tuluse
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They were license problems with 4th edition. Atari basically owned the computer game rights, while Hasbro owned the mechanics. They could not come to an agreement to resolve this.I'm sure if D&D was truly a cash cow and WotC knew what they were doing, they would be tripping over themselves to get a game out based on 4th edition. We're witnessing a small revival in party-based CRPGs thanks to Kickstarter and WotC is sitting on their hands while it comes and goes. So either they are incompetent, or D&D is ultimately a very niche product that pales in comparison to the profits their other products garner them (MTG, namely). It's probably a little from column A, little from column B. WotC's track record regarding who they let develop D&D video games definitely doesn't suggest they give much of a shit about quality.
Hasbro now owns their own computer game rights. So we should see some 5E games once it's out.