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

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."

 

[MNblockhead]

I prefer my martial attacks fleshy

That works for both an unarmed attack or the target of your attack.

Fleshy unarmed attack:

 

[MichaelSomething]

My heart hopes for SquareEnix...


But my brain fears Ubisoft...

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I also distrust Ubisoft, but not all the videogames should be only in FR but these could help to promote the "brand power" of other settings: Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Mystara, Spelljammer... Not all the D&D videogames should be AAA.

A new videogame shouldn't be a clone of Newerwinter Online. I disadvice online games because there are too much competitors and most of these don't survive a long time.

My suggestion is a retro look, because we need the funniest gameplay, not the best graphics.

Not all D&D games should be only hack and slack or dungeon crawlers, but other genres should be possible, for example a peaceful farm simulation, a date simulation in Stryxhaven (and the main character is a psionic mystic!) or a city-building strategy game in Cerilia(Birthright).