Larian Studios has achieved great success with Baldur’s Gate 3, but that doesn’t mean they want to live off it from now on. According to Sven Wicke, CEO of the studio, in the latest game community update, they want to take the opportunity to develop their own IPs. Two completely new games that belong to Larian.
Does that mean they are going to abandon Baldur’s Gate 3? Not at all. As they point out in this community update, patch 7 will soon enter closed beta phase. And it promises to be a patch that will change everything we know about the game so far.
In Patch 7, we can expect the introduction of a change that will allow players to continue the work of Larian: the ability to modify key elements of the game. Thanks to this, development teams and modders interested in Baldur’s Gate 3 will now be able to modify fundamental elements of the game. This will allow them to expand it beyond what was possible until now. Giving the game a new potential life by allowing it to be modified in a much deeper way.
On the other hand, Patch 7 will also be the last patch in which Larian will include new story content in the game. To compensate, the new content sounds really juicy. With some new narrative lines for characters with more disappointing development, such as Jaheira and Wyll, what stands out the most is that Dark Hunger will receive a new ending. As expected by fans, this ending is much darker and more brutal than the one already known, offering the possibility of playing as the Great Evil for the first time in Baldur’s Gate 3.
Patch 7 will soon be released in a closed beta for a select number of players, according to Larian themselves. Although we still have to wait to enjoy all the changes in this patch, this is a demonstration of the studio’s future thinking. By giving the tools and powers to the community, the game will be able to continue developing in the months and years to come, if the interest remains. And that’s why, while it’s sad that Larian won’t continue working on it, it doesn’t seem like we’ll be lacking Baldur’s Gate for a long, long time.
