Larian has confirmed that its upcoming role-playing game, Divinity, is indeed turn-based following speculation from the developer’s fans.
Following the announcement of Divinity at The Game Awards, fans had wondered if it would follow 2023’s Baldur’s Gate 3 and prior games in the Divinity series by offering turn-based combat, or mark a significant shift for Larian and move to more action game-oriented combat. Confirmation that it is sticking with turn-based comes from a Bloomberg interview with Larian boss Swen Vincke.
“This is going to be us unleashed, I think,” Vincke said. “It’s a turn-based RPG featuring everything you’ve seen from us in the past, but it’s brought to the next level.”
Vincke took part in a round of interviews with the media following the announcement, and spoke to IGN in an interview of our own on what to expect from Divinity. Key points he made in our interview include:
- Divinity is a single-player game with cooperative multiplayer, as with Baldur’s Gate 3
- Larian has been working on Divinity for two years already, and it is now in full production.
- Larian owns Divinity, so it is free from the Dungeons & Dragons shackles it built Baldur’s Gate 3 with.
- Divinity is “bigger” than Baldur’s Gate 3.
- Divinity will “most likely” use early access prior to full launch, as Baldur’s Gate 3 did, but Larian is undecided.
Check out IGN’s Divinity interview with Swen Vincke for the complete lowdown. We’ve also got comments from Larian on Divinity’s gruesome
reveal trailer, which was not designed to shock the audience. And be sure to check out everything announced at The Game Awards 2025 for more, as well as the winners list in full. And if you’re wondering what all this Divinity business is about, check out our handy explainer here.
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
