Larian Games Doing Better Than Ever Off the Back of Divinity Reveal

Sales of Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2 are up

by Liam Croft 2 hours ago

The recent reveal of Larian Studios' next game, Divinity, has sparked renewed interest in the developer's back catalogue, with Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2 experiencing concurrent player spikes and extra sales.

Swen Vincke, the team's CEO, put out a social media post earlier today sharing that sales of the two RPGs have been "incredible" since Divinity was confirmed at The Game Awards last December. In the case of Divinity: Original Sin 2, it had its best-selling month since release all the way back in 2017.

What will have helped boost the title is the new versions on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 at discounted prices.

The news of increased sales will be a welcome break for Larian Studios from the chatter surrounding its use of AI in game development, which it has since backed off from. A few weeks ago, Vincke said the team has decided "to refrain from using genAI tools during concept art development. That way there can be no discussion about the origin of the art."

Divinity still appears to be a few years away from releasing, and the developer has already confirmed it'll be utilising an early access phase again, but a PS5 (or perhaps a PS6) version is still expected. For now, Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2 still represent some of the best RPG experiences you can have.

Did the announcement of Divinity inspire you to go back to older Larian Studios efforts? Let us know in the comments below.

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Shepherd_Tallon
2 hours ago

If you're on Steam or GoG get yourselves Divinity: Dragon Commander.
It's a fairly light RTS game with some very nice RPG elements. Fun for a long weekend if you can get it on sale.

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Fiendish-Beaver
1 hour ago

I kick-started Divinity Original Sin 2, and played it in Early Access on Steam, before then also getting it on Xbox when it first released there. I then bought it again when the new version released, but this time on PlayStation. So in all, I bought the game 3 times.

I also bought Baldur's Gate 3 in Early Access, and remember well it taking an absolute age to download because everyone else was trying to do the same. I put well over a 1000 hours into BG3 before then doing the same again when it released on consoles.

I then bought the Collector's Edition of Baldur's Gate 3 on both the Xbox and on the PS5, but because I did not want to open them, I bought the game again when it released on the Xbox, thus in all, I bought the game 4 times...!

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SodaPop6548
1 hour ago

I haven't played any of their games, but I am planning to change that in the very near future. I feel like these guys are trying to be the good guys of game development and, as an AI hater, I think that situation got blown out of proportion.

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scottXedgar
1 hour ago

I second Dragon Commander. You can marry a skeleton girl and convince her to become either a flesh and blood woman, a golden robot, a patchwork zombie, or a vampire. Or you can marry an elf girl voiced by the new Lara Croft. Also you get constant feminist tongue lashing by Yennefer’s VA. It’s a funny ass game.

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CRASH64
1 hour ago

These guys are better than BioWare & Bethesda (dev not publisher) these days.

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Scottyy
1 hour ago

No early access... Just release it when it's ready.

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Deadhunter
36 mins ago

@Scottyy Early access helps it BE ready. Baldur's Gate 3 wouldn't be the masterpiece it was without the time it spent in early access.

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