Is anyone else still confused
Larian is somehow an independent enough to tell Hasbro to go fuck themselves but not independent enough that Hasbro told them to layoff people, and they said ‘okay’.
Are they independent? Or are they not?
Comment on Larian Started Work on Baldur's Gate 3 DLC, Then Canceled It: "The Studio Was Elated"
Ashtear@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Can’t help but wonder how much of this is due to Hasbro’s mismanagement.
As much as I’d love to see more content from them on BG3, seeing what Larian can do now that they have scaled up to being a major studio is exciting.
Patches@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Nobody at Larion got laid off. Larion worked closely with some people at Wizards of the Coast to make Baldurs Gate 3, and those people got laid off.
Larion could make a game entirely on their own with no involvement with Hasbro or WotC (and they have), but they can’t make anything related to Dungeons and Dragons or the Forgotten Realms without Hasbro and WotC’s cooperation.
Patches@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Thank you for answering my question. That makes more sense.
Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 8 months ago
They were lamenting that all of the team at Hasbro-Wotc that they worked with on BG3 was laid off.
Not that Hasbro caused layoffs at Larian.
Maalus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Larian worked with Hasbro to make BG3. Hasbro lays off people who helped them (from Hasbro). Larian doesn’t have much say about it other than “it sucks dude”.
Conyak@lemmy.tf 8 months ago
Larian didn’t lay anyone off. Hasbro laid off WotC employees who were working on support for BG3. They have no power of Larian.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 months ago
All of it.