Wizards of the Coast and Tuque Games have collaborated for a new video game tie-in to Dungeons & Dragons, a third-person action RPG titled Dark Alliance.
Dark Alliance will focus on Drizzt Do'Urden, a hero created by author R.A. Salvatore for Dungeon & Dragons' Forgotten Realms campaign setting. The game's story is described as a "spiritual successor" to the popular Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance game and its sequel, which were released in 2001 and 2004. Players can play as Drizzt Do'Urden or one of his companions Catti-Brie, Bruenor or Wulfgar in online or couch co-op. The gameplay promises to merge "the pulse-pounding action of a hack-and-slash dungeon crawler with the progression and loot systems of a role-playing game."
Drizzt Do'Urden first appeared as a supporting character in The Icewind Dale trilogy and became a main protagonist in The Dark Elf Trilogy, the Paths of Darkness series and the Transitions series, among other novels, short stories and comics. “Drizzt and his companions are some of Dungeons & Dragons’ most recognizable heroes,” Nathan Stewart, Head of Franchise for Dungeons & Dragons, explained. “This all-new Dark Alliance will give players a visceral experience that drops them into the action of a Drizzt storyline like never before.”
The game's production was officially announced at the fifth annual Game Awards in Renton, Washington. “From the moment I founded Tuque, our team has known that we wanted to bring our passion for D&D and creativity to the Dark Alliance series,” Head of Studio for Tuque Games Jeff Hattem said. “We’re taking players on an epic journey through the harsh and violent Icewind Dale, where they’re going to need to use their wits, their weapons and their party members to help them survive the iconic monsters we’re going to send their way."
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance will release on PC and consoles in Fall 2020.