Baldur's Gate 3 Follow-Up Game Officially Cancelled

Major Dungeons & Dragons video games seem like the obvious move after the massive success of Baldur’s Gate 3, but a big follow-up won’t be seeing the light of day. Although it’s been known for a while that developer Larian Studios isn’t embarking on Baldur’s Gate 4 right now, D&D still had some interesting projects in the works.

The biggest flagship was a planned D&D game from Giant Skull, a studio founded by the director of God of War 3 and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Unfortunately, the keyword here is “was,” with the latest news spelling the doom of the project.

A new report from Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier confirms that Giant Skull’s planned D&D game won’t be moving forward, with a spokesperson from D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast explaining the cancellation to Schreier.

“While we decided not to pursue an early concept from Giant Skull, we have great respect for Stig Asmussen and his team and value our ongoing relationship.”

Asmussen also confirmed the cancellation to Bloomberg, but asserted that “Things are good at Giant Skull” and that the company is still in talks with both Wizards of the Coast and other companies about possible deals to publish other games.

A spellcaster from Dungeons and Dragons summons a creature.

Details about the planned game from Giant Skull were generally sparse, but its cancellation is a major about-face. Wizards of the Coast previously called the project “a definitive moment in both companies’ gaming ambitions,” so it certainly wasn’t intended to be a throwaway project.

The gameplay presumably wouldn’t have been much like Baldur’s Gate 3, as the project was described as an action-adventure title rather than a turn-based RPG. That might not have been a bad thing, though, as delivering compelling action could have helped it avoid direct comparisons to an inimitable game and offered a different opportunity to explore D&D‘s fantasy realms.

D&D still has other video game projects on the horizon, and Warlock, planned for release in 2027, likewise promises an action-adventure experience. That one comes courtesy of Invoke Studios, which previously worked on Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance under the name Tuque Games.

Meanwhile, the most direct follow-up to Baldur’s Gate 3 may be Larian’s Divinity, which returns to the world of Larian’s own flagship fantasy series. No matter what you’re looking for, there should be meaningful alternatives to the canceled Dungeons & Dragons game from Giant Skull, but it’s still said to see an ambitious project get nipped in the bud.