For a clue to the potential pitfalls of working with external partners, look to Games Workshop, one of tabletop gaming’s other 800-pound gorillas. It announced the launch of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – The board game in May 2023. Six months later, Space Marine 2 Publisher Focus Entertainment announced that the video game it was based on would be delayed by almost a full year. When the digital incarnation of Captain Titus received rave reviews last month, Space Marine – The board game
As it turns out, something very similar happened with magicis the latest collaboration with Larian Studio.
“If we don’t do it right, like at the start Battle for Baldur’s Gate a year before Baldur’s Gate 3 When the product comes out of beta, there’s a little bit of inconsistency,” Forsythe said. Working with Marvel was different than working with Larian, but there is still a lot left unsaid between the two companies.
“They shared with us what they could,” Forsythe said. “They gave us some behind-the-scenes insights so we can plan accordingly. We’re still going to be surprised by a lot of things that happen, but yeah, they want us to feel relevant and we definitely do.”
Of course, even if communication between partners isn’t perfect, good things can still happen. That was true magicAnother recent success is: the Fallout-themed Commander decks, which were recently named as the most successful Commander products of all time. It turned out that the timing of its release was just a happy coincidence.
“When we do it right,” Forsythe said, “like when we released our Fallout decks when the Fallout TV show came out — which was completely random and not really planned, just incredibly random — it’s win-win worked great.” […] Both sides want things to feel like everything is intentional and pointing in the same direction. But we both have our secrets to keep and can’t risk the whole ship in any partnership. So I think you’ll see that it will work out pretty well.”
Expect more details on additional Universes Beyond sets in the future, including a highly anticipated collaboration with Square Enix’s Final Fantasy series.
