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From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Polygon] Larian Studios wont make any more Baldurs Gate games
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:14:43 -0700
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On 3/23/2024 6:54 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:26:28 +0100, kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/22/2024 3:37 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 3/22/2024 2:40 AM, kyonshi wrote:
>>>> Source:
>>>> https://www.polygon.com/24107939/baldurs-gate-3-larian-studios-no-more-dnd-wizards-of-the-coast
>>>>
>>> I was thinking nice things about Larian reading this.  Finally a company
>>> that wants to put out good, _new_ games, not just endlessly milk a cash
>>> cow.  Until this last paragraph....
>>>
>>>>
>>>> However, Wizards of the Coast was hit with layoffs right before
>>>> Christmas 2023, massively impacting the D&D and Magic teams. This
>>>> includes the team that helped with Baldur’s Gate 3, according to Vincke.
>>>
>>> That made me think this was more corporate spin as the execs were
>>> thinking "Well, shit, there goes our cash cow franchise...."
>>>
>>
>> Maybe WotC thinks they don't need that team anymore and that they can
>> replace them by AI. Seems to be their favorite idea lately.
> 
> Larian has actually issued a statement saying that the reason for the
> departure is most definitively not bad blood between Larian and WOTC*
> and, honestly, I can see that. In fact, I seem to recall the
> developers saying - prior to the game's release - that there were no
> real plans for them turning their game into a franchise anyway; that
> for Larian "Baldur's Gate 3" was intended to be a one-and-done game.
> The company has never been averse to going off and doing their own
> thing, and has always professed to prefer to be in charge of their own
> destiny rather than beholden to an IP licensor or publisher.
> 
> So this departure, rather than indicative of some breakdown in
> relations between WOTC, seems perfectly in tune with Larian. I'm not
> reading any more into it except that Larian likes to make their own
> games, and while BG3 was a profitable side-hustle, it was never
> intended to be their 'main gig'.
> 

I'm betting on a cash grab hack job by another publisher for BG4. 
Either that or Hazardbros throws enough money at Larian to tempt them 
into it, but that seems a very remote chance seeing all their crap 
decisions of late.

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