According to the CEO of Larian Studios, they even had to bring up the release of Baldur’s Gate 3 because of “a certain game” from Bethesda…
We all still remember that last summer Starfield and release of Baldur’s Gate 3 around 10 minutes of anticipation kept the audience at a fever pitch. But Larian Studios’ fantasy RPG has pushed its release date forward to early August. While Bethesda’s space RPG debuted in early September. Each had its own importance and significance. However, it turns out that the Belgian studio has a lot of respect for Bethesda, and they didn’t want to release it at a similar time with the Todd Howard-directed title.
This was stated by Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian Studios, in an interview with GamesIndustry, where he talks about how much they respect Bethesda and why they decided to move the release date forward.
“I have a lot of respect for Bethesda. If you are at sea and a larger ship is coming, the rule is to get out of the way; they were the bigger ship. We stepped out of the way for Bethesda, but we wanted the world to pay attention.” he explains.
“We had a lot of narrative permutations, so we wanted to show that the game is very much about identity and how that identity is reflected in the game. Also, we were a much more cinematic game. Immersion in the game was similar to our aspirations. I think these first three aspects were clearly the most important that we wanted to focus on” – says Vincke (via Wccftech).
The creators of Baldur’s Gate 3 are working on two games
A few days ago we reported that the developers of Baldur’s Gate 3 have big plans. It turned out that Larian is working on two games and that they are developing “our own IP”. This is not surprising, since they decided to give up the Dungeons & Dragons license. All of this means that there will be no BG3 expansion and no Baldur’s Gate 4 either. At least one that the Belgian team is developing. Hasbro admitted a few days ago that they are already in talks with several publishers about a sequel after BG3.
Source: GamesIndustry.biz, Wccftech
