Sounds like this will very much be in the vein of “5.5” plus adding some digital tools that look pretty cool, though I have very little confidence in Hasbro getting it right.
Here’s a direct link to the first batch of playtest material for anyone curious. My initial takeaways are that it allows mixed racial backgrounds easily and there’s a much greater emphasis on feats than 5e.
They've pulled ability score bonuses out of races and moved them into character backgrounds, which is a good move, so I'm sure a bunch of people are going to whine about it. Also those Ardlings look like good news for furries