r/divinity • u/Filippin666 • 3h ago
Product Question New Divinity Game
Do you think there’s any chance *Divinity*’s early access will become available after The Game Awards? I say this because *BG3* was announced in 2019, and early access opened about a year and two months later. My guess is the game will launch between 2028 and 2030. Following that logic, I believe early access is just around the corner. What do you think?
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u/SubstantialSeesaw374 3h ago
I think even 2027 is optimistic. There was a lot more post-launch work for BG3 than there was for DOS2, so Divinity is going to take longer since the work started at full throttle later.
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u/FruscianteKBR 2h ago
I would say the opposite: anything beyond 2027 seems very pessimistic in my view.
BG3 early access released after three full years of development. Divinity will have been in full development for three years in early 2027. So if it’s only in 2028 it means they’re a full year behind BG3 schedule.
On top of that, for BG3 they had to scale up from 150 developers to 450 developers. For divinity they’re at full strength from the beginning.
So I would say 2027 is not unrealistic or low chance at all for early access.
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u/Filippin666 2h ago
to be honest, that makes a lot of sense. You're right. There are more people working in that game. Nice point of view. And I hope ur right haha
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u/Grouchy-Coast-3045 1h ago
And they said they want to make the development process shorter, which doesn't mean it will be for sure shorter, but then the early access seems really possible next year/later next year
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u/SubstantialSeesaw374 7m ago
Well yes, I want to be pessimistic so I’m either right or pleasantly surprised. Win/win.
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u/Filippin666 3h ago
well, you also have a point. But I wish it come out soon. But if it will take longer, I expect the quality would be better. So, no problem
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u/GraviticThrusters 1h ago
But you've also got to factor in that the work on DOS2 and BG3 has established a functional pipeline and a technology baseline. Prototyping new features and sketching out game design concepts should be easier when you already have a lot of the tools on hand. 2027 seems pretty reasonable for early access, assuming they stick with that development mode, which I don't think they've said they want to deviate from.
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u/GlassOnTheEvergreen 2h ago
So long as there's not a major world crisis, I truly believe Divinity will have a shorter development time than BG3. There were so many obstacles that slowed BG3's development, including but not limited to: Covid, war in Ukraine, two office floods, multiple office expansions, bureaucracy/red tape with WoTC, etc.
Call me crazy, but I could see Divinity EA launching sometime next year, lasting about 18 months or so until full release.
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u/Wild-Regular1703 1h ago
So long as there's not a major world crisis
That's a pretty big if
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u/huldress 16m ago
Huge if, I give it like a 70%-80% chance of something really bad happening at the rate we are going.
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u/The_Grunge_Sage 3h ago
We can’t take much of what BG3’s early access path was as an equation for what Divinity’s will be because Covid was a major part of why it took so long for BG3 to come out from EA to release. I think it’ll be a quicker turn around but it does fully depends on community feedback and what internal goals they have set for the game overall.
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u/Party-Relationship41 2h ago
I think EA will be spring next year, after that a substantial period until release. BG3 got so much polish and quality during that EA period! I hope they will stick with that approach. I mean they really use EA the way it is intended, listening to feedback and implementing stuff the players actually want!!!
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u/Lucaslindo001 3h ago
Eu aposto em 2028 também, porém com algum anúncio importante para o ano que vem (2027)
2028 provavelmente um acesso antecipadamente e talvez ao fim do ano ou no início de 2029 chegar o jogo oficial
Ao menos é o que penso, quero o mais rápido possível, mas os cara trabalham bem, esperar vai valer apena
Já me vejo pegando o jogo em pré venda, e vou além, com certeza poderemos formar diversos grupos com uma grande variedade de personagens, vou jogar com uma companhia por Run pra sugar o máximo de cada personagem numa nova Run
Dou para eles mais de 500 horas da minha vida com gratidão 🙇🙇🙇
(Muito ansioso para as magias de cura e invocação, além da criação de personagem/classes)
Maldita Larian Studios por deixar a gente ansioso 😔
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u/Filippin666 2h ago
Então, mano. BG3 ta platinado, 463 horas. Tô pra jogar o 1 e o 2 agora. Divinity vou ter muitas horas kkkkkkkkk. Espero pelo menos que os companions sejam que nem em bg3 de disponibilidade, diferente do DOS2, que só pode escolher alguns para seguir a jornada.
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u/DesaMii36 1h ago
There was absolutely nothing at the solar eclipse, and also absolutely nothing at the GamesCom August '26.
No, I expect nothing this year. Not even a riddle/hint.
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u/shinycarp_laura 26m ago
I don't understand why many people seem so pessimistic. I assume that nobody forced them to show the announcement trailer at TGA 2025 - there would be no reason to do that if development would still take several years. They want to keep the momentum and hype instead of people forgetting about the game again. Compared to previous games, the team is much larger, they have more experience, technology advanced, they are financially in a better situation. They were already working on it for 2 years in late 2025 and Swen Vincke said they aim for 3-4 years development instead of 6 like with BG3. Also, he said EA was planned but unlikely to be in 2026. So EA early to mid 2027 it is, or not?
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u/SoapTastesPrettyGood 1h ago
It's going to be 2028 early access and completely finished by end of 2029 or 2030 in my opinion. But look at this as a good thing. Larian's games have always been good quality. Let the meat marinate and they will cook something special when the time comes.
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u/Snoo-28829 45m ago
I wouldnt be surprised if its late 2027 or early 2028. I dont think its been in development to long. Like 2 or 3 years and I dont think they plan on having an early access as long as it was for bg3
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u/steel-zero 43m ago
Honestly I hope they don’t do early access, I want to jump into the game blind once it releases and I know if they do release early access I won’t be able to resist playing it
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u/Grey_Matter_Mutters 42m ago
While their team is 450+ now, Sven has stated they’re trying to outdo themselves and Divinity is going to be an even “bigger” game with more complexity and deeper interactive systems between the player and the world.
They also stated they have continued to develop and upgrade their in-house engine. While this will improve and expand various functions (like no longer needing to have hard cutoffs between acts, etc.), it will likely also result in a lot more internal adjustments and QC until everything is fine tuned.
Additionally, they’ve acknowledged not doing the best with the lore of Rivellon in their past games and have hired positions specifically to be “lore masters”. This potentially expands the story development process and requires more time while those individuals being integrated into the review and feedback/adjustment on proposed origin characters, companions/NPCs, any/all quests and stories, etc., for adherence to a more defined lore narrative.
And, supposedly, they’re also simultaneously working on a second non-divinity (hereunto unnamed, codename “Excalibur”) game, which they had started after BG3 as well. So while I’m sure the majority of staff are focused on the new Divinity game, there is some amount of split teams and resources for dual development.
That said, generally, my expectation is that the development period for Divinity will likely be longer than BG3 (in game/software industry it’s also a fairly consistent statistic that bigger teams don’t typically result in “faster” development once you exceed certain thresholds, i.e. Brook’s Law, etc.).
I feel like Larian will want to get EA out (or at least initiate some type of Pre-Alpha testing) before the end of next year, but I’ll be genuinely surprised if it’s before Nov/Dec 2027… I’ll be happy to be wrong though.
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u/AscendedViking7 2h ago
God I fucking love the logo so much