Baldur's Gate 3 leads feel "closure" after the RPG's victory lap: "I'm crazy hyped about what's next but it's going to take a while"
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TheBaldur’s Gate 3team has expressed a feeling of “closure” after the juggernaut game completed its victory lap.
Baldur’s Gate 3 had been quietly bubbling away in early access for years, before launching to massive commercial and critical success. The RPG threequel unexpectedly becameone of the best-selling hits of last year, and just recently, its record-breaking status reached new heights as itwon all five major Game of the Year awards.
Baldur’s Gate 3 became the first game in history to win gold at The Game Awards, the DICE Awards, the Game Developers Choice Awards, the Golden Joysticks, and the BAFTAs - and that last accolade is what bookmarked this chapter for some development leads.
“The BAFTAs really felt like the proper closure,” studio founder and game director Swen Vincke explains in a recenttweet, while also teasing that he’s “crazy hyped about what’s next but it’s going to take a while.”
“Seconded. Closure was needed,” publishing director Micheal Dousechimes in. “I can’t wait to focus on the future and get back to work and put my amazing team to good use. I am not someone designed to twiddle thumbs and smile politely.”
Both developers seem to have closed a page on Baldur’s Gate 3, especially after announcing that anexpansion or a Baldur’s Gate 4 won’t come from developer Larian Studios. The team instead seems to be working on something completely original, whileD&D license holder Hasbro is already “talking to lots of partners"to avoid another quarter-century break between Baldur’s Gates.
Larian Studios has “two games that we want to make,” alongside “lots of concepts.”
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