Divinity: Original Sin 2 easter eggs hinting Baldur's Gate 3 would be Larian's next game had to be toned down: 'Originally the reference to BG3 was very explicit'

Divinity: Original Sin 2 easter eggs hinting Baldur’s Gate 3 would be Larian’s next game had to be toned down: ‘Originally the reference to BG3 was very explicit’ | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show Software Movies & TV Codes Coupons Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG Solasta 2 is committed to implementing a D&D 5E rule that Baldur’s Gate 3 dismissed Baldur’s Gate You think you know Baldur’s Gate 3, but you’re not getting 10/10 on our exhaustive quiz about its many wonderful gnomes Baldur’s Gate Larian lead has a little ‘crash out on main’ over Baldur’s Gate 3 show announce, but big boss Swen Vincke says HBO is in touch about the writing, so now I don’t know what to think RPG I’m the biggest Baldur’s Gate 3 fan, but the HBO TV show is filling me with dread Movies & TV A Baldur’s Gate HBO series is in the works, will be set directly after Baldur’s Gate 3 with new and returning characters The Elder Scrolls Skyrim lead designer says the next Elder Scrolls should look at how Baldur’s Gate 3 made things ‘meaningful,’ because ‘the gaming community has spoken’ RPG Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 failed to meet expectations for Obsidian, but Grounded 2 was a hit, and the future is looking positive for the Pillars of Eternity universe RPG Some of the stars of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Final Fantasy 16 will be blessing Solasta 2 with their voices RPG Larian’s learnt a lot from Baldur’s Gate 3 going into Divinity, including the fact that hand-crafted loot is probably better: ‘Randomization did not save us much time’ RPG Divinity will officially wave goodbye to Original Sin 2’s broken armour system RPG Larian reveals Divinity, its ‘biggest game ever,’ that will be ‘even larger than Baldur’s Gate 3’ Baldur’s Gate Baldur’s Gate 3 mod restores more than 100 conversations and 1,000 lines of voiced dialogue from the early access version previously lost in the ethereal plane RPG Divinity: Original Sin 2’s brilliant armor system is one of a kind in RPGs, and I’m bummed we’ll apparently never see it again RPG Divinity: everything we know about Larian’s ‘most ambitious RPG yet’ RPG If the only Larian game you’ve played is Baldur’s Gate 3, here’s what you need to know about the Divinity series PopularArc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutHelldivers 2PC Gamer Quizzes! Games RPG Baldur’s Gate Divinity: Original Sin 2 easter eggs hinting Baldur’s Gate 3 would be Larian’s next game had to be toned down: ‘Originally the reference to BG3 was very explicit’ News By Jody Macgregor published 15 February 2026 Does this mean there are hints in Baldur’s Gate 3 about what’ll be in Divinity? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Larian) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer Get the PC Gamer Newsletter Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. 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During the stream, communications developer Aoife Wilson brought up the topic of hints in D:OS2 about what Larian was working on next.”Originally the reference to BG3 was very explicit,” Larian CEO Swen Vincke explained while plotting out his next move in the famously flammable oil fields of the Blackpits area. “We did it very last-minute because we actually, in the summer when D:OS2 shipped, we wrote the first draft of BG3 because we had a contract with Wizards of the Coast and we needed to do it then. It was very bad.”The hints ended up quite opaque. In the epilogue of D:OS2, your party member Fane can mention that octopuses are secretly plotting, and the necromancer Tarquin talks about “a mysterious race from another world—beings that feed on minds.” Both are references to mind flayers, but not ones you’d notice unless you were looking for them. In retrospect, the jars of mind maggots scattered around D:OS2 also seem like nods to the tadpoles of BG3. 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