Yeah but those recent ones arent "new" games. Just remastered/extended versions of existing games (mods included). Wondering why there hasnt been any "new" DnD games......in fact there doesnt seem to have been too much in terms of DnD novels (official ones) lately either? (used to love them...).
Personally love DnD type stuff even if i never grew up or experienced tabletop DnD environment.

I was referring to the first BG games a well. But, you have to understand that it links in what has been happening in the pen & paper game. BG1/2 were made using 2nd edition D&D and based on the Forgotten Realms setting as it was in second ed. Since then, WotC have 'f-ed' up the FR setting (i.e. with the Spellplague and the Sundering) and they are insisting that Larian base BG3 in a time period that corresponds to 5th edition, which is after those controversial events in the lore. So their hands are somewhat tied in terms of how 'faithful' they can be to the original games, regarding the lore (and the ruleset, as they are being forced to use 5th edtion).

I think in general, Forgotten Realms tends to have a clearer distinction between good and evil than Planescape, so I expect that to be reflected in BG3.

My take is that two planets have to align for a game to be made based on a licensed IP: there has to be a developer willing to make the game, and the IP owner has to agree for them to use it. The last time those planets were aligned was with Bioware. However, in the past 10 years it seems they have focused more on developing their own IP franchises (Dragon Age and Mass Effect). I guess they wanted their own IP so they didn't have to keep making license payments to WotC.

On the other side, my understanding is that Larian wanted to make BG3 sooner (before D:OS2), but WotC didn't think they were ready for it. It seems it has only been after the release of D:OS2 that WotC were willing to let them do it.

Regarding the books: I'm not sure. Although, I know at least some of the long-time D&D authors were very unhappy with the 4th edition changes to FR. From the Wikipedia article:

R.A. Salvatore was also publicly unhappy with the 4th Edition changes to the Forgotten Realms. Salvatore said "basically, we authors were handed a document and told how things were going to be. We were asked our opinions, but they mattered very little - the changes were being driven from a different direction. [...] To have characters that have built such a strong history, then have that upset on the orders of someone else was very disconcerting.

Perhaps they weren't very motivated to write more fiction after the unpopular changes to the setting?

Will someone on here please be so very kind to actually GoG.com gift to me today later on Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Studios somehow really please after it releases today please?

I just hope the scale of quests in terms of game-time length is to be consistent with Baldur's Gate 1 or Baldur's Gate 2.
In the sense that nowadays marketers want to impose short singleplayer experiences because it's easier & faster to market & generate profit off short development products. Because in the end, they are products, in a Market Society/Consumer Society, even though they do have Artistic & Design elements in them.

No idea what you're going on about, when the most visible games these days typically take multiple years of development time, cost dozens or hundreds of millions of $$, and are usually open-world things with 100+ hours. That's the opposite of "short singleplayer experiences" and "short development products".

The thing that scares me most is that BG3 will be a reskinned DOS.

DOS1/2 are games that, on their own right, can be nice and fun but, as a long timer D&D player, I always found Larian games a bit too higher fantasy in flavour.

The other aspect is how the D&D ruleset is actually applied.
Even assuming Larian will use 1:1 D&D 5th rules, there is still the possibility that it will taste like DOS with a d20.
And, to be honest, I'm not excited about it.

DOS combat feels more like a puzzle where you need to have the character built optimally and applying certain tactics.
Something that, in an RPG, feels a bit forced on the player.

It's not me, it's from multiple developers actually:
Ninja Theory's impressive, relatively short single-player game that generated decent revenue, looked amazing, won numerous awards and was made on a relatively small budget.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-11-eidos-montreal-we-have-to-try-new-models-for-single-player-games

Patrick K. Mills, senior quest designer at the Polish company, discussed the length of Cyberpunk 2077's "main story run" on a Twitch stream -- as posted on Resetera.
According to Mills, Cyberpunk's campaign missions will be shorter than The Witcher 3, following "complaints" from players that it took too long to reach the end.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-09-21-cd-projekt-shortened-cyberpunks-campaign-over-length-complaints

2021 - Hazelight Studio's head Josef Fares believes Single-Player Games Are Too Long.
https://screenrant.com/it-takes-two-director-single-player-games-long/

there were more articles but i can't find them currently; also some links i had are no longer available... I'm glad most people just don't wanna buy short games.