Of course, a glowing skeletal statue in the desert is going to spark theories – the mysterious Game Awards teaser was imposing enough to spark a religion. Fans were ultimately glad to learn the hellish sculpture revealed a new Divinity game and not the beginning of the apocalypse, but even Divinity developers at Larian got a little carried away by the possibilities. "I had a moment where I saw people speculate that it was Bloodborne 2," Adam Smith, Divinity's writing director, says to Polygon. "And I was like 'Oh I hope it is!' And then I was like 'No, it's definitely not!'" Lords of the Fallen boss says the viral Game Awards teaser isn't pointing to the Soulslike RPG's sequel, but "devs are praying" it's something from FromSoftware Larian's new Divinity game might mean a pivot back to classic RPGs and I can't wait to see it Larian CEO declares "this is the Divinity we've always wanted to make and you're going to have loads of fun with it" But Vincke doesn't seem too concerned that Larian's Divinity sculpture might have dusted up too many expectations. He tells Polygon, "I think the biggest thing is that we don't want to disappoint fans," and the success of Baldur's Gate 3 has made it so Larian now exists in the realm of dreams, with hypothetical things like Bloodborne 2 and Baldur's Gate 4 as competition. To that end, Vincke says "we want to make people smile," and "frighten them and make them cry and make them fall in love." Divinity will apparently do that. Amid Divinity's controversy, The Last of Us co-creator doubles down that "we don't need AI" and promises to avoid it while making his newest game.