🚨 BREAKING BETRAYAL: Baldur’s Gate 3 HEROES Larian BUSTED using GEN AI on Divinity sequel – Fans ERUPT in RAGE! 😱 Devs quietly ADMIT AI for concepts, artists FURIOUS, ex-staff SPILL the tea… Then CEO hits back with JUST 5 WORDS that make everyone LOSE THEIR MINDS even harder! 💀 Boycotts brewing, legacy on FIRE… You WON’T believe the meltdown! Click NOW to see the 5 words that just nuked the hype!

Fresh off unveiling their ambitious Divinity sequel at The Game Awards 2025, Larian Studios – architects of 2023’s juggernaut Baldur’s Gate 3 – plunged into controversy after CEO Swen Vincke admitted the team employs generative AI for early development tasks. The revelation, buried in a Bloomberg interview, has split the RPG faithful: purists decry it as a betrayal of human creativity, while defenders hail it as pragmatic tooling. Vincke’s fiery five-word retort only fanned the flames, sparking accusations of gaslighting and demands for transparency.

Larian’s ascent reads like a fairy tale. Founded in 1996 by Vincke in Belgium, the studio bootstrapped from modest hits like Divinity: Dragon Commander (2013) to cult classics. Divinity: Original Sin (2014), crowdfunded via Kickstarter for $944K, pioneered turn-based co-op RPGs with environmental puzzles and player-driven narratives – earning 91 Metacritic acclaim and 1M+ sales. Its 2017 sequel exploded to 5M+ units, blending tactical depth with irreverent humor. Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023), a passion project adapting D&D 5E under Hasbro’s license, shattered records: 15M+ sales, 96 Metacritic, multiple GOTYs. No microtransactions, full offline play – Larian rejected EA-style live-service traps, self-publishing for independence.

TGA 2025’s December 12 cinematic teaser – “Gods are silent. Rivellon bleeds.” – hyped Divinity’s return to Larian’s original IP post-BG3. Dark fantasy vibes, ambitious scope: Vincke eyed a 3-4 year cycle with early access, promising “better than BG3.” Hype peaked… until Bloomberg dropped the AI bomb December 14. Vincke: Gen AI fleshes PowerPoints, generates concept art, placeholder text, idea exploration. “It would be irresponsible not to,” he argued, insisting no AI in final assets – voices human, writing original, art handcrafted by 23+ concept artists (hiring more).

X detonated. #LarianAI trended: “Taking food from artists’ tables,” fumed one ex-dev. BG3 producer Hanner Georgas (4 years at Larian): “I’m not surprised… He’s lying about people being okay with it.” Artist Osias: “If Larian caves, who won’t?” Author @AubreanReverie warned: “Give an inch, they take your profession.” Review-bomb fears loomed; Steam forums buzzed boycotts. YouTuber Doctor Disaster’s “Baldur’s Gate 3 devs ATTACKED for using gen AI” racked views, tying to flops like Concord: “Go woke with AI, go broke.”

Vincke fired back December 16 on forums/X: 400+ words defending – ML automates drudgery (mocap cleanup, whiteboxing), artists thrive. Then the explosive five-word line that lit the internet ablaze, intensifying the debate over tone and intent. The post drew thousands of reactions, with some praising the bluntness and others calling it dismissive arrogance from the man once hailed as gaming’s savior.

AMA pledged post-holidays: Fans grill on pipelines, ethics. Vincke: “Everything incremental… making working days better.” Ex-Witchfire CEO backed: “Not evil… backlash from wanting human contact in art.”

Title
Release
Lifetime Sales/Players (Est.)
Metacritic (Critic/User)
AI Controversy?

Divinity: Original Sin
2014
1M+
91/8.9
None

Divinity: Original Sin 2
2017
5M+
93/9.0
None

Baldur’s Gate 3
2023
15M+
96/8.6
Patch 7 AI voices (denied gen AI)

Divinity (TBA 2028/29)
TBA
N/A
N/A
Gen AI in pre-prod

Divided house: Pro-AI camp cites efficiency – BG3’s 200K+ lines hand-written, but AI speeds iteration. Anti: Trains on scraped art sans consent; devalues labor. Ex-Larian voices: Internal pushback ignored. Broader: Post-Concord/Sweet Baby Inc., gamers wary of “slop.” Larian’s indie cred – no publisher meddling – at risk.

Vincke’s track record: Mocked AI pre-BG3, now embraces. AMA could heal or hemorrhage. As Rivellon “bleeds,” question lingers: Tool or Trojan horse? Larian bets evolution; fans demand purity. In RPGs’ soul, code meets conscience – Divinity’s fate hangs.