Swen Johan Vincke (/ˈsvɛn ˈvɪŋkə/; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsʋɛn ˈjo:ɦɑn ˈvɪŋkə]; born 30 May 1972) is a Belgian video game designer, programmer and director.
He is the founder and CEO of the video game company Larian Studios, where he has led the development of the Divinity series and Baldur's Gate 3.
Vincke developed an interest in programming, arcade and computer games, as well as basketball at a young age.
[3][9] He was originally interested in doing speech recognition, but decided to devote himself to making video games when he saw how much fun people were having with his projects.
[12] Vincke was also responsible for the design of KetnetKick (2004), an educational video game developed for Flemish children's channel Ketnet.
[21] He subsequently directed its sequel Divinity: Original Sin II, released in 2017, which was hailed as one of the best role-playing games of all time.