Baldur's Gate's Future to Be Revealed Soon, Says Hasbro SVP of Games

Baldur's Gate 3, now a year-and-a-half old, continues to captivate players through their second, third, seventh, and even 10th playthroughs. However, with developer Larian Studios stepping away from the franchise, the future of Baldur's Gate lies in the hands of Hasbro. Fortunately, it seems we won't have to wait long to learn about Hasbro's plans for this beloved series.

During an interview at the Game Developers Conference, Dan Ayoub, the Senior Vice President of Digital Games at Hasbro, shared that there's significant interest in the Baldur's Gate franchise from various parties. "We're kind of working out our plans for the future and what we're going to do with that," Ayoub stated. "And actually, in pretty short order, we're going to have some stuff to talk about around that."

While Ayoub remained tight-lipped about the specifics, hinting neither at a new installment like Baldur's Gate 4 nor at potential crossovers similar to those seen with Magic: The Gathering, he did express a desire for a future Baldur's Gate 4. "It's somewhat of an unenviable position," he remarked. "I mean, we're not in a hurry. Right? That's the thing, we're going to take a very measured approach... We've got a lot of plans, a lot of different ways to go about it. We're starting to think about, okay, yeah, we're ready to start dipping toes a little bit and talking about a few things."

Ayoub also highlighted the immense pressure to deliver a worthy successor to Baldur's Gate 3, a pressure that extends to other Dungeons & Dragons-related projects. "I'm never one to shy down from a challenge," he said. "And I think anything that forces us to raise our creative bar, and developers love to have a high bar to go after, and I think we've actually seen the team push some really interesting ideas that they're like, 'Okay, we need to raise our bar. We need to go bigger on this.'"

In addition to discussing Baldur's Gate, Ayoub touched on other topics such as Magic: The Gathering, Hasbro's partnership with Saber Interactive, and their broader game strategy. Look out for our comprehensive interview with him next week.

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