{"id":1421180,"date":"2025-12-09T21:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8oiGqAibjAhKTEX2MFju8h"},"modified":"2025-12-09T21:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:01:41","slug":"the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"The mystery of The Game Awards statue in the desert may be solved, and I have to admit I did not see this one coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The big mystery of the big <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/latest-viral-game-awards-tease-could-be-teasing-any-videogame-with-hellish-imagery-from-the-last-70-years-of-the-medium-but-its-probably-elder-scrolls-online\/\">Game Awards statue in the desert<\/a> may be solved, and if the sleuthing is correct it does not herald the announcement of a new Elder Scrolls Online expansion. It looks instead to be a tease for the next game from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/baldur-s-gate-3\/\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3<\/a> developer Larian.<\/p>\n<p>Before Larian became known to the world as the developer of Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3, you see, it was known to RPG nerds as the developer of the Divinity games. The series goes all the way back to 2002 with Divine Divinity, Larian&#8217;s second game, and stretches to the 2017 release <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/divinity-original-sin-2\/\">Divinity: Original Sin 2<\/a>, one of the best RPGs to come along in years and recipient of our <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/game-of-the-year-2017-divinity-original-sin-2\/\">2017 Game of the Year award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to now. As noticed by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mp1st.com\/news\/report-tga-statue-mystery-solved-new-divinity-trademark-uncovered-as-new-icon-matches-statue\" target=\"_blank\">MP1st<\/a>, a new <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/euipo.europa.eu\/eSearch\/#details\/trademarks\/019288420\" target=\"_blank\">European trademark filing<\/a> for something called Divinity was made today by a German law firm that&#8217;s previously filed trademark applications for other Larian games.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2067px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:69.09%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"maMauJ7rUGVAJ3pwpEtpcC\" name=\"CJ4JX4FZVCC523YA2TMALSKFLEIBGLRQBTFAMB5NW5UJISNF565EZCZZ2AYW37CFDB5X3EBC6MN4Y\" alt=\"Image from 2025 Divinity trademark filing in Europe\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"2067\" height=\"1428\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Larian Studios (via EUIPO))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Where things really take a turn, though, is in the appearance of a separate filing, made at the same time by the same firm, that doesn&#8217;t carry the name but does look awfully familiar:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1500px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.67%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"cQAWjLim66F6usMQo9WcVC\" name=\"CJ4JX4FZVCC523YA2TMALSKFLEIBGLRQBTFAMB5NW5UJISNF565FMR7UNSBD5JSL4TTWOPCUMGRIG\" alt=\"Image from 2025 Divinity trademark filing in Europe\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Larian Studios (via EUIPO))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cast your memory back to that big statue in the desert, and then dare to compare\u2014that tentacled-eyeball-thing in the middle is a spot-on match for the Larian trademark filing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery carousel-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 2<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2446px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.09%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"iiFVo35ggm4GuDM6aYkncf\" name=\"Game Awards tease\" alt=\"A monument in the Californian desert designed to promote a videogame\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2446\" height=\"1372\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: KingVision18)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 2<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2992px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"fgUDJKE9FN53ekhB9Xs7of\" name=\"7uegl1shbx4g1\" alt=\"The Game Awards 2025 mysterious statue at night\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2992\" height=\"2992\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: TautSexyElfKing (Reddit))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A third image was included in another simultaneous filing\u2014I don&#8217;t recognize it, but it&#8217;s been a long time since I played a Divinity game so the floor is open to anyone who might be able to place it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1240px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:104.92%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"X6wngh2yPJ7C3k7L4wUgaC\" name=\"CJ4JX4FZVCC523YA2TMALSKFLEIBGLRQBTFAMB5NW5UJISNF565GQ2LBOAQOT2JSA6VX2CXEQX22A\" alt=\"Image from 2025 Divinity trademark filing in Europe\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming-3.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1240\" height=\"1301\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Larian Studios (via EUIPO))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So it sure looks like something is cooking on the Divinity front, although all of this is purely speculation: I haven&#8217;t heard a peep about what Larian is getting up to for its next project, except that it&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/baldurs-gate\/swen-vincke-says-larian-didnt-do-baldurs-gate-3-dlc-because-the-idea-is-boring-theres-just-no-passion\/\">not going to be Baldur&#8217;s Gate<\/a>, it is going to be &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/baldurs-gate\/larian-boss-swen-vincke-says-the-studio-is-deep-in-the-trenches-on-its-crazy-ambitious-follow-up-to-baldurs-gate-3-hopes-to-show-it-off-no-later-than-2030-because-my-wife-will-divorce-me-if-it-takes-longer\/\">crazy ambitious<\/a>,&#8221; and if we&#8217;re lucky we&#8217;ll see it before 2030. Oh, and there are <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/baldurs-gate\/baldurs-gate-3-developer-larian-studios-opens-new-doors-in-warsaw-to-help-share-the-load-of-not-1-but-2-very-ambitious-rpgs-in-development\/\">two of them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I will remind everyone, however, that this isn&#8217;t the first time speculation about a new Divinity has cropped up: Back in May the Larian account on X briefly changed its handle from @larianstudios to @divinity, although Larian publishing boss Michael Douse said at the time that it was just some <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/larian-insists-it-did-not-accidentally-leak-divinity-original-sin-3-it-was-just-a-glitch-on-x\/\">meaningless internal work<\/a> and nothing to get wound up over.<\/p>\n<p>Douse had nothing to say about this most recent trademark filing, although he did share some thoughts on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cromwelp\/status\/1998477127478554899\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> about a completely separate and unrelated matter that obviously has nothing to do with anything that&#8217;s happened today:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:101.04%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"5VstnA5dnbDyhJoKBgR3AA\" name=\"mike\" alt=\"Hey we weren't meant to announce that yet\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming-4.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1940\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Michael Douse (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be very interesting to see how Larian fares with unleashing its own original RPG world on an audience that knows it mainly, or exclusively, for Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3. D&#038;D is instantly recognizable and has a marketable heft that Divinity simply cannot come close to\u2014but as Justin Wagner correctly noted earlier this year, Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 is Divinity: Original Sin 3 <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rts\/forget-divinity-original-sin-3-for-its-baldurs-gate-3-follow-up-i-implore-larian-to-revisit-its-okayest-game\/\">in all but name<\/a>, so the transition from one fantasy realm to another may not be all that jarring. (I&#8217;m less convinced that he&#8217;s correct about the world needing a new <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/dragon-commander-review\/\">Divinity: Dragon Commander<\/a>, but yeah, I&#8217;d give it a shot.)<\/p>\n<p>But, again, that&#8217;s entirely speculative: We won&#8217;t know for certain what the big statue in the desert is all about until The Game Awards 2025 reveals its secrets\u2014that happens on December 11, beginning at 4:30 pm PT\/7:30 pm ET.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"4d9495fa-3498-4ccd-a1ed-f455735dcee0\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming-5.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"4d9495fa-3498-4ccd-a1ed-f455735dcee0\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big mystery of the big Game Awards statue in the desert may be solved, and if the sleuthing is correct it does not herald the announcement of a new Elder Scrolls Online expansion. It looks instead to be a tease for the next game from Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 developer Larian. Before Larian became known to the world as the developer of Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3, you see, it was known to RPG nerds as the developer of the Divinity games. The series goes all the way back to 2002 with Divine Divinity, Larian&#8217;s second game, and stretches to the 2017 release Divinity: Original Sin 2, one of the best RPGs to come along in years and recipient of our 2017 Game of the Year award.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-mystery-of-the-game-awards-statue-in-the-desert-may-be-solved-and-i-have-to-admit-i-did-not-see-this-one-coming\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1421181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34],"class_list":["post-1421180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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