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Release Date and Platforms - Version 9 vs Version 10
Aug 25, 2026, 10:43 PM
Restated early access as the studio's stated intention rather than a confirmed plan
Sep 7, 2026, 12:47 AM
Added the end of year two development marker from December 2025, the reason no console platforms were named at the reveal, and dated notes on events where the game has not appeared
11As of its reveal, Divinity does not have a release date. Larian Studios has confirmed only that the game is coming to PC. The studio has said it wants to launch through paid early access again, as it did with Baldur's Gate 3, but it has deliberately stopped short of confirming that.22Release Window44No date or window has been announced. The game was still described as early in development at its December 2025 reveal, with a team of about 500 developers working on it as of early 2026. Larian has indicated that the early access phase is not expected to begin in 2026. Director Swen Vincke has said he thinks three to four years is much healthier than six years, the rough length of Baldur's Gate 3's development. That is a view on healthy development cycles rather than a target announced for this game.66Larian has given one concrete marker of how far along the project was. In December 2025, days after the reveal, Vincke said the studio had been at it for two years and was at the end of year two of development. That is a statement about elapsed time and nothing more. No start date, no remaining duration and no launch date follow from it, and Larian has announced none of the three.8+Platforms810PlatformStatusPC (Windows)ConfirmedConsoles and handheldsNot announcedSteam DeckNot confirmed; stated goalSwitch 2Not confirmed; under consideration1012Larian's previous game, Baldur's Gate 3, later reached consoles, but no console or handheld versions of Divinity have been confirmed.1113Part of why that list is so short is that Larian told nobody in advance. Vincke said the platform holders did not know the game existed until The Game Awards 2025, that they found out along with the public, and that the studio still had to go and talk to them afterwards. Any console or handheld version would therefore begin from conversations that had not happened at the time of the reveal.15+Early Access1317Larian has used paid early access for its major role playing games, including Divinity: Original Sin, Divinity: Original Sin II, and Baldur's Gate 3, using player feedback to refine each game before its full launch. Director Swen Vincke has said the studio wants to take Divinity down the same path, while refusing to commit to it. He has called early access the goal and the intention, and explained that the studio is not confirming the choice because there is always a risk the industry, or early access itself, changes before the game is ready. The start of early access is not expected in 2026.1519The technical team put the same intention in its own words in January 2026, saying the studio would certainly prefer to run another early access because of how much usable information it gets from players during one, and how much that lets the team iterate and improve.1721Steam Deck and Switch 21923Beyond PC, two platforms have come up directly. Larian has said it will do its best to release the game on Steam Deck again, pointing to how popular its last release was on the handheld, though this is an intention rather than a confirmation and there is no verified-handheld promise yet. The studio has also said it will certainly consider a Switch 2 version for the game, again as a consideration rather than a commitment. PC remains the only confirmed platform.2125Development Update2327At the start of 2026 the studio described the project as being in full production. At the end of March 2026, director Swen Vincke shared a short development update saying the game had reached the stage where it was starting to come alive, while cautioning that a lot was still rough or missing and very moldable. He mentioned working through the arcs of one of the game's antagonists and digging into micro-details, but gave no release window. These are progress notes, not a schedule.2529The studio has been asked directly when gameplay would be shown. Its January 2026 answer was that it would have to wait and see, because the team was in full production but still had a great deal of work in front of it. No gameplay footage has been released since, and no showcase has been dated.2731Nothing further has been shown since. Divinity was not announced, shown or nominated at gamescom 2026 in late August. Larian ran a booth at PAX West 2026 in early September, but nothing from the game appeared there through the second day of the show, and the studio has said elsewhere that it attends every PAX as a matter of habit, so a booth is not on its own a signal about this project. The most recent first party update on Divinity remains the March 2026 one described above.33+Hardware Costs and Optimisation2935One outside pressure has already been named. In December 2025 director Swen Vincke said the price of RAM and solid state storage had reached a level the studio had never seen, that it ruins the hardware projections a long development normally relies on, and that as a result the team most likely needs to do a lot of optimisation work during early access that it did not want to do at that point in time. That is a statement about development effort rather than a hint at system requirements, which have not been published.3137Alongside it, the technical team has said scalability matters to the studio because it is conscious of what hardware costs players, and that performance is tracked constantly through production. It has declined to give numbers while the game and the engine are still changing heavily.3339Staying Current3541Because details are scarce this early, treat any release date that does not come directly from Larian as unconfirmed. Common questions are answered on the Frequently Asked Questions page.3743What Paid Early Access Means Here3945Larian Studios has said it intends to follow the same paid early access approach it used for its earlier major role playing games, without confirming that it will. That model lets players buy the game and play an in development build, with the studio shipping updates and using community feedback to refine systems before the full launch. Larian has not announced the price, the initial scope of an early access build, the platforms early access will cover beyond PC, or which storefronts will carry it.4147Where Early Access Stands4349As of early 2026 the studio has said the paid early access phase is not expected to begin in 2026. Director Swen Vincke has separately said he thinks three to four years is much healthier than six years, the rough length of Baldur's Gate 3's development. Neither statement constitutes a release date, and the second is a view on healthy development cycles rather than a schedule the studio has committed to.4551Updates Will Come from Larian4753Because so little is announced this early, the only reliable source for release information is Larian Studios itself. Treat any date, platform, or pricing claim that does not come directly from the studio as unconfirmed. The Frequently Asked Questions page tracks the latest answers.
