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Surprising the audience at his GDC talk today, Larian's founder and CEO Swen Vincke announced the Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin developer won't be making any DLC or expansions for the game, and in fact will be leaving the Dungeons & Dragons world behind entirely.
Vincke continued,"Baldur's Gate will always have a warm spot in our heart. We'll forever be proud of it, but we're not gonna continue in it. We're not gonna make new expansions, which everybody is expecting us to do. We're not gonna make Baldur's Gate 4, which everyone is expecting us to do. We're gonna move on - we're gonna move away from D&D and start making a new thing.
That news may well be a surprise to Baldur's Gate fans eagerly expecting more from the developer, although maybe not for those familiar with Larian, and Vincke in particular. The studio is fiercely independent - as exemplified byVincke followed up those comments with another tweet today, quoting Eurogamer's article:
For the avoidance of doubt - there are plenty of people in publishing I met who have their hearts in the right place. This message was for those who try to double their revenue year after year. You don't have to do that. Build more slowly and make your aim improving the state of…It's a sentiment he echoed in his talk.
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