Summary
- Skeleton Key’s unnamed game project under Wizards of the Coast has been canceled, as revealed by an audio director.
- Wizards of the Coast previously canceled five unannounced titles in 2023, resulting in layoffs.
- Despite the canceled project, Wizards of the Coast still has plans for more Dungeons and Dragons video games in the future.
Wizards of the Coast has reportedly canceled a AAA game that was being developed by Skeleton Key. Not much was known about the title, including its name, but it was expected that this project published by Wizards of the Coast would be a horror game.
Skeleton Key is a AAA studio formed by Wizards of the Coast in 2022. Soon after the announcement, it was revealed that Charles Boyd would join Skeleton Key as one of the leaders of the project. Boyd was known as the creative director of Star Wars: The Old Republic, and departed from BioWare in early 2022. Another BioWare veteran, Christian Dailey, joined the studio the same year. Ever since the beginning, not much has been revealed about the mysterious AAA project developed by Skeleton Key aside from hints that it would be a horror game, and the studio has been very silent over the years.
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Now, GameSpot has reported that the AAA project which was being developed by Skeleton Key was canceled. The discovery was made via a LinkedIn post made by Skeleton Key’s audio director, Nassim Ait-Kaci. According to Ait-Kaci, he was looking for a new role after the “unfortunate cancellation” of the unnamed project. At the time of this report, Wizards of the Coast had not officially confirmed the cancellation of the game, though.
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This is not the first time Wizards of the Coast canceled unannounced games in recent years. Back in 2023, Wizards of the Coast canceled five unannounced titles. At the time, it was revealed that 15 employees were laid off.
Fortunately, this latest cancelation does not necessarily mean that Wizards of the Coast is not developing any new games. Reports from 2024 indicated that Wizards of the Coast’s owner Hasbro still has more Dungeons and Dragons video games planned following the success of Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s not known, however, what these games are.
In any case, Wizards of the Coast’s biggest focus in 2025 remains on Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons. A few months ago, WotC teased its 2025 plans for Dungeons and Dragons, starting with D&D’s 2025 Monster Manual, which has recently been released. Later in the year, the company will release other books such as a new Starter Set, which will be focused on a remake of the popular The Keep on the Borderlands adventure, and settings such as the Forgotten Realms will receive an official player’s guide.
