Larian is somehow an independent enough to tell Hasbro to go fuck themselves but not independent enough that Hasbro told them to layoff people, and they said 'okay'.

Are they independent? Or are they not?

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 58 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nobody at Larion got laid off. Larion worked closely with some people at Wizards of the Coast to make Baldurs Gate 3, and those people got laid off.

Larion could make a game entirely on their own with no involvement with Hasbro or WotC (and they have), but they can't make anything related to Dungeons and Dragons or the Forgotten Realms without Hasbro and WotC's cooperation.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

Thank you for answering my question. That makes more sense.

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 41 points 8 months ago

They were lamenting that all of the team at Hasbro-Wotc that they worked with on BG3 was laid off.

Not that Hasbro caused layoffs at Larian.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

Larian worked with Hasbro to make BG3. Hasbro lays off people who helped them (from Hasbro). Larian doesn't have much say about it other than "it sucks dude".

[–] Conyak@lemmy.tf 7 points 8 months ago

Larian didn’t lay anyone off. Hasbro laid off WotC employees who were working on support for BG3. They have no power of Larian.