“Continue to support”
According to CEO Swen Vincke, Larian Studios will continue to support Baldur’s Gate 3 next year.
“Obviously we’re working on other things, but we are going to continue to support [Baldur’s Gate 3]” Vincke says in an interview with IGN Obviously we’re working on other things, but we are going to continue to support [Baldur’s Gate 3]” about 2024’s post-launch plans. Those “other things” are most likely referring to the team’s “next big game,” but the studio is still focused on its crown jewel for the time being.
“The community has been patient with us, this is a very large game with a number of permutations,” Vincke continues. “We had this hook in Patch 4, which nobody saw coming, which was the crime system. So depending on how big of a thief you were, you got this problem at the end of the game. And when QA does runs, they often just don’t do that, so it’s logical that you will not see it.”
The most recent Patch 5 of Baldur’s Gate 3 added thousands of lines of dialogue, an extended epilogue party sequence, and all the usual sweeping bug fixes. That cadence appears to be continuing into 2024. With a game as large as Baldur’s Gate 3, “small things” can sometimes snowball into large problems, according to Vincke, and Larian is committed to “getting those under control” in upcoming patches.
There was no mention of DLC for Baldur’s Gate 3, though Vincke previously stated that the team “wants to do more” with the game. However, how that manifests itself is still unknown. Regardless, fans were convinced that the newly added epilogue scenes nicely set up an expansion.