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Baldur’s Gate 3
larian
You would think that one of last year’s most popular games and a big GOTY winner might be planning to release DLC and, obviously, a future sequel. But in the case of Baldur’s Gate 3, neither of those things happen. Because? It’s more logical than you imagine.
At GDCBaldur’s Gate 3 director Swen Vincke said that while Larian started the DLC at one point, he ultimately canceled it because the team’s heart wasn’t in it:
“You could see that the team was doing it because everyone felt like we had to do it, but it wasn’t really coming from the heart, and we are very much a study of the heart. It’s what got us into misery and it’s also been the reasons for our success.”
When it was canceled, the team was “ecstatic,” he said, and everyone agreed that they just wanted to close the game (Baldur’s Gate 3 has had many major patches since its release, including the addition of new content).
They’re also not making Baldur’s Gate 4, saying another studio can “pick up this incredible legacy.” You may understand the reasoning behind the DLC, but is there no sequel? Again, there is a reason for this.
Baldur’s Gate 3
larian
Larian plans to work on a new project that would “leave the intellectual property in the hands of Wizards of the Coast.” While a good portion of players may not realize that Baldur’s Gate is an intellectual property owned by Wizards of the Coast, what that means is that Larian, with its massive success, was giving tens of millions of dollars directly to WotC instead of being able to keep it, despite being a fully independent publisher. So you can imagine why they feel that next time they will be able to create a great new game. without need to do so, free of the inevitable IP tax.
We don’t know what Larian’s next project will be, other than it’s not another Divinity Original Sin. Vincke says it will “dwarf” the scope of Baldur’s Gate 3, which seems pretty crazy for a game that players can easily spend 200 to 300 hours inside, and has remained in Steam’s top 10 games since August despite being single player. just because of the sheer amount you can do with it.
It sounds like the right decision on both fronts, both for the DLC and the decision not to make another sequel, which would likely take most of the next decade. But I think everyone is eager to see what Larian does next.
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