Larian Studios was not planning to keep making Baldur's Gate games when it embarked on its journey through the Forgotten Realms. For decades it had been telling stories in its own universe rather than playing with someone else's toys. For a brief time after the launch of Baldur's Gate 3, however, Baldur's Gate 4 was on the table.
In March, Larian announced that it was done with Baldur's Gate 3 and was moving on from D&D, but it turns out that this was only after it had started working on a new Forgotten Realms adventure, one it ultimately decided not to complete. Larian CEO Swen Vincke says that "you could already play stuff".
