D&D General Hasbro Is Looking For Partners For Baldur's Gate 4

Mistwell said:

If that is the case, and WOTC owns that system along with the game, I wonder why they couldn't hire someone to issue a DLC for BG3?

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Stormonu said:

I'd like to see them go a little far afield - out of the Realms if possible.

Personally, I'd love a Spelljammer/Planescape game that had procedurely generated D&D worlds (as well as famed existing ones) and themed locations on the planes - while still telling a 5E story.

"Tales of the Silver Void" - A Multiversal D&D game.

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SteveC said:

I don't know, I'm enjoying remembering them on a thread right here. But in the same line, I suggest people look at Solasta for other 5E gaming content. No, it is not an AAA game. It has bad voice acting and some not-so-great graphic choices, but for a 5E game? Spot on.

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Mistwell said:

I don't know enough about video game design to know if my impressions are correct. But I always assumed the ability to add new content to an existing game like this one, in the form of a DLC, was built into the back end designer access for the game. As in you don't need to do most of the difficult work of system design to add new content, you have an existing well organized graphic user interface developer system in place. You obviously still need to create graphics, text and voiceover, items, etc.. but the work of that is more of a routine nature and not a complicated design nature.

If that is the case, and WOTC owns that system along with the game, I wonder why they couldn't hire someone to issue a DLC for BG3?

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Jefe Bergenstein said:

BG3 was a hit because of the characters, story, cinematics, etc. Solasta is a 5E combat sim so kind of a dull gaming experience.

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Jefe Bergenstein said:

BG3 was a hit because of the characters, story, cinematics, etc. Solasta is a 5E combat sim so kind of a dull gaming experience.

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Morrus said:

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Last month, Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larion Studios revealed that it was 'elated' not to be working on further D&D video games, expansions, or DLC.

However, Wizard of the Coast's Eugene Evans says that a sequel is still "very much on the cards". Evans is Senior vice president of Digital Strategy and Licensing for Hasbro and WotC, and was talking in an interview with PC Gamer.

“We’re now talking to lots of partners and being approached by a lot of partners who are embracing the challenge of, what does the future of the Baldur’s Gate franchise look like? So we certainly hope that it’s not another 25 years, as it was from Baldur’s Gate 2 to 3, before we answer that. But we’re going to take our time and find the right partner, the right approach, and the right product that could represent the future of Baldur’s Gate. We take that very, very seriously, as we do with all of our decisions around our portfolio. We don’t rush into decisions as to who to partner with on products or what products we should be considering.”

Fans of the characters, such as Shadowheart and Astarian, created by Larion and introduced in BG3 will be pleased to know that they are now owned by WotC, meaning that it's not impossible that they would show up in any sequels. Evans said "Larian created a much loved cast of characters, who were even celebrated by their nominations, the voice actors behind them and the talent behind them was celebrated at the [BAFTAS]...And they are now essentially part of D&D canon."

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SteveC said:

I don't know, I'm enjoying remembering them on a thread right here. But in the same line, I suggest people look at Solasta for other 5E gaming content. No, it is not an AAA game. It has bad voice acting and some not-so-great graphic choices, but for a 5E game? Spot on.

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OakenHart said:

WotC owns the BG3 story and characters, but the engine used was the Divinity 4.0 engine which is owned by Larian.

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