Looks like Hasbro is doubling down on tabletop games. The company is creating a whole division that will be dedicated to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Wizards of the Coast, the publisher behind 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dungeons & Dragons and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Magic: The Gathering. While Hasbro has owned Wizards of the coaꦓst since 1999, this new division will place a larger emphasi🌱s on making and distributing tabletop games.
According to , Hasbro is creating an entire division around the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering as part of a re-structuring. The toy and game making company is undergoing some behind-the-scenes changes to help alleviate the burden that the cur🔜rent pandemic has created. This new structure will divide Hasbro into three units; Consumer products, Entertainment, and the new Wizards & Digital. The Wizards & Digital unit will "house the assets ofꦑ Wizards of the Coast and focus on expanding the existing games, creating new ones, and overseeing digital licensing for the entire business."
Hasbro hopes to tap into the success that old-fashioned tabletop games have seen since the beginning of the pandemic. While Hasbro reported a decline in net revenue last year of 8% due in part to retail shutdowns, Wizards of the Coast posted revenue that was up 24% to $816 million. This new division will hopefully allow Hasbro to replicate this success in digital games and licensing in other parts of the company. It also hopes to boost existing properties, like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Transformers and G.I. Joe, according to insiders. With t꧑he Wizards unit on track to double revenue from 2018 to 2023, it makes sense that Hasbro would want to replicate that success throughout the entire company.
However, even before the pandemic, tabletop games were becoming more mainstream. Shows like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Stranger Things and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Critical Role were pushing Dungeons & Dragons to the forefront and bringing new players into the game. Plus, Magic: The Gathering has gained popularity by combining with other sci-fi and fantasy franchises. Last year, the card game released cards featuring 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:characters from The Walking Dead and iconic monsters like Godzilla. There wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚas also a limited set fꦰeaturing paintings from Bob Ross.
This new Wizards division could not have come at a better time for the company. With Magic: The Gathering set to become 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a Netflix animated series and multiple f168澳洲幸运5开奖网:ilm and television projects concerning Dungeons &🎃 Dragons, it looks like this is only the beginning for these tabletop pro🐈perties.
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