Larian Studios prepared a nifty Christmas video for its large community of fans. First and foremost, greetings from every office worldwide are included: Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Ghent (the headquarters), Barcelona, Guildford, Dublin, and Quebec.
Then, the focus returns to Senior Communications Developer Aoife Wilson, who claims she's got one more thing. It's a big gift with a 'Larian's Next Game' tag on it. She's got just enough time to shake it once before Larian CEO Swen Vincke jokingly tackles her off-screen, though. Vincke said:
Oh no, you don't! No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Sorry, sorry about that. No, this thing, it needs a lot more time in the oven. By the time it's going to be finished, it's going to be so big! For the time being you're going to have to wait.
And then he proceeds to kick the package far away. I have to say, I certainly wasn't expecting them to start teasing the game so soon. After all, they released Baldur's Gate 3 in August 2023, and we only learned they wouldn't do DLCs or a sequel in March.
Moreover, Vincke himself said not long ago that the next title could come as late as 2029. Sure, he also later added that it was kind of a throwaway line, and he did not want Larian to be beholden to a date. However, a lot of time is clearly needed. After all, Baldur's Gate 3 was revealed ahead of E3 2019 and only launched out of early access more than four years later. From the sound of it, this one will be similarly big, and triple-A development times are only increasing with each new release.
Perhaps this very early tease is an indirect confirmation that the studio's next project will also be released on early access. While this won't make its full launch come any quicker (in fact, the opposite might be true), it would put an early version of it in the hands of the players a lot sooner, probably in the next two to three years.
Whatever the case, the studio's fans must be patient. In the meantime, there's their Advent Calendar Web game to go through. Speaking of actual videogames, Larian has at least one major Baldur's Gate 3 update scheduled for next year. It will add cross-play for cooperative multiplayer, a built-in Photo Mode, and twelve new subclasses to the award-winning cRPG.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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