Larian Might Be Ending Official Support for Baldur's Gate 3 by the End of 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 has established its name as one of the greatest RPGs this decade, and part of it is due to strong post-launch support. This means that fans kept having new content, game modes, and even alternative story endings. That continuous stream of new content for fans may be coming to an end soon.

According to Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke, after one final major update this September, the team is going to back away from Baldur's Gate 3. Only "really critical bug fixes" will be dealt with at that point, though the game is so polished at this point that huge issues in the future seem unlikely anyway.

This isn't really a surprise, considering Vincke has already spoken about how there will be no major expansions to Baldur's Gate 3 and Larian Studios won't work on a future Baldur's Gate 4. As Vincke said, it is not about business; rather, it's about passion. The studio would like to create their own original projects and not be bound forever by the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, continuing to go on and on like this.

Even with this change, there's plenty that Baldur's Gate 3 players can look forward to. Crossplay, photo mode, and more evil endings are all part of a rollout coming next year. With the game already boasting such a dense experience, it's hard to exactly see how many of the endings could get more malevolent than the particularly gory Dark Urge ending that previously got cut from the game, but these updates promise to add depth to an already-stacked game. Probably the most interesting to the community is the release of official modding tools for The Witcher 3 and Starfield.

These modding tools will put more power into the hands of modders, allowing them to truly flesh out Baldur's Gate 3 mods beyond simple armor and clothing modifications. Modders can add new quests and probably build up totally new realms. It's almost a given that some modders will take on such an ambitious task: to get these games running in the same engine as Baldur's Gate 3. The option to try out this and similar things is only good for an active modding community in the game.

With this final phase of support, it feels like Larian is leaving Baldur's Gate 3 in the hands of its fans, letting the community create their stories and have fun in the ostensible sandbox that has been constructed. Now, the Sword Coast will truly be in the hands of players—something that should be good enough to tide them over until Larian Studios says what's next.