Baldur's Gate 3 boss says Patch 8 was worth it: with 169k Steam players nearly 2 years later and "mod support thriving," Larian can "focus on making our next big thing as good as we can"

Baldur's Gate 3 pale vampire elf Astarion, a man with curly white hair and red eyes.

Following the long-awaited arrival of Patch 8 for Baldur's Gate 3, the Dungeons & Dragons RPG's final big update, Larian Studios is looking toward its next big project – and according to lead Swen Vincke, mod support should keep fans busy in the meantime.

Patch 8 is here, bringing everything from cross-play to 12 new subclasses, such as the Circle of Stars Druid, to Baldur's Gate 3. It's the game's last big update, and while developers have said they could keep "making changes until the end of time" to the RPG gem, they'd then "never be able to create something new" – and that's exactly what Larian will now be doing. That doesn't mean the beloved Baldur's Gate threequel will die, however.