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The Burning Hells Beckon as the Gates of Hell Open for Diablo: The Roleplaying Game

Diablo: The Roleplaying Game

Glass Cannon Unplugged and Genuine Entertainment have shared the details on the upcoming Diablo: The Roleplaying Game, which brings the hordes and Lords of Hell to Kickstarter this Fall for a late Summer 2026 retail release – just in time for BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard’s ultimate celebration of its games and community.

Diablo: The Roleplaying Game is a co-production from GCU and Genuine Entertainment, with Genuine’s Joe LeFavi behind the GM screen as lead producer, setting writer, and loremaster on the RPG series. After years of development, the adaptation of Blizzard’s icon of isometric action features a custom d6 dice pool system forged by a roundtable of top designers, with LeFavi and GCU’s Head of Game Development Przemyslaw Zub working alongside Cam Banks, John Harper, Mike Olson, and Shawn Tomkin on the core rules.

In this fast, fun, and fearless grim dark adventure, Diablo: The Roleplaying Game delivers the video game’s signature power fantasy by flipping the script on character creation, fully equipping players to live the epic-level dream of tabletop roleplaying games from session zero. With magic gear equipped and mastery skills unlocked from day one, fan-favorite classes like Barbarians, Druids, Necromancers, Rogues, and Sorcerers come alive at the game table as players can hack and slash to their heart’s content – plowing through mobs and impossible odds in cinematic, tactical combat exploding with all the phenomenal powers, devastating combos, and legendary loot that fans know and love.

Though you begin as a force to be reckoned with, Sanctuary makes no apologies for the unspeakable horrors you’ll face. Every choice matters in this rich, immersive adventure, as relentless mobs and moral peril wear down your defenses, and story, stats, and synergies all hold sway over life & death stakes rarely decided by dice alone.

Gloriously grim dark, brutal choices await players on and off the battlefield as they root out all evils, even those within – daring inner angels and demons to roll the dice and discover who they truly are. And all the while, the Burning Hells beckon as the Eternal Conflict forever looms overhead, testing and tempting with twists of fate in a push-your-luck meta-mechanic after your very soul.

Set after the climactic events of Diablo IV, the tabletop RPG series will begin with a robust Core Rulebook – bursting with over 300 pages of game rules, rich lore, detailed maps, and gorgeous artwork, including book covers by Antonio De Luca and Blizzard Principal Concept Artist, Igor Sidorenko, with original interior art from Sidorenko, De Luca, and other fan favorites like Mark Molnar, Tomasz Larek, Joseph Lacroix, Damien Mammoliti, Scotty Newman, Pixoloid, and more.

Alongside the Corebook is Volume 1 of an ongoing anthology of one-shot adventures; each stand-alone tale from a different designer on a RPG dream team including Cullen Bunn, John Harper, Graham McNeill, Micky Neilson, Francesco Nepitello and Umberto Pignatelli, MJ Newman, Grégory Thomazo, Shawn Tomkin and Matt Click, and more.

There’s nowhere to run once Skinner finds you!

Dark Horse Books presents Skinner, an original horror graphic novel from Micky Neilson and Samwise Didier. Skinner features interior art by Piotr Kowalski with colors by Dennis Calero, letters by Frank Cvetkovic, and cover art by Samwise Didier.

Skinner is the terrifying tale of six internet celebrities who accompany a superstar survivalist on a one-week trip deep into the remote Canadian wilderness. After their plane crashes, the influencers and their guide are stalked by a mountain man of local legend—Skinner—who tracks, murders and skins his victims. When the celebrities mount a desperate counterattack, they discover that there is much more to the Skinner myth than any of them could have imagined—a nightmare creature that can assume any form.

Skinner HC will be available at comic stores May 3, 2023 and in bookstores May 16, 2023. It is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore. Skinner will retail for $24.99.

Skinner HC

Overwatch Anthology: Expanded Edition is an Essential Companion to the Overwatch Universe

Dark Horse Comics and Blizzard Entertainment are releasing an updated and expanded Overwatch Anthology with Overwatch Anthology: Expanded Edition. This hardcover includes the previously collected Overwatch one-shots along with seven more stories and a new cover by Bengal.      

In this exciting comic series, explore the backstories and motivations behind Overwatch’s most popular heroes—from Ana to Zarya! This updated hardcover anthology now collects all of Blizzard Entertainment’s existing digital Overwatch comics from an all-star lineup of creators, including Ryan Benjamin, Matt Burns, Robert Brooks, Micky Neilson, Nesskain, Bengal, and more. Whether you’re starting in bronze or a Grandmaster, this expanded anthology adds over fifty pages of new comics and behind the scenes content, making it an essential companion to the Overwatch universe!

Overwatch Anthology: Expanded Edition hardcover will be in comic shops on November 10, 2021 and in book stores on November 23, 2021. It is available for pre-order and will retail for $24.99.

Overwatch Anthology: Expanded Edition

Preview: The Howling: Revenge of the Werewolf Queen #1

The Howling: Revenge of the Werewolf Queen #1

Writer: Micky Neilson
Art: Jason Johnson (A), Milan Parvanov (C)
Cover: Kevin West (A), Yvel Guichet (A, C), Carlos Eduardo (A), Chris Summers (B), Anton Kokarev (B), Bill Sienkewicz (D)

The Howling: Revenge of the Werewolf Queen #1 picks up where the cult-classic 1981 film left off: Three weeks have passed since Chris Halloran revealed on national TV that werewolves walk among us. No one believed him. Now Marsha Quist has returned for revenge–and now there is no colony to hold back her blood lust.

Space Goat Announces The Howling Comic and Board Game

Space Goat Productions is partnering with Studiocanal and Creative Licensing to produce a 4-issue comic book miniseries and board game based on the 1981 Joe Dante classic horror film, The Howling.

The comic book series will be written by two-time New York Times best-selling author and former  Blizzard Entertainment lead writer Micky Neilson. Neilson describes the film as his “favorite all-time werewolf film” and one that has led to his obsession with werewolves.

Line art for the comic book series will be provided by industry veteran Jason Johnson, who has worked on fan-favorite books like Wetworks, Gen13, and Knight Rider.

The 4-issue comic book mini-series The Howling: Revenge of the Werewolf Queen is scheduled to be released in Summer 2017, and will take place directly after the events of the first film. The release date of the board game will be announced at a later date.

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