Dungeons & Dragons previewed the future while battling a controversy from last week, Cosmere RPG broke a huge record, Dungeon World returns from limbo, and Final Fantasy 14 sets second wave of pre-orders. 

In the August 27, 2024 DnD Direct, WotC gave one last preview of the 2024 Player’s Handbook, revealed future books, showed Project Sigil crossovers, and brought some surprises. 

In this week’s TTRPG news, Amazon includes DnD in a video game anthology show, BG3 shows off its new evil endings, DnD hints at cartoon character magic items, and Shin Megami Tensei sets its release date. 

Alien RPG publisher Free League pulls PDF support from Alchemy VTT, classic Dragonlance authors Weis and Hickman announced a new work, and Critical Role collaborates with Among Us. 

The Cosmere TTRPG makers, Brotherwise Games, have provided StartPlaying with a special learn to play adventure.

WotC showed off its VTT at GenCon, content creators got punished for showing early previews of the 2024 Player’s Handbook, Brandon Sanderson scored a huge win, and Free League announced a new Alien update.

The Neopets TTRPG found big success despite not revealing gameplay, DnD 2024 pre-orders broke Hasbro records, Dark Horse took over DnD comic duties, and Paizo updated its third party policy.

This week, WotC hires a former World of Warcraft lead, Stormlight RPG previews some gameplay, Level Up A5E is working on its own VTT, Gen Con will sell limited 2024 DnD books, and Manual of the Planes 5e runs into publishing issues.