Baldur’s Gate: The Last of Us Co-Creator Is Bringing Another Iconic Game to HBO

HBO is going deeper into video games with a live-action Baldur's Gate series, and Craig Mazin is the one rolling the dice. If you know his work on The Last of Us and Chernobyl, you get why this is a big swing.

The team and the plan

• Craig Mazin is creator, showrunner, writer, and executive producer.
• Executive producers include Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O'Connor, and Gabriel Marano for Hasbro Entertainment.
• Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast (the Dungeons & Dragons publisher) are co-developing the series.
• Chris Perkins, former Head of Story at Wizards of the Coast, is consulting.

Here is the key creative choice: the show picks up after the events of Baldur's Gate 3. No rehashing the old games, no origin-story reset. It moves the timeline forward, exploring the fallout from BG3 with a mix of new faces and returning characters who, in some cases, come back seriously leveled up. At the same time, the storytelling stays true to D&D fundamentals: parties start small and grow in power, scope, and consequence. That contrast should be fun.

"After putting nearly 1000 hours into the incredible world of Baldur's Gate 3, it is a dream come true to be able to continue the story that Larian and Wizards of the Coast created. I am a devoted fan of D&D and the brilliant way that Swen Vincke and his gifted team adapted it."

That 'nearly 1000 hours' detail is wild, and also exactly the kind of obsession you want on a project like this.

"His deep and long-standing passion for the source material paired with his remarkable talent for building immersive worlds filled with rich, compelling characters promises groundbreaking results."

"Fans have been eagerly awaiting an adaptation of Baldur's Gate, and we could not ask for better partners than HBO and the incomparable Craig Mazin."

Where this lands in the larger universe

This show is separate from any new Baldur's Gate game in development. It also sits alongside, not inside, the other Dungeons & Dragons projects out there, including the Netflix series set in the same Forgotten Realms universe. Different lanes, shared map.

Bottom line: HBO is betting on Baldur's Gate as an ongoing saga, not a museum tour. With Mazin steering and Wizards/Hasbro plugged in, expectations are high. Now we wait to see which companions make the cut, and how much chaos that post-BG3 world is ready to unleash.