Hasbro has recorded a $56 million impairment charge tied to the cancellation of several Digital Games projects originally slated for "2028 and beyond," the toy and games giant confirmed as part of its latest financial results. The move signals a narrower, more cautious approach to Hasbro's in-house game development, even as titles targeting 2027, such as Exodus from Archetype Entertainment and Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons, remain unaffected and on track.

Hasbro has not named which specific projects make up the writedown, but reports point to the Dungeons & Dragons action-adventure game from Giant Skull, led by former Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order director Stig Asmussen, after Hasbro pulled out of a publishing deal with the studio in May. The status of a project from Atomic Arcade, the GI Joe game developer Hasbro closed earlier this year, also remains unclear. Hasbro said it will keep focusing owned development on titles with "the clearest upside," while leaning more heavily on licensing and partnership deals, of the kind that produced Monopoly Go! and Baldur's Gate 3, for its broader portfolio. The company has yet to confirm a studio for a new mainline Baldur's Gate game following Larian's decision not to pursue a sequel to Baldur's Gate 3.