Baldur's Gate 4

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Making Baldur’s Gate 4 would be "a great challenge" for Rogue Trader devs Owlcat, co-founder says, as the studio reiterate their commitment to CRPGs

I'm not saying you've got to be making a vaguely Mass Effecty RPG starting with Ex to be considered as a successor to Larian on the Baldur's Gate series, but it certainly doesn't seem to hurt. Exodus devs Archetype Entertainment were offered such a chance according to former studio head James Ohlen, and while The Expanse: Osiris Reborn devs Owlcat might not have been yet, their co-founder has said it would be a "great honour" if they were.

Rock Paper Shotgun / Mark Warren

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'We Are a Little Bit Masochistic' — Developers Are Running Scared of Baldur's Gate 4, but Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Studio Owlcat Would Consider It a 'Great Challenge'

Baldur’s Gate 4 appears to have developers running scared because they’re worried about meeting expectations set by Larian’s Baldur’s Gate 3. But one developer has said they would consider making the game a “great challenge” — although they’d avoid simply replicating what had gone before.

IGN / Wesley Yin-Poole

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"I would fail, and here's why I would fail" Why Baldur's Gate 2 co-lead turned down Hasbro's request to make Baldur's Gate 4

After Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian passed on the opportunity to make a sequel, brand owner Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast went looking for someone else to do it. And, as it turns out, the company already works with some of the leads behind Baldur's Gate 2.

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"We're talking about at least half a decade of horror": former Exodus lead explains why he wasn't keen on doing a Baldur's Gate 4 despite Hasbro offering the chance

Nah. Nope. I'm good, thanks. None of those are exactly what former Archetype Entertainment studio head and BioWare veteran James Ohlen said when Hasbro asked him if he fancied making a Baldur's Gate 4, but they essentially capture the jist. Despite having worked on the RPG series before, the former boss behind upcoming sci-fi RPG Exodus wasn't keen in picking up the baton Larian had tossed aside, mainly because trying to live up to the expectations their last work set would be a hugely daunting

Rock Paper Shotgun / Mark Warren

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The Co-Lead Designer of Baldur's Gate 2 Turned Baldur's Gate 4 Down and I Don't Blame Him — Baldur's Gate 3 Is Pretty Much Impossible to Follow

After Baldur’s Gate 3’s enormous success, Baldur’s Gate 4 feels like an inevitability. That’s how the entertainment industry normally works: if a product everyone loves makes hundreds of millions of dollars, it’s guaranteed a sequel. But I’m not sure that established thinking works when it comes to Baldur’s Gate 4.

IGN / Wesley Yin-Poole

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‘That would be insanity’: Baldur’s Gate 2 lead says he turned down Hasbro’s request to make Baldur’s Gate 4

Baldur's Gate 2 developers declined a request to make a sequel to Larian's third entry

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Baldur's Gate 2's co-lead designer was asked to make Baldur's Gate 4 after Larian declined: 'Having to compete against Baldur's Gate 3? That would be insanity'

He declined as well.

PC Gamer / Fraser Brown

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