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Swen Vincke

Founder of Larian Studios, maker of Baldur's Gate 3

Company Larian Studios ↗

u/Swen_Larian ↗AMA only

How we know it's theirs

"Divinity | Game Director" flair in r/Games' 2026 Larian AMA

We retrieved 20 comments from u/Swen_Larian, all from 2026, most often in r/Games.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/Games

On “Larian Studios | Divinity AMA”

Is there anything specific you were not able (or allowed, by Wizards as IP holder) to do in BG3 that you want to do in Divinity?

u/Swen_Larian replied

We had all the freedom we needed on BG3 but the game was based on 5e which is a system that was made for tabletop, not for video games. Most of the limitations came from that.

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/Games

On “Larian Studios | Divinity AMA”

What so far has been your favorite part of making Divinity and what has been your least favorite part?

u/Swen_Larian replied

Least favourite: Answering questions about AI.

Favourite:All the rest :)

A redditor wrote in r/Games

On “Larian Studios | Divinity AMA”

How much bigger is the dev team for Divinity compared to BG3? Do you expect Larian studios to keep growing for each new game, or do you expect a limit sooner or later? Do you prefer that a larger game studio focuses on one game at a time, or split up to work on projects…

u/Swen_Larian replied

We were 411 people at the end of BG3 and have around 500 people working on Divinity now. Our teams evolve in function of the games we try to make and what we think the size of the market is…

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We were 411 people at the end of BG3 and have around 500 people working on Divinity now. Our teams evolve in function of the games we try to make and what we think the size of the market is. We grew a lot during BG3 because we wanted to make a cinematic RPG with loads of choice and consequence but we also knew there was a market and scaled accordingly. Our growth has slowed down a bit as we have most of the team in place to make a big cinematic RPG but there are still a few things that we didn’t do before that we are doing now.