Fresh from receiving quite a lot of The Game Awards nominations and off the again of hit recreation Baldur’s Gate 3, developer Larian Studios has teased its subsequent mission.
In a X/Twitter put up quoting Larian’s name for The Game Awards votes, boss Swen Vincke mentioned “seeing our little area of interest RPG make such waves may be very motivating”, earlier than occurring to speak in imprecise phrases in regards to the studio’s subsequent mission.
“I want I may inform you about our subsequent large recreation however that is actually encouraging us to make sure it pushes many boundaries,” Vincke teased. “I’m very enthusiastic about it.”
That’s not a lot to go on, however Baldur’s Gate 3 followers have already began speculating about what’s subsequent for Larian. Will Baldur’s Gate 3 DLC and even an growth observe? Given the massive success of the sport, it looks as if there could be sufficient curiosity to justify such a launch, regardless of points with high-level Dungeons & Dragons spells and powers if the extent cap is raised above 12.
But what in regards to the “subsequent large recreation”? In July, forward of Baldur’s Gate 3’s explosive launch, Vincke advised IGN a sequel to Larian’s personal Divinity: Original Sin sequence is on the playing cards, though followers shouldn’t maintain their breath.
“It’s [Divinity: Original Sin] our personal universe we constructed, so we’re undoubtedly gonna get again there sooner or later,” Vincke mentioned. “We will get again there sooner or later. We’ll first end this one [Baldur’s Gate 3] now, after which take a break, as a result of we might want to refresh ourselves creatively additionally. You’re seeing 400 builders placing their coronary heart and souls into this. You’re getting the perfect of them and their craft into this recreation. And so I can inform you, it is fairly a factor.”
If Divinity isn’t subsequent, maybe a model new recreation set in a very totally different universe? Larian has created fantasy RPGs for a while now. Could it department out into science fiction? Or a modern-day setting? Or perhaps even strive a brand new style? Whatever’s subsequent, it’s going to absolutely be one of many most-anticipated video games ever.
For now, Baldur’s Gate 3 stays one of many hottest video games on the earth, and remains to be among the many most-played video games on Steam. Its long-awaited Xbox model appears imminent. “Xbox followers, and followers of bodily media, watch this house for a proper announcement,” Larian teased. “It’s going to be a busy week.”
In IGN’s evaluate of Baldur’s Gate 3, which returned a ten/10, we mentioned: “With crunchy, tactical RPG fight, a memorable story with complicated characters, extremely polished cinematic presentation, and a world that all the time rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur’s Gate 3 is the brand new high-water mark for CRPGs.”
For extra, try IGN’s complete Baldur’s Gate 3 walkthrough.
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