience."
Sounds utterly ***** and I'll be avoiding it like it was the plague.
As with all of these live services, I hope it fails and someone loses loads of money.
@Nepp67 the last Starbreeze Studios games I really enjoyed was The Chronicles of Riddick and The Darkness.
I had no idea they were behind Payday myself.
Glad I didn’t buy payday 3, looked fun but after the disastrous launch and what really looks to be abandonment of the game this’ll be a studio I’ll turn a blind eye to.
So it will be DOA after Larian you would think Wizards would be a bit more picky about who they hand the license out to.
My best guess is they take a similar gameplay to the Vermintide series. While not a fan of the Warhammer setting, I can get behind a co-op D&D action game with similar mechanics.
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