{
  "id": 83331,
  "title": "Making Baldur’s Gate 4 would be \"a great challenge\" for Rogue Trader devs Owlcat, co-founder says, as the studio reiterate their commitment to CRPGs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/making-baldurs-gate-4-would-be-a-great-challenge-for-rogue-trader",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-03T11:52:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/making-baldurs-gate-4-would-be-a-great-challenge-for-rogue-trader-devs-owlcat-co-founder-says-as-the-studio-reiterate-their-commitment-to-crpgs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Owlcat's co-founder, Alexander Mishulin, expressed enthusiasm at the prospect of developing Baldur's Gate 4, describing it as a \"great honor\" and a \"great challenge.\" This response came during an interview with IGN as the studio celebrated its 10th birthday and revealed their expansion efforts, including staff growth to approximately 600 people. Owlcat is currently working on two games: The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, a sci-fi RPG, and Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. Despite accusations of staff involvement in Russia-Ukraine conflict discussions and recruitment in Crimea, Mishulin clarified that The Expanse and Owlcat's commitment to CRPGs remain strong. Given Owlcat's current workload and ambitions, taking on Baldur's Gate 4 might be too taxing, and they are unlikely to turn down a project from Hasbro if it were offered, particularly if they drop one of their existing projects.",
  "summary": "I'm not saying you've got to be making a vaguely Mass Effecty RPG starting with Ex to be considered as a successor to Larian on the Baldur's Gate series, but it certainly doesn't seem to hurt. Exodus devs Archetype Entertainment were offered such a chance according to former studio head James Ohlen, and while The Expanse: Osiris Reborn devs Owlcat might not have been yet, their co-founder has…",
  "key_points": [
    "Owlcats co-founder Alexander Mishulin sees Baldur's Gate 4 as a \"great honor\" and \"great challenge\"",
    "Studio currently working on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn and Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy",
    "Mishulin hints at potential drop of current projects for Baldur's Gate 4 if offered"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "The maker of the Baldur's Gate 3 over-the-shoulder camera mod has gone to great lengths to demonstrate it's not like other third-person viewpoint solutions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/the-maker-of-the-baldurs-gate-3-over-the-shoulder-camera-mod-has-gone",
        "published": "2026-08-02T06:32:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Polygon",
        "title": "10 best games like Baldur's Gate 3",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/10-best-games-like-baldurs-gate-3",
        "published": "2026-08-02T10:00:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
        "title": "Almost 10,000 people have played Baldur's Gate 3 in a portrait aspect ratio, so join me in figuring out why they'd commit such sacrilege",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/almost-10-000-people-have-played-baldurs-gate-3-in-a-portrait-aspect",
        "published": "2026-08-04T20:31:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}