Larian worked with Wizards of the Coast to make Baldurs Gate 3. They didn’t like working with them which is why they didn’t make BG3 dlc and their next project is Divinity which is their IP.
If EA sells their IP it is totally possible for a different studio to make the game. However selling IP like that isn’t very common.
Yes, more likely they'll have another subsidiary studio use it or with with an outside studio like Larian did with WotC, but that's if they ever decide to make another ME game at all.
Swen has had only positive things to say about working with WOTC. I’m sure it wasn’t always great, but the idea that they hated working with them is headcanon made up by fans who needed a “bad guy” to blame for us not getting more BG content from Larian. In reality they simply wanted to move on and make their own stuff that they 100% own, which is completely understandable.
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u/jkman61494 7h ago edited 7h ago
So I'm not a gamer expert.
But how was Larian able to procure and publish Baldur's Gate 3?
Is there any chance a smaller studio could get rights to Mass Effect to make it?
I'm guessing the answer is no, but I always found it weird BG3 was able to be produced. Was that a special deal with Hasbro?