Baldur’s Gate III is finally happening, 19 years later - weaverfestand

Larian Studios

We waited for years, and then it all happened so quickly. Almost two decades subsequently the release of Baldur's Gate Cardinal we're finally getting a sequel—and information technology's coming from Divinity: Original Sin developer Larian, probably the unexceeded scenario I could imagine by from Obsidian, WHO's already made deuce "sequels" in the form of Pillars of Eternity.

But spiritual successors are no substitute for a real Baldur's Logic gate III. Contempt denying rumors 6 months past, Larian formally undraped the project at Google's Stadia event, which kind-of-sort-of kicked off E3 2019 this morning.

We didn't see much of anything in nowadays's trailer—simply a valet turning into a Mind Flayer, followed by the Baldur's Gate III logo. That's sufficient though. We'Ra returning to the Irrecoverable Realms!

Larian's Sven Vincke said they originally approached Wizards of the Coast around the time of the first Original Wickedness and that Wizards wasn't interested, but that Wizards came back sometime during Original Boob II and resurfaced the estimation. Apparently information technology will use Dungeons & Dragons 5E for the core rules alternatively of the convoluted AD&D of the originals, which is a assuagement. Goodbye, THAC0.

No word yet on release date, nor other important aspect: Whether it's a Stadia exclusive. That doesn't seem to be the casing, but hey, you never know with these things until they're formally announced. We'll keep you updated.

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Hayden writes near games for PCWorld and doubles as the resident Zork enthusiast.