Brand New G.I. Joe Digital Game In The Works By Wizards Of The Coast

MGurlea · 02-25-2021, 03:59 PM

I don't following the gaming world as closely as I should but I thought Wizards of the Coast was a board game company? They do video games now too? So will this be out on platforms like Operation Blackout was this past fall?

LockOn · 02-25-2021, 05:47 PM

The concept art looks cool! I can't wait to learn more about it.

captain N · 02-25-2021, 05:49 PM

New games just a new cartoon series.

QWONOS · 02-25-2021, 08:20 PM

Love the art work! That mech looks awesome, just hope they make it better then the last Joe game.

Blackacre · 02-26-2021, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by MGurlea

I don't following the gaming world as closely as I should but I thought Wizards of the Coast was a board game company? They do video games now too? So will this be out on platforms like Operation Blackout was this past fall?

Yeah, I was just reframing the concept of digital game in my mind and was wondering if they were talking about table top gaming, like with a virtual table top or augmented reality or something like that. Wotc does games like D&D and not really video games. It's a little odd to call a video game a digital game.

Frankly, as a dungeon master, I've been interested in delving into a GI Joe tabletop game, with miniatures, but just haven't gotten around to it. It seems like it might be interesting but might not be the most widely appealing. So, yeah, something like that would probably happen because Hasbro owns it and seems to hate the franchise enough.

Lol, I'm still salty and bitter about them calling reissues of 25th anniversary a retro line. Also, they can eat a thick one for giving Gung Ho a proto nazi tattoo on his chest and not making him a marine. What will the soccer moms do next...

MFJayman · 02-26-2021, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by SilverOptimus

How many of you guys noticed that on both images, Snake Eyes is wearing a prosthetic leg?

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Originally Posted by Megastar

He could be a cyborg.

Indeed. He's more machine now, than man...

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Originally Posted by QWONOS

Love the art work! That mech looks awesome, just hope they make it better then the last Joe game.

Is that a Hiss Tank that transforms into a mech? Got treads up on top. Always thought Joe could use more transformable stuff.

IIIzoeIII · 02-26-2021, 06:07 AM

so...snake eyes lost a leg and it's just an FPS? weird.

Jmacq1 · 02-26-2021, 01:23 PM

That is definitely a transforming HISS Tank and I am here for that design making it to toy form.

My only concern with this is that it feels like we're reaching a point where the brand is getting diluted before it gets fully off the ground yet. Hasbro should nail down which is the "main" universe before they start introducing a bunch more interpretations of the same handful of characters.

We've got Classified/Operation Blackout, we've got the movie (sometime in the next year or two) and the Lady Jaye series which may or may not be linked to the movie, and now we'll have this. Not even including classic/ARAH or Fortnite versions, that's three different interpretations in the span of a couple years. Transformers and Marvel get away with this kind of thing because they're super-established brands that have had continued success. GI Joe is barely starting a resurgence and they already seem desperate to fling things at the wall to see what sticks, and that doesn't seem healthy for the long-term.

07GT500 COBRA · 02-27-2021, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverOptimus

How many of you guys noticed that on both images, Snake Eyes is wearing a prosthetic leg?

First thing I noticed. Might end up being a cool nod to wounded warriors. Like said above, "He's more machine than man."

geequeue · 02-28-2021, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverOptimus

How many of you guys noticed that on both images, Snake Eyes is wearing a prosthetic leg?

Movie plot hat-tip?

02-25-2021, 03:59 PM	#11
MGurlea Crimson Guard Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 277	I don't following the gaming world as closely as I should but I thought Wizards of the Coast was a board game company? They do video games now too? So will this be out on platforms like Operation Blackout was this past fall? __________________ My Hiss Tank Feedback: "Needs to be medicated" "Silly" "Abrasive" "Abrasive" "Extremely Abrasive" "Eye roll" "Lives in a Podunk town." 900,000 population, #1 Beach, MTV show, Ritz-Carlton, and international airport = "Podunk" on Hiss Tank "Flippant" "An a" "Dumba" "Not on the same intellectual wavelength" "Is an awful human being" "Admins, can we ban him?"

02-25-2021, 08:20 PM	#14
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02-26-2021, 01:01 AM	#15
Blackacre Chief Scientist & CEO Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: San Diego Posts: 76	Quote: Originally Posted by MGurlea I don't following the gaming world as closely as I should but I thought Wizards of the Coast was a board game company? They do video games now too? So will this be out on platforms like Operation Blackout was this past fall? Yeah, I was just reframing the concept of digital game in my mind and was wondering if they were talking about table top gaming, like with a virtual table top or augmented reality or something like that. Wotc does games like D&D and not really video games. It's a little odd to call a video game a digital game. Frankly, as a dungeon master, I've been interested in delving into a GI Joe tabletop game, with miniatures, but just haven't gotten around to it. It seems like it might be interesting but might not be the most widely appealing. So, yeah, something like that would probably happen because Hasbro owns it and seems to hate the franchise enough. Lol, I'm still salty and bitter about them calling reissues of 25th anniversary a retro line. Also, they can eat a thick one for giving Gung Ho a proto nazi tattoo on his chest and not making him a marine. What will the soccer moms do next... __________________ Chief Scientist Blackacre Heavy Industries (BHI) / Research, Development, Technology & Engineering (RDT&E) / San Diego Operations

02-26-2021, 01:05 AM	#16
MFJayman Salty Scallywag Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Swabbin' with Shippy Posts: 2,542	Quote: Originally Posted by SilverOptimus How many of you guys noticed that on both images, Snake Eyes is wearing a prosthetic leg? Quote: Originally Posted by Megastar He could be a cyborg. Indeed. He's more machine now, than man... Quote: Originally Posted by QWONOS Love the art work! That mech looks awesome, just hope they make it better then the last Joe game. Is that a Hiss Tank that transforms into a mech? Got treads up on top. Always thought Joe could use more transformable stuff. __________________ . _ My Savage States artwork on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/savage.states.art/ Last edited by MFJayman; 02-26-2021 at 01:09 AM..

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