help to improve it or discuss the issue on the talk page . december 2015 larian studios type video game studio industry interactive entertainment founded 1996 founder swen vincke headquarters ghent belgium products divinity series number of employees 40 website larian.com larian studios is a belgian game developer which was founded in 1996 1 by swen vincke who derived its name from his dog pilar . 2 it currently focuses on developing role playing video game and educational games apart from ledwars 3 which is a hardcore strategy game and a number of casino games . additional citation needed 4 contents 1 notable works 2 games developed 3 references 4 external links notable works edit larian s first project was called the lady the mage and the knight lmk . however they were unable to gain the recognition of any publishers as none believed they were capable of creating a game . 5 in order to rectify this and to prove them wrong ledwars a strategy game was developed within 5 months and published by ionos in 1997 . 6 as a result lmk soon evolved into a collaborative project between larian studios and attic entertainment software . due to various problems between the two development studios and its publisher the project was abandoned in 1999 . 7 in 2002 larian completed work on divinity sword of lies which was then published under the name divine divinity by cdv . 8 in 2004 beyond divinity expansion to divine divinity was published under 2 editions the standard version by ubisoft entertainment gmbh 9 and the deluxe version by mediamix benelux which contained divine divinity beyond divinity and a novella by rhianna pratchett called son of chaos . 10 in the same year 2004 ketnetkick an educational and the first pc2tv game ever created was developed for ketnet and released by transposia . 11 in 2006 beyond divinity was re released under gold games 9 by ubisoft entertainment sa which was a set of 10 games on 6 dvds . 12 in march 2008 adventure rock 13 an online virtual world was completed and released . this was later followed by the release of ketnetkick 2 in oct 2008 by vrt the national broadcaster in belgium . in march 2009 gulliland 14 was published by jeunesse tv a french national broadcasting channel . in january 2010 larian released divinity ii ego draconis the sequel to divine divinity to the us market on xbox 360 and windows 15 simultaneously after releases in germany france spain italy poland russia and benelux . larian has also produced divinity ii flames of vengeance the highly anticipated expansion pack and built a gold deluxe version that holds all divinity ii episodes called divinity ii the dragon knight saga . in august 2013 larian released divinity dragon commander a game mixing strategy and role playing elements in the divinity universe before the events of divine divinity . 16 the game has received an overall positive reception and gained attention thanks to its novel approach to strategy . larian s latest game divinity original sin has been released after several delays in june 2014 . the game was funded partly thanks to a kickstarter campaign 17 raising over 1 million dollars out of an estimated 4 million budget upon its release the game has been the fastest selling game of larian to date . 18 the game is a turn based rpg and the events are set between dragon commander and divine divinity in the story . games developed edit led wars 1998 the lady the mage and the knight cancelled a collaborative effort with attic entertainment software 19 divine divinity 2002 beyond divinity 2004 divinity ii ego draconis 2009 divinity ii flames of vengeance 2010 divinity dragon commander 2013 divinity original sin 2014 divinity original sin enhanced edition 2015 planned games divinity original sin 2 2017 larian studios logo educational games educational games ketnet kick 2004 adventure rock 2008 ketnet kick 2 2008 gulliland 2009 references edit larian company information . gamasutra.com . retrieved 2013 10 25 . trivia about company name . mobygames.com . retrieved 2013 10 25 . ledwars official site . larian.com . retrieved 2013 10 25 . larian casino games . paragraph 5 lines 3 4 publishing industry skeptical archived july 18 2011 at the wayback machine . article about ledwars at mobygames . mobygames.com . retrieved 2013 10 25 . the truth about lmk by lar also known as swen dead link information about divine divinity at mobygames . mobygames.com . retrieved 2013 10 25 . information about beyond divinity standard edition at mobygames . mobygames.com . retrieved 2013 10 25 . information about beyond divinity deluxe edition at mobygames . mobygames.com . retrieved 2013 10 25 . ketnetkick . mobygames.com . 2004 10 29 . retrieved 2013 10 25 . information about gold games 9 at mobygames . mobygames.com . 2006 10 12 . retrieved 2013 10 25 . adventurerock . bbc.co.uk . 1970 01 01 . retrieved 2013 10 25 . gulliland . larian.com . retrieved 2013 10 25 . ism signs up larian studios archived december 14 2007 at the wayback machine . gamestar voices of igromir 2011 . swen vincke it won t be bad to have an army . gamestar.ru . retrieved 2013 10 25 . kickstarter campaign . retrieved 2013 07 04 . divinity original sin is larian studio fastest selling game ever . eurogamer . 2014 07 03 . retrieved 2013 07 04 . information about lmk the lady the mage and the knight . videogames.yahoo.com . 2010 11 09 . retrieved 2013 10 25 . external links edit official website larian studios at mobygames video game developers in belgium v t e divinity series games divine divinity beyond divinity divinity ii divinity dragon commander divinity original sin divinity original sin ii related larian studios swen vincke retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title larian studios & oldid 738254282 categories video game companies of belgiumcompanies established in 1996video game development companieshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external 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