Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Support Sounds Like Its Final Major Update

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Larian Studios will seemingly stop releasing major updates for beloved role-playing game Baldur's Gate 3 after official mod support becomes available in September 2024.

As reported by Eurogamer, Larian CEO Swen Vincke said at BAFTA's An Evening with Baldur's Gate 3 event that he and the team "really want to move forward and do new things" so players "will see the level of support diminished to really critical bug fixes."

Vincke explained: "One of the big things for us, and the one that we're really working towards now, is the ability for players to mod [Baldur's Gate 3] themselves, because then they will be able to make their own things, and I think that will be the point where we're going to say 'ok, now it's yours fully'."

Larian will then switch its focus to its upcoming projects that aren't continuations of the franchise or even set within the Dungeons & Dragons universe, but Vincke insisted the studio is "still working as if the game was just out" for now.

"We're working on our new thing, we're super excited about the new games," he said. "We're creative spirits also. We don't want to keep on doing the same thing; we really want to move forward and do new things."

Official mod support comes to all versions of the game through Patch 7, and while Larian has already teased some big additions for Baldur's Gate 3's anniversary on July 29, 2024, the September update will seemingly be the last one to make major changes to the game.

Larian has made thousands of changes to Baldur's Gate 3 since it was released, from small bug fixes to huge changes like the addition of a new epilogue (and new and randomised kisses).

In our 10/10 review of the game, IGN said: "With crunchy, tactical RPG combat, a memorable story with complex characters, highly polished cinematic presentation, and a world that always rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur's Gate 3 is the new high-water mark for CRPGs."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.