Report: Hasbro Is Scrapping Dungeons & Dragons‘s Ambitious Virtual Tabletop

Hasbro’s Sigil 3D virtual tabletop tool—which recently launched in a messy, unfinished state as an early public playtest—is reportedly being shuttered after years of development and being folded into, in some capacity, existing D&D Beyond virtual tabletop system, Maps. Rascal News reports that, in an internal message sent to Wizards of the Coast employees, the studio confirmed that Sigil will “transition to a DDB feature,” and attempt to release currently developed extra content for users at no additional cost, while “most of the Sigil team will be separated from the company this week.” “After several months of alpha testing, we’ve concluded that our aspirations for Sigil as a larger, standalone game with a distinct monetization path will not be realized,” the purported message reads in part. “Although we haven’t fully realized our vision for Sigil to scale, the team should be proud of their achievements.” io9 has reached out to Wizards of the Coast to confirm the veracity of both th ... Read full article.