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During a Hasbro investor's call, the American toy and game company revealed that Baldur's Gate 3 has earned it $90 million since the RPG's official release last year, thanks to a licensing deal.

However, she won't be actively hostile and instead insists that the party submit to the Mapping of the Heart. It's possible to attack immediately and put every person in the building to the sword. However, as far as we could tell, there's no actual disadvantage to doing the ritual.

No. Studio founder Swen Vincke announced as much this March, during a talk at the Game Developers Conference. “We're not going to make Baldur's Gate 4, which everybody is expecting us to do,” Vincke said. “We're going to move on, we're going to move away from D&D, and we're going to start making a new thing.”

Speaking to PC Gamer, Eugene Evans, the senior vice president of digital strategy and licensing for Wizards of the Coast and parent company Hasbro - which owns the IP - offered a bit of insight into where Baldur's Gate's future currently stands.

In an interview with IGN at GDC 2024, Vincke revealed Larian began work on Baldur's Gate 3 DLC and even gave some thought to a potential Baldur's Gate 4 before pivoting away to other projects because the team was "going through the motions." "You could see the team was doing it because everyone felt like we had to do ...

Hasbro has made $90 million off of Baldur's Gate 3 since the hit RPG's release in August 2023. Though it did not make Baldur's Gate 3 directly, Hasbro has cashed in on its success via a licensing deal between Larian Studios and Wizards of the Coast.

Letting Astarion bite you is an easy way to get approval with him. The simple answer is yes, as the only downside is gaining the Bloodless debuff, while Astarion gains the Happy buff and his approval rating of you increases.

To obtain Viconia's Walking Fortress Legendary Shield in Baldur's Gate 3, you must kill Viconia DeVir and loot the items from her body.

He added that Larian is also going to “move away from D&D” and start a new project. As reported by IGN, Vincke said the studio originally considered making DLC for Baldur's Gate 3, but it ended up walking back on the idea after realizing “it wasn't really coming from the heart.”

Is Larian no longer working on BG3? ›

During a talk at GDC 2024, Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke announced that Larian Studios would not be making any DLC, expansions or sequels for the highly-regarded RPG, which took home another Game of the Year award at Wednesday's Game Developers Choice Awards.

Speaking to GameSpot at GDC, Larian CEO Swen Vincke said that, when considering the company's next moves, he did initially want to move ahead with more Baldur's Gate. After proceeding with this plan for a bit, however, Larian decided it would be antithetical to the studio's identity.

Baldur's Gate 3's success is credited to Larian Studios' storytelling and character development, not just the D&D world it's set in. Fans are invested in Larian's future projects, proving that the love for Baldur's Gate 3 goes beyond the D&D IP.

Fortunately, Baldur's Gate was unharmed from the effects of the blue fire that rained from the sky. As it was known throughout Faerûn as an "open city", the Gate became a haven for a great number of refugees that fled the destruction that wracked the lands around the Sea of Fallen Stars.

At GDC, Larian's CEO Swen Vincke confirmed that it is too ambitious to stay in one place for too long, and DLCs are just not what it does. "We are a company of big ideas. We are not a company that's made to create DLCs or expansions," Vincke said (via PC Gamer). "We tried that actually, a few times.

Larian's director of publishing mentions the number while addressing threats and toxicity in the community.

Baldur's Gate 3 is estimated to have earned around $657 million in gross revenue – which is the total income despite any expenses – followed by Hogwarts Legacy at $341 million and Starfield at $235 million.

Baldur's Gate 3 was one of the most-played and best-selling games on Steam in 2023. According to estimates from the PC Market Report, the game also made more money than fellow RPGs Hogwarts Legacy and Starfield combined.

Baldur's Gate 3 Has Made $90 Million for Hasbro - IGN

Hasbro, the parent company of Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast, revealed that Baldur's Gate 3 has earned the company $90 million through a licensing deal.