— Rathi Murthy, former chief technology officer for Expedia, is now CTO for Varo Bank, a digital financial institution based in San Francisco. Murthy was previously a CTO at Verizon… Read More
Reports spread on Tuesday via social media that Wizards of the Coast, the Renton, Wash.-based company that publishes Dungeons & Dragons, has dismissed most of the employees that were working… Read More
The future of Dungeons & Dragons was a secret inside a secret. Wizards of the Coast hasn’t left Renton, Wash., but it did move out of its previous Landmark building… Read More
A job posting by Wizards of the Coast went viral on social media over the weekend, highlighting some consumers’ lack of enthusiasm for generative artificial intelligence, as well as the… Read More
A new SEC filing reveals that Cynthia Williams plans to step down as president at Hasbro-owned game company Wizards of the Coast. No specific reason has been publicly offered for… Read More
Blaming an unspecified “vendor,” Wizards of the Coast has admitted that generative AI was used to create a marketing image it posted earlier this month. Now it’s offered a mea… Read More
In response to social media criticism, Wizards of the Coast has released a statement that further clarifies its stance on the use of generative AI in material for the Dungeons… Read More
A new round of layoffs at Hasbro has impacted its subsidiary Wizards of the Coast, despite Wizards’ strong recent performance and its status as a linchpin for Hasbro’s overall revenue… Read More
Employees at Renton, Wash.-based gaming giant Wizards of the Coast were affected by a new round of layoffs at its parent company, Hasbro. Hasbro announced “additional headcount reductions” in an… Read More
In retrospect, Planescape was a solid 30 years ahead of its time. In 2023, every big nerd franchise from Spider-Man to Mortal Kombat is built on the concept of a… Read More
Wizards of the Coast will update its artist guidelines to prohibit the use of illustrations that were made with generative AI tools, after fans spotted telltale signs of AI art… Read More
The PC version of the highly anticipated game Baldur’s Gate III will exit Steam Early Access on Aug. 3, almost a full month ahead of schedule. BG3, an adaptation of… Read More
Wizards of the Coast held a press summit earlier this month to announce plans for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game for the next six months, which includes a… Read More
The most Dungeons & Dragons thing about Honor Among Thieves is that its protagonists are all complete screw-ups. One of the things you have to get used to in a… Read More
Wizards of the Coast is officially leaving its old rules in place to govern independently-published material for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying game. As previously reported, a leak earlier… Read More
Dungeons & Dragons is, by most standards, the tabletop roleplaying game. There are hundreds of other pen-and-paper RPGs, but D&D was the first to hit store shelves and has by… Read More
Wizards of the Coast issued a press release Friday to clarify that it doesn’t intend to implement a series of controversial policies that would have reportedly changed how it handles… Read More
Renton, Wash.-based Wizards of the Coast has canceled at least five unnamed video game projects, according to a report from Bloomberg. The cancellations are said to affect fewer than 15… Read More
After stints with Microsoft’s Xbox team and Amazon’s finance and fulfillment departments, Cynthia Williams started a new role 10 months ago as president at Wizards of the Coast. Williams has… Read More
Wizards of the Coast confirmed to GeekWire that its forthcoming revision of Dungeons & Dragons will continue to officially support third-party products and sourcebooks. Wizards, headquartered in Renton, Wash., currently… Read More
Wizards of the Coast has opened a new video game development studio in Montreal, which is already working on a new Dungeons & Dragons title. The new company, Invoke Studios,… Read More
Renton, Wash.-based gaming company Wizards of the Coast filed a preliminary injunction in Seattle last week that seeks to prevent the release of a Wisconsin company’s upcoming tabletop game, citing… Read More
As part of a new publishing initiative, Wizards of the Coast plans to make a number of changes to Dungeons & Dragons, which includes the introduction of an official virtual… Read More
Renton, Wash.-based Wizards of the Coast held a pre-recorded livestream on Thursday morning to reveal several big upcoming projects for Dungeons & Dragons, including the long-awaited return of the Spelljammer… Read More
The parent company behind Dungeons & Dragons has moved to outright acquire the game’s most popular digital toolset. D&D Beyond, currently operated by the entertainment wiki service Fandom, announced that… Read More
One of Hasbro’s top shareholders has launched a campaign to overhaul Hasbro’s overall business strategy, which includes spinning Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast off into its own company. Alta… Read More
The company behind the popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering has sent a takedown notice to the organizers behind mtgDAO, a fan project that planned to build an NFT-based… Read More
Hasbro announced on Thursday morning that it has appointed Cynthia W. Williams as the new president of its Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming division. Williams will assume her… Read More
A new year means a new release schedule for Dungeons & Dragons, and Wizards of the Coast’s latest sourcebook is a compilation that marks some subtle but interesting changes to… Read More
It’s been a strange year in a strange business. The video game industry came into 2021 with a lot of momentum, with millions of new customers, high sales, and venture… Read More
