‘regal.inspiring.thickness’ — Geoff Keighley’s X-post (with an image teasing a section of a demonic statue), sent the gaming community on the wildest goose chase in recent memory. The words turned out to be coordinates, leading brave fans to a location in California’s Mojave Desert, where a real life statue was waiting for them.
The statue featured a mass of intertwined demons, wild animals, warriors in armour, and what appeared to be an giant eye-ball with outspread tendrils. The whole thing also lit up like a Satanic Christmas tree at night! The Game Awards X account added fuel to the fire with more cryptic words: ‘The █████ are silent. █████ bleeds. New █████ stir.’
Fan speculation exploded in an attempt to figure out the mystery, online detectives matching elements of the statue to different games to try and prove their guesswork. A new God of War game, Diablo IV DLC, Elder Scrolls VI, and Lords of the Fallen 2 were some of the more popular theories. But as various industry insiders and developers themselves debunked guess after guess, the mystery had many clutching at straws. Half-Life 3? Dante’s Inferno? Elden Ring 2? SAROS?
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What was the big Game Awards statue?
Then suddenly the case was blown wide open with the discovery of a trademark registered in Europe for Divinity from Larian Studios (Baldur’s Gate III). The logo features an eyeball similar to the one on the statue, and another trademarked icon looked to be a perfect match to the eye and tendrils on the statue.
While most jumped straight to Divinity: Original Sin 3, that was soon debunked, leaving a new game in the Divinity IP as the most likely reveal.
And they were right! A new game titled simply ‘Divinity‘ was revealed at The Game Awards; a gruesome and grotesque cinematic trailer, setting a dark, demonic tone for the future game.
We can’t wait to see more!
