Baldur's Gate 3 Players Are Flocking Back to Divinity: Original Sin 1 + 2 After Latest Announcement

Baldur's Gate 3 Players Are Flocking Back to Divinity: Original Sin 1 + 2 After Latest Announcement

From Game Rant (Written by Dominik Bošnjak) on | OpenCritic

Baldur's Gate 3 and other RPG fans are flocking to Larian Studios' older titles following the company's reveal of a new Divinity game. The largest spikes in player activity were seen in the two Divinity: Original Sin games, which most closely resemble the Baldur’s Gate 3 formula within the studio's catalog.

Larian announced the next Divinity game at The Game Awards 2025. The December 11 event was preceded by an elaborate teaser featuring a mysterious statue that first appeared in the Mojave Desert before re-emerging in front of the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, which some fans have correctly interpreted as a hint at a new game from the Baldur's Gate 3 developer. The RPG itself was unveiled with a nearly five-minute CGI trailer set in the fantasy world of Rivellon, depicting a person being burned alive inside a giant wicker man before the scene descends further into chaos.

Larian Studios' next ambitious RPG, Divinity, should take these features from Baldur's Gate 3, but avoid one annoying detail.

Larian's new Divinity game announcement has reignited fan interest in the previous entries in the long-running CRPG franchise. According to Steamworks API data compiled by SteamDB, nearly all installments saw...

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