A GI Joe video game is coming from the makers of Dungeons & Dragons

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The first project from a new Wizards of the Coast studio

GI Joe cartoon's Cobra Commander
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A new GI Joe video game is coming from the same company behind Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons.

While the project hasn't been formally announced yet, Wizards of the Coast's careers page confirms that the company is currently staffing up a new studio whose first project will be a new "AAA 3rd person action/adventure game" set in the GI Joe universe, as spotted by PC Gamer. The studio will be based in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, which is also the headquarters of Fortnite and Unreal Engine developer Epic Games.

The four open job listings reveal a few more specifics like the fact that there will be combat of some kind as well as progression systems, though the details are being kept vague for now. 

Given the numerous incarnations GI Joe has taken throughout the years, from its origins as a posable military doll to a cartoon and comic franchise to a live-action film series, there's no shortage of source material for this project to pull from. Ideally it will have good guys firing red lasers at bad guys, and bad guys firing blue lasers at good guys.

It may be a while before we get an official announcement for this GI Joe game, but you can see what's coming up before then with our guide to new games 2021.

Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.