Even a year and a half after its release, fans are still deeply immersed in their multiple playthroughs of *Baldur's Gate 3*. However, with developer Larian Studios stepping away from the franchise, the future of *Baldur's Gate* now rests with Hasbro. Fortunately, it seems we won't have to wait too long to learn about Hasbro's plans for the series.
During a conversation with IGN at the Game Developers Conference, Dan Ayoub, Hasbro's Senior Vice President of Digital Games, revealed that there is significant interest in *Baldur's Gate* from various parties. "We're kind of working out our plans for the future and what we're going to do with that," Ayoub stated. "And actually, in pretty short order, we're going to have some stuff to talk about around that."
While Ayoub didn't specify whether this "stuff" would involve a new *Baldur's Gate* game or perhaps another crossover similar to the one with *Magic: The Gathering*, he did express his desire for a *Baldur's Gate 4*. However, he acknowledged that creating such a game would take considerable time. "It's somewhat of an unenviable position," he said. "I mean, we're not in a hurry. Right? That's the thing, we're going to take a very measured approach... We've got a lot of plans, a lot of different ways to go about it. We're starting to think about, okay, yeah, we're ready to start dipping toes a little bit and talking about a few things. And I think, in really short order, like I said, again, not to over-tease that point, we're going to have some other things to talk about around that."
Ayoub also highlighted the intense pressure to deliver a worthy successor to *Baldur's Gate 3*, a pressure that extends to other Dungeons & Dragons-related projects. "I'm never one to shy down from a challenge," he said. "And I think anything that forces us to raise our creative bar, and developers love to have a high bar to go after, and I think we've actually seen the team push some really interesting ideas that they're like, 'Okay, we need to raise our bar. We need to go bigger on this.' And things like that. So, I think that's our hope, right? We would keep raising the bar and everyone just tries to go a little higher."
In addition to discussing *Baldur's Gate*, Ayoub touched on other topics such as *Magic: The Gathering*, Hasbro's partnership with Saber Interactive, and their overall game strategy. A full interview with Ayoub is set to be released next week, providing further insight into Hasbro's plans.
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