Larian CEO Swen Vincke worries that a corporate owner would sacrifice creativity for the sake of profit.
that circulated back in June this year. On that list—which also featured the likes of Sega and Bungie—Microsoft appeared to be toying with the idea of picking up Larian, but apparently it's not to be. Vincke told Bloomberg that while it was"always flattering" to catch the eye of parties like Microsoft, he's not at all tempted to sell the company just yet.
"I'm getting older, but I'm certainly not done yet," the Larian CEO told Bloomberg, who worried that a monolithic corporate owner like Microsoft could end up limiting the studio creatively in the pursuit of profit.
Vincke reckons Larian's advantage is that final authority rests with him, not a distant corporate overlord, and he's"very invested in the gameplay" of the studio's projects."We can do things in service of the games we’re making," said the CEO, rather than pursuing a project management style that prioritises efficiency and profit above all else.
The way Vincke tells it, Larian isn't yet sure what's next to it after BG3. Fair enough, given that project took six years and, I bet, an ungodly amount of energy from the dev team. Still, it sounds like Vincke is hoping to work on multiple projects rather than one massive one, and heBut those are questions for another day, and we are very much in the hour of BG3 right now. In his
, PCG's Fraser Brown was a little bit in love with what he's seen of the game so far, writing that"if it wasn't immediately obvious: Baldur's Gate 3 is utterly brilliant". No wonder Microsoft was interested.Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors
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