Larian Studios will not be involved in the Baldur's Gate III sequel. But Hasbro, which owns the Dungeons and Dragons universe, is looking ahead. This time, there's no question of waiting 25 years for another game.
Rarely has a game been so unanimously acclaimed. Baldur's Gate III overcame most of the video game competitions in which he was engaged. Among those that count (Games Awards, DICE Awards, Game Developers Choice Awards and British Academy Games Awards), the RPG walked away with the title of video game of the year, and a host of other awards.
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With such consecration naturally comes an obvious question: that of the next chapter. After the triumph of Baldur's Gate III, impossible to believe in the absence of a fourth opus continuing the adaptation of a segment of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. Especially at the moment when its vitality is high, like the film on Dungeons and Dragons released in 2023.
Baldur's Gate IV will be done without Larian Studios
What is certain is that Larian will no longer be in the project. The studio boss made it clear that he was done with the D&D universe. No DLC or expansion is planned, which are common extensions in the video game industry. Larian also indicated that his planning was in any case structured around a new project.
For Hasbro, which owns the card game publisher Wizards of the Coast, which itself controls the publishing of D&D, the time has come to look for a new partner. Because the American toy giant has clearly indicated that it is up for a sequel to Baldur's Gate III. This is what the site learned PC Gaming on April 16.
“ We are currently talking to many partners and have been approached by many of them “, declared a Hasbro executive to our colleagues. Obviously, no name was given, the reflection being still at a very preliminary stage. We also do not know if BGIV will be a direct continuation of BGIIIor not.
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Some studios have a profile quite similar to that of Larian – we think of Obsidian Entertainment, to whom we owe the license Pillars of Eternityor to Tactical Adventures and its game Solasta: Crown of the Magister. Or even, why not, BioWarewho took care of Baldur's Gate I And II in 1998 and 2000, and their extensions.
In any case, there are no plans to wait as long as the length of time that separated games two and three of the franchise. Hasbro did not give a specific time frame, but the wait should rather be around half a dozen years. It was about the gestation time of Baldur's Gate III. See you around 2030, then?
