Continuation of the D&D brand (from a business perspective)

[Crow]

By hardcore I take it you mean "3D6 in order, don't bother putting on the character sheet a section for background and personality? Your character is created in front of the dungeon? Because that's what a lot of hardcore games I saw boiled down to.

You say that like there was no way someone could possibly play a character with a personality in those game...