Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Hypes Up Its Next 2 Projects

Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has started working on two new games. The company confirmed as much in a recent community update, which reflected on its latest project and teased what's next for Larian Studios.

Although the developer's newest RPG took no time to establish itself as a massive hit, few have predicted the sheer scale of its eventual success. On top of all the critical acclaim and immense sales, Baldur's Gate 3 made history in mid-April by becoming the first-ever title to win all five of the world's biggest game-of-the-year awards.

A recent Steam post saw Larian reflect on this turn of events by stating the whole company is «absolutely humbled» by the amount of fan and critical recognition for its hit RPG. Aside from previewing the next Baldur's Gate 3 update, the post also included a teaser of what's next for the group. Specifically, Larian revealed that it is currently working on no fewer than two new projects, both of which will be based on original IPs. «After six years in the Forgotten Realms and much discussion and rumination, we’ve decided to seize this opportunity to develop our own IPs,» a company representative wrote. Both projects are still in the early stages of development, with Larian promising to share more about them once there's more to share.

Based on the company's contemporary track record, it is plausible that both of its upcoming projects are role-playing games. Larian's last non-RPG was Divinity: Dragon Commander, a PC-exclusive real-time strategy released in 2013. Not accounting for educational games, which it stopped making in 2011, seven out of Larian's nine titles released since 1997 have been RPGs.

After six years in the Forgotten Realms and much discussion and rumination, we’ve decided to seize this opportunity to develop our own IPs.

The company did not clarify whether its next two games are planned to be developed in parallel from start to finish, or if they have merely entered pre-production around the same time.