One Of The Most Popular Video Games Ever Is Heading To HB...

What’s Happening

Alright so The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin is developing a Baldur’s Gate 3 video game TV adaptation for HBO, but it already has a major problem.

Television Fantasy Shows One Of The Most Popular Video Games Ever Is Heading To HBO — But It’s A trash Idea By Rafael Motamayor Feb. 6, 2026 1:04 pm EST Larian Studios “Baldur’s Gate 3,” one of the most acclaimed and successful video games of modern times, is about to become a TV show. (wild, right?)

A report from Deadline has spilled that “The Last of Us” showrunner Craig Mazin is now set to create, write, and executive produce a live-action TV adaptation of the Larian Studios title for HBO (something that also points to “The Last of Us” ending after its upcoming third season ).

The Details

Video games adaptations have become a profitable industry lately, so this all makes sense in that respect. Indeed, video game TV shows are doing especially well at the moment, between “The Last of Us,” “Fallout,” “Arcane,” and others like them.

Also, between his work on “The Last of Us” and the network’s much-celebrated “Chernobyl” miniseries , HBO has reason to trust Mazin with a venture like this. For those not familiar, “Baldur’s Gate 3” takes place in the world of “Dungeons & Dragons” and follows a party seeking to cure themselves of a parasitic illithid tadpole infecting their brains.

Why This Matters

As you play the game, you encounter monsters, dragons, armies, and even demons on your quest to save the realm. Here’s the problem: For one, it appears that no one from Larian Studios is actually involved with this adaptation (per a Twitter/X post from “Baldur’s Gate 3” lead designer Swen Vincke). Instead, Mazin will be working with “Dungeons & Dragons” business daddy Wizards of the Coast’s Head of Story Chris Perkins, who’s serving as a consultant.

Entertainment industry insiders have been buzzing about this.

Key Takeaways

• Deadline is reporting that the TV show will tell an original story that “takes place ASAP after the events of [the ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ video game].
• ” This will also force the series to pick a canon storyline from the game, which will trivialize what the fandom love about it.

The Bottom Line

Deadline is reporting that the TV show will tell an original story that “takes place ASAP after the events of [the ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ video game]. ” This will also force the series to pick a canon storyline from the game, which will trivialize what the fandom love about it.

Is this a W or an L? You decide.