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Wednesday27th Nov 2024
Larian does it again
Wow, as if Baldur's Gate 3 wasn't already one of the best RPGs money can buy, developer Larian is delivering what sound like another outstanding update in 2025. In a new community post on Steam, the studio spills the beans on what we can expect from Patch 8. There are three huge additions incoming: full cross-play...
Tuesday26th Nov 2024
News Larian Studios Made a Staggering Amount of Money on Baldur's Gate 3
Going to need another Bag of Holding
Commanding a controlling majority of Larian Studios' shares, charismatic founder, CEO, and Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke can now likely buy all the armour he likes, maybe even a castle or two. While it should come as no surprise to learn that the masterful D&D sequel was huge for the plucky,...
Thursday21st Nov 2024
News Peerless RPG Baldur's Gate 3 Has More Players Now Than at Launch
Truly one of a kind
The simple fact that Baldur's Gate 3 exists at all is a miracle, never mind that it managed to exceed its predecessor in virtually every conceivable way, considering Baldur's Gate 2 is, itself, considered amongst the finest RPGs ever made. Now, add to all that the fact the primarily single-player game had more daily concurrents...
Thursday14th Nov 2024
News Devil-Filled Baldur's Gate 3 Has Fans in Vatican City
"Wish I could see their mod list. Bet it’s absolutely gnarly"
Revolutionary RPG Baldur's Gate 3 kicks off with an unforgettable jaunt aboard a Mindflayer Nautiloid, with the interplanar vessel fatefully arriving in Avernus, the Dungeons & Dragons' equivalent of biblical hell. Developer Larian Studios has revealed that two copies of the game...
Friday8th Nov 2024
News Larian Studios Confirms Baldur's Gate 3's PS5 Pro Enhancements
Party-wide buffs
Attentive members of the community noticed last week that Baldur's Gate 3 would be enhanced on PS5 Pro, and now we have the specifics. Larian Studios says the game's Quality and Performance modes on Sony's shiny new hardware have been refined "to achieve crisp console visuals without sacrificing smooth performance." Timed to...
Wednesday30th Oct 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3 Joins Ranks of Games Enhanced on PS5 Pro
As if we needed another excuse
Epic RPG Baldur's Gate 3 will join the hallowed ranks of games enhanced on PS5 Pro, although precisely how remains to be seen. With the PS5's mid-generation refresh launching next week, you might want to consider that Dark Urge playthrough you've been putting off for so long. Spotted by Zuby Tech on X, the glorious...
Monday14th Oct 2024
News Publishing Director Calls Out Shameless Baldur's Gate 3 Collector's Edition Scalpers
Name and shame
Scalpers will likely always remain a pernicious problem in our consumer-focused video game industry, with the fate of the gorgeous 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro bundle a recent example. Michael Douse, director of publishing at Larian Studios, isn't a fan of the practice, however, calling out a particularly egregious example. On X, Douse...
Friday11th Oct 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3 Fandom Reaches Inevitable Conclusion with $20,000 Astarion Sex Doll
Retweets are endorsements
With that whole bear sex TikTok thing likely playing a measurable role in Baldur's Gate 3's ascension to GOAT status, it really was only a matter of time until someone spent a small fortune on an anatomically correct Astarion sex doll. If you're so inclined, you can too, and we understand the manufacturer is even having a...
Wednesday2nd Oct 2024
News Wizard of Mod Arrives in Girthy Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 on PS5
Catch you next year
Console-bound RPG fans have watched with envious eyes the strange delights and modifications their PC brethren have enjoyed for about as long as both platforms have existed. Thankfully, we live in a bright, hopeful age in which Baldur's Gate 3 is not only real but one of the best games ever made. Now, just a month and change...
Tuesday24th Sep 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3 Inches Closer to Real-Time Combat in Promising Mod
Pause will have to wait
As those of you terminally online enough will recall, shortly after the release of Baldur Gate 3 last year, a Tweet urging developer Larian to add real-time combat to its admittedly slow-paced RPG went mega-viral. This suggestion was roundly mocked despite (or perhaps because of) its earnest nature, with plenty of armchair...
Tuesday17th Sep 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3's First Custom Maps Portend Endless D&D Adventure
Avernus, here we come
With Larian allowing modders to have at Baldur's Gate 3 for about a week now, the results are already looking quite promising, indeed, with detailed custom maps beginning to emerge. Heroic modders are attempting to take us where even the developer dare not tread, and with mod support coming to PS5 next month, console-bound...
Tuesday10th Sep 2024
News Predictably, Baldur's Gate 3's Modding Scene Is Absolutely Massive
Support incoming for PS5
Considering Larian Studio's roleplaying epic is one of the greatest RPGs of our time, and it sold like gangbusters, it should come as no surprise to learn that modders were absolutely champing at the bit, with all kinds of weird and wonderful fan creations ready to go live. Mod support was added to the PC version in an...
Monday9th Sep 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3's Big Patch 7 Won't Be the Last: 'The Chefs Must Cook'
It goes on and on, my friend
Baldur's Gate 3's anticipated Patch 7 was recently released on PC but delayed into October on PS5, adding a bunch of tantalising features and improvements and another mountain of fixes and tweaks. But while Larian Studios has confirmed that it won't be the game's final update, the developer remains tight-lipped about...
Thursday5th Sep 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 Delayed Into October on PS5
Unlucky 7
Baldur's Gate 3's highly anticipated Patch 7 is out right now on PC — but unfortunately, the wait continues on PS5. Developer Larian had previously said that the update would take "a little longer" to roll out on consoles, but those who expected it to drop this month are going to be disappointed. It seems as though the studio's having to...
Monday2nd Sep 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3's Huge Patch 7 Is Out This Week on PC, PS5 Has to Wait 'A Little Longer'
Soon!
The next big update for Baldur's Gate 3, the so-called Patch 7, has been talked about for months — and now it's finally within reach. Developer Larian has confirmed that the update will arrive this week on PC — having previously promised that it would drop at some time in September — but PS5 players will have to wait just a bit longer...
Friday23rd Aug 2024
Random Larian Fondled Cream-Filled Oreos to Get Baldur's Gate 3 Tentacle Scene Just Right
Here, watch
While Halsin's bear-form druid scene rightly gets a lot of attention, Baldur's Gate 3 features other, less conventional sex scenes, including one with an interplanar, tentacled being. To properly simulate this act and its stroking, a developer at Larian used a sleeve of cream-filled Oreos. Beware, targeted spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3...
Tuesday20th Aug 2024
News Larian Teases Baldur's Gate 3's Cruel New Dark Urge Ending
Get down with your bad self
Developer Larian Studios has teased the promised new Dark Urge ending for Baldur's Gate 3, offering fans a glimpse at the depravity they can get involved in, provided they are willing to play through the massive game again. At over 50 seconds long, this "teaser" suggests the genuine article will be rather girthy. This...
Wednesday14th Aug 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3 Still Winning, Adds Coveted Hugo Award to List
The most prestigous award in sci-fi, fantasy literature
Despite being released over a year ago and having already secured just about every award possible, Baldur's Gate 3 continues to win, this time securing an extremely prestigious, much-coveted Hugo Award for Best Game or Interactive Work. The Hugo Awards have been around since 1953, which...
Tuesday13th Aug 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3's Lae'zel Combat Stance Literally the Stuff of Ancient Samurai Dreams
Divine inspiration
Larian Studio's animation game was extremely on point in Baldur's Gate 3. The ludicrous number of unique interactions each character has gives each so much personality, and as it turns out, inspiration struck one of the developers from an unexpected angle. In an illuminating new series looking at mocap in BG3, Larian's...
Thursday8th Aug 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3's Honour Mode Responsible for More Than a Million Failed Playthroughs
Ultimate bragging rights
Developer Larian Studios has released another fun trove of fascinating player statistics garnered from Baldur's Gate 3. It has come to light that the game's much-vaunted Honour Mode has prematurely ended over 1.2 million playthroughs, with just 141,000 successfully completed, which we should camp out on for a se
Wednesday7th Aug 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3 Reveals Utterly Ridiculous Player Stats for One Year Anniversary
Down bad by the river
If you can believe it, it's (almost) been one whole year since the release of Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5. Crazy! But you know what's even crazier? The player-related stats that developer Larian Studios has just unleashed upon the world. Needless to say, they make for a richly entertaining read. Please note that spoilers for...
News Larian's Channel From Hell Kicks Off with Salute to Baldur's Gate 3 Fans
And a look at some seriously cool office space
Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios recently launched a YouTube channel, fittingly enough, called the Channel from Hell. Fans can now follow along with what looks to be a fun journey, with Larian promising updates on the ridiculously ambitious
Monday5th Aug 2024
News Anticipation as Larian Preps Fresh Channel From Hell, Baldur's Gate 3 Marks First Anniversary
Bear Sex 2: Ursine Boogaloo
Can you believe it's almost been a year since the release of Baldur's Gate 3? On PC, that is, the PS5 version's anniversary is next month. In some ways, we just never recovered, and are incredibly excited to learn what comes next for developer Larian Studios. The plucky independent studio has just unveiled a new YouTube...
Thursday25th Jul 2024
Random Baldur's Gate 3 Sadist Completes 'Ultimate Durge Playthrough', Keeps the Corpses
Casualty count in the thousands
In what might be a potential cry for help, an exceptionally dedicated Baldur's Gate 3 player has completed what they've chillingly described as the "ultimate Durge playthrough". Playing on Honour Mode and walking the path of the evil Dark Urge as if born to it, they offered the lives of more than 2,000 characters and...
Tuesday23rd Jul 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3's Big Patch 7 Delayed, Highlights Teased
Embrace the evil
Closed beta testing for Baldur's Gate 3's big Patch 7 has been delayed, meaning it will take even longer to arrive for players on PS5. Something caused the game's passive dice rolls to stop working in internal testing, obviously a problem in a game based on D&D. Thankfully, that's the bad news; the good is that developer Larian...
Monday22nd Jul 2024
Random Larian's Attention to Detail in Baldur's Gate 3 Remains Unrivaled
They seemingly did think of everything
A year on from the launch of revolutionary CRPG behemoth Baldur's Gate 3, developer Larian Studios' ridiculous attention to detail still manages to impress. We don't know how the wizards there managed to predict the strange, bizarre things players would do with their open-ended epic, but they seemingly thought...
Tuesday16th Jul 2024
News Massive Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 Detailed, Dev Confirms More Updates Are Planned
Crossplay, photo mode, and more
In case you haven't heard, Baldur's Gate 3 is getting another huge update in September, which has been in the works for a while. And, ahead of the Patch 7's beta testing period on PC, developer Larian Studios has shared additional details on what we can expect from the update. As was previously revealed, evil...
Monday3rd Jun 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3 Mods Are Coming to PS5, with Official PC Modding Tools Set for September
Baldur's gateway
Potentially huge news for Baldur's Gate 3 fans has dropped today, as Larian has confirmed that official modding tools for the game will be made available on PC starting this September. But what does this mean for PS5 players? Well, once things are up and running, you'll be able to download and install mods on console, in a similar...
Tuesday28th May 2024
Random Baldur's Gate 3 Masochist Overcomes Nightmarish Solo Run
"Next challenge, we will have to make it harder"
Approachable to newcomers and almost endlessly engaging for die-hards, Baldur's Gate 3 offers various difficulty options, but there will always be those who crave more. Honour Mode is there if you want your save file deleted when you die, but streamer Luality has taken things to another level...
Monday27th May 2024
News Baldur's Gate 3 Required Less Crunch Than Larian Studios' Previous RPGs
"It would be a lie to say we didn't"
Swen Vincke, founder and CEO of Larian Studios, says that the crunch on Baldur's Gate 3 was "certainly less" than the developer had experienced on its previous games, such as Divinity: Original Sin 2. Crunch, or "crunch culture", is the colloquially known overtime many developers are required to work as...