The role-playing game Baldur's Gate 3 has sold over 20 million copies to date.
Bloomberg reported this. about the sales milestone in an interview with developer Larian Studios founder, CEO and creative director Sven Vincke. At the latest official count, Baldur's Gate 3 had sold over 15 million units by the end of 2024, which means another 5 million sales through 2025.
Vincke also discussed working with Dungeons and Dragons owner Wizards of the Coast on another game after Baldur's Gate 3. Larian had been working on another D&D project, but it was canceled after Vincke and company began working on another project. realized that they did not like the process.
“Conceptually, all the ingredients for a really cool game were there, except the hearts of the developers,” he said.
Larian Studios is currently working on a new game in its own Divinity franchise. as announced at The Game Awards 2025. The developer tried to incorporate AI into the process, but Vincke said it wasn't very successful, although the technology is still used for internal presentations, concept art and placeholder text. Vincke insists there will be no AI content in Divinity.
“Everyone is a human actor,” he said. “We write everything ourselves”
Larian Studios is majority owned by Vincke and his wife, with Tencent holding a minority stake. The CEO said the Chinese giant has no say in how his company operates, but its support is vital. This follows from a recent Bloomberg report in which Tencent has been called “more assertive” towards companies it wholly owns.while offering personalized support to those in whom it invests.
“It gave me confidence and I said, 'OK, I'll never stand at a gas station again and call my wife to say I can't pay,'” Wienke said.
The CEO and founder also discussed the growth of Larian Studios; The Belgian-born studio employs 530 people in seven offices in Europe, North America and Asia. While such talent is required to create a AAA project, it is not without its pitfalls.
“I think a lot of founders have the same problem,” Vincke explained.
“I have to be big, otherwise I won’t be able to create my own video game. With growth, suddenly comes a whole new set of responsibilities that you never thought you'd ever have, but you have them and you make the best of them. Size exposes you to new challenges you never knew existed.”
Baldur's Gate 3 was released in Early Access in October 2020, and version 1.0 will be released in April 2023.
