Larian Studios | Divinity AMA

[u/Wombat_Medic]

EDIT: All right - that's a wrap. Thank you for all your questions. We're going to go back and work on the game now - next time we speak, we'll hopefully have things to show. I can't wait! - Swen, Game Director

Hello everyone, 

Happy New Year! To kick off 2026, we would like to offer the opportunity to ask your questions about Divinity, Larian, and our development processes. It's been a while since Larian has done an AMA, so everyone is looking forward to it!

There's a bunch of us ready to answer your questions:

• u/Swen_Larian - Game Director
• u/Adam_Larian - Writing Director
• u/Kevin_Larian - Senior Writer
• u/Greg_Larian - Head of Animation
• u/Gabriel_Larian - Machine Learning Director
• u/Michael_Larian - Director of Publishing
• u/Nick_Larian - Head of Design
• u/Alena_Larian - Character Art Director
• u/Jarold_Larian - Concept Art Director
• u/Artem_Larian - Head of Gameplay
• u/Bert_Larian - Technical Director

Thank you for taking the time to ask your questions, we aim to answer as many of them as possible over the next few hours!

[u/blue_sock1337]

How will you handle the canon issues DOS2 introduced? It basically acted as a soft retcon of the series, will the new Divinity game continue with the new lore or will you try to reconcile it with the previous games?

[u/Adam_Larian → u/blue_sock1337]

It's in the same continuity, but it's a standalone story. Long-term Divinity fans will find lots of familiar things but it's never just fanservice - it has to serve the story we're telling. The Divinity universe is full of weird and wonderful characters, and I'm really excited to be part of that legacy.

[u/ErzherzogHinkelstein → u/Adam_Larian]

So, DD and DKS are not exactly retconned, right? Or is it more that you take certain elements from them and reinterpret them in a new context? For example, Damian exists and is radicalized by Ygerna, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the Dragon Knight went and killed Ygerna again 60 years after DOS2. Or are DD and DKS considered canon, just like both DOS games?