Baldur’s Gate 3 has been a massive success for developer Larian Studios, but the developer recently made the surprising announcement they won’t be following up with Baldur’s Gate 4, or even DLC for BG3.
Instead, they’ve vowed to focus on new original IP and projects. That’s a noble, albeit risky, goal, although beyond some musing about likely doing the early access thing again, we haven’t heard much about what this next step for Larian will entail.
Well, today in a new developer update, Larian provided a bit more information about their future. It turns out they’re actually working on two projects, and it sounds like they’re going to be sticking to the kind of immersive, choice-driven RPG experiences they do well. Related Story Baldur’s Gate Franchise to Continue as Wizards of the Coast Talks to ‘Many Partners’“As an independent studio since 1996, we value the freedom to follow our creativity wherever it leads.
In this case, after six years in the Forgotten Realms and much discussion and rumination, we’ve decided to seize this opportunity to develop our own IPs.
We’re currently working on two new projects and we couldn’t be more excited about what the future has in store. It’s still early days - we’ll tell you more about those later down the line.