The Game Awards "Hell Statue" Mystery is Basically Solved - And It's Not God of War

If you’ve seen that cursed-looking statue lighting up your timeline, no, you’re not imagining it. The Game Awards dropped GPS co-ordinates for a massive demonic monument in the Mojave Desert, and fans immediately turned it into a guessing game.

Now, thanks to some fresh trademark digging, the mystery seems more or less solved: all signs point to a new Divinity game from Larian Studios, the team behind Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s not officially confirmed, but the logo match is hard to ignore.

And with The Game Awards already stacked with reveals like Tomb Raider’s “future of the franchise” tease and more, this one could be the big CRPG moment of the night for UAE gamers setting alarms at 4-something in the morning.

So what is this Game Awards statue, exactly?

A real-world promo stunt in the Mojave Desert has turned into the internet’s favourite whodunnit.

• Huge, demonic-looking statue set up near Joshua Tree in the Mojave Desert
• Co-ordinates shared by Geoff Keighley, sending fans on a real-life hunt
• Covered in twisted bodies, beasts and a glowing circular “eye” symbol
• Speculation ranged from God of War to Diablo to Fallout: New Vegas and Baldur’s Gate

Keighley posted the statue along with location data, and players literally drove out to the site to film it. Up close, it looks like a chunk of hell grew out of the sand: bodies, demons, maybe dragons, all wrapped around a portal-like circle that lights up at night. With that kind of energy, of course people assumed it was teasing something like Diablo 4, a new God of War, or some apocalyptic Bethesda thing. But then the denials started. Cory Barlog said “not us”, and Jason Schreier quietly killed the Diablo theory.

How Divinity trademarks cracked the mystery

The real clue didn’t come from the statue itself, but from a trademark office.

• Site MP1st spotted three new EU trademarks filed under the Divinity name
• One is a refreshed Divinity logo, two are abstract symbols
• One spiky circular symbol looks almost identical to the glowing emblem on the statue
• Gematsu later confirmed the law firm matches Larian’s previous filings

The short version: someone filed a new Divinity logo and two related icons in Europe. One of those icons is a circle with jagged “rays” or tendrils coming out of it. Put that image next to the red-lit symbol on the Mojave statue and, honestly, it’s hard to see it as coincidence. Multiple outlets have now run the comparison and reached the same conclusion – the statue is almost certainly a Game Awards teaser for a new Divinity project from Larian.

Because the trademark doesn’t list Larian by name yet, it’s still technically a rumour. But the representative law firm is the same one used for Larian’s other European marks, which nudges this from “wild theory” into “yeah, this is probably it”.

Is this Divinity: Original Sin 3 or something else?

Here’s where it gets a bit messy for people already fantasy-casting their saves.

• Larian’s director of publishing has said there are “no current plans” for Divinity: Original Sin 3
• That statement still leaves room for another Divinity game with a different subtitle
• The series goes back to 2002 with Divine Divinity and has five main entries so far
• Larian has been clear it wants to move away from Dungeons & Dragons after Baldur’s Gate 3

MP1st’s report was quickly followed by an update: after the Divinity trademarks were spotted, Larian’s publishing boss Michael “Cromwelp” Douse said they’re not working on Divinity: Original Sin 3 specifically. That sounds like a curveball, but remember: Original Sin is a sub-series inside the larger Divinity universe. A new game could easily carry a different subtitle, revisit older eras, or even focus on factions like the Black Ring that fans are already connecting to the new symbols.

Either way, it lines up with what Larian has been saying since Baldur’s Gate 3 swept The Game Awards 2023 with six wins including Game of the Year: they’re done with borrowed IPs for now and want to grow their own worlds again.

What this means for The Game Awards 2025 (and UAE viewers)

This statue tease isn’t happening in a vacuum; it’s part of an already busy show.

• The Game Awards 2025 takes place on 11 December in Los Angeles
• That’s an early-morning stream for the UAE: roughly 4:30am–8:00am GST on 12 December
• We’re already expecting news on Tomb Raider’s future, Control’s Resonant project and more
• Several big games are also skipping the show, like The Witcher 4 and Naughty Dog’s Intergalactic

If the statue is indeed teasing a new Divinity, it’s almost certainly positioned as one of those “one last thing” moments Keighley loves to slot in near the end. Between that, a teased Tomb Raider segment and plenty of publisher surprises, UAE viewers who care enough to wake up before Fajr might actually get rewarded this year. And if you’d rather sleep, you can always catch up with our TGA 2025 coverage on tbreak once the dust settles.

Should you care if you’re not already a Divinity fan?

Short answer: probably yes, especially if you got into Larian through Baldur’s Gate 3.

• Divinity: Original Sin 2 was already considered one of the best modern CRPGs even before BG3 blew up
• A new Divinity would likely follow a similar deep, choice-driven design
• Larian tends to launch in early access, so players can shape the game over years
• The newfound mainstream success from BG3 means this won’t be a niche PC-only side project

For years, Divinity was that series you only heard about if you were deep into PC RPGs. Then Original Sin 2 hit, word spread, and by the time Baldur’s Gate 3 arrived, Larian had quietly become one of the most trusted studios in the genre. A new Divinity teased on The Game Awards stage, backed by that reputation, is going to land very differently in 2025. This time, it’s not just hardcore CRPG fans paying attention; it’s everyone who rolled a nat-20 romance in BG3 and now wants more.

If you’re just here for trailers and big reveals, this statue mystery still matters. It shows how far The Game Awards has leaned into ARG-style marketing to build hype days before the show even starts – something we’re already seeing around other teased projects like Remedy’s mysterious Control: Resonant trademark.

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