With the incredible success of Larian’s RPG Baldur’s Gate 3, Hasbro seems to be keen on expanding the franchise further. Hasbro’s SVP of digital games, Dan Ayoub, revealed in a conversation with IGN at GDC 2025 that the company is internally working on future plans for the Baldur’s Gate franchise, and that fans should expect some details “in pretty short order.”
“We’re kind of working out our plans for the future and what we’re going to be doing with that. And actually, in pretty short order, we’re going to have some stuff to talk about around that,” said Ayoub.
For some context, Hasbro owns Wizards of the Coast – the company in charge of the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, alongside other properties like trading card game Magic: The Gathering. While Ayoub didn’t expand too much on what kind of future plans were in store for Baldur’s Gate as a franchise, he did mention that a sequel to Larian’s RPG is something he would like to see.
“It’s somewhat of an unenviable position,” said Ayoub. “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 spoke about how Hasbro would keep the momentum that Dungeons & Dragons as a property got from the release of Baldur’s Gate 3. Wizards of the Coast, for example, recently kicked off its refresh of the fifth edition rules for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop RPG.
“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.”
Ayoub’s statements are a reflection of similar ones made by Hasbro’s SVP of Digital Strategy and Licensing Eugene Evans, who spoke about the company talking to partners about the future of the Baldur’s Gate franchise back in April 2024. He Evans also spoke about the cast of Baldur’s Gate 3 showing back up in future games down the line, since they were beloved by players.
“Larian created a much loved cast of characters, who were even celebrated by their nominations, the voice actors behind them and the talent behind them was celebrated at the [BAFTAS], and they are now essentially part of D&D canon,” said Evans. “I think it’s too early to express specifics and I think that there’s a much bigger question about how we approach Baldur’s Gate in the future. But I would like to think that all of those characters, for the sake of the fans, could potentially appear in future products.”
Baldur’s Gate 3 is available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Check out our review for more details.
