Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players stunned by decades old article on canceled sequel Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players have gotten a look at what could have been, thanks to a resurfaced 2004 article on an attempt to make a Baldur\u2019s Gate sequel decades ago. The road to Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s August 2023 release was a long one, with 23 years passing between Baldur\u2019s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn and Larian Studios\u2019 award-winning sequel. However, Larian was not the first to attempt a follow-up to BioWare\u2019s duo of Dungeons & Dragons adventures. Now, players (particularly newer fans) are learning about the long history of failed Baldur\u2019s Gate 3s courtesy of an old magazine one fan found from 20 years ago. Reddit user ebrum2010 posted a picture of the magazine article on the BaldursGate3 subreddit. The article, published in the Oct 2004 edition of PC Gamer, was part of a 30th anniversary celebration for D&D \u2013 which is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary. At this point, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 already had a troubled production history, with the article referencing Black Isle Studios\u2019 canceled game, codenamed \u201cJefferson.\u201d The bulk of the article discusses Atari\u2019s attempt to make a Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, plans which would eventually involve Obsidian Entertainment. In the piece, Atari and executive producer John Hight promise \u201ca similarly epic scope\u201d to the previous games, as well as \u201ca large gaming world populated by memorable characters.\u201d Interestingly, the article also includes an image from BioWare\u2019s Dragon Age engine, giving an early look at a franchise that wouldn\u2019t launch for another half a decade. In addition to being impressed and intrigued by the poster\u2019s rare find, some Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans are expressing their relief that things worked out the way they did. As one put it, \u201ctbh, really glad the other studios didn\u2019t work out and we got the game we have today.\u201d Others were delighted that Minsc, who Atari teased would return for their sequel, ended up making it into Larian\u2019s Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 anyway. Ultimately, while both Atari and Black Isle\u2019s visions of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 remain some of the greatest \u201cwhat ifs\u201d of gaming history, it\u2019s hard for anyone to be too disappointed considering how good Larian Studios\u2019 game ended up being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players stunned by decades old article on canceled sequel Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players have gotten a look at what could have been, thanks to a resurfaced 2004 article on an attempt to make a Baldur\u2019s Gate sequel decades ago. The road to Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s August 2023 release was a long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}