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Shadowheart holds a glowing magical object in Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldurs Gate 3 devs tease future non-D&D games, say morale is “super high”: “we're doing our own thing again"

“We're not trying to convert rules from 50 years ago into something new," says Larian CEO

Aug. 5, 2024 Nic Reuben

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Karlach, a Tiefling barbarian that you can romance in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Delayed Baldur’s Gate 3 patch notes reckon you've all been eating too much delicious, irresistible soap

Plus roughly 100% more evil

July 23, 2024 Nic Reuben

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Baldur's Gate 3's monstrous Dark Urge character lying contemplatively on their back next to a bunch of corpses

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Baldur's Gate 3 patch 7 will add dynamic splitscreen, new evil endings, Dark Urge fixes and lots more kissing

Snoggoblin, morelike

July 16, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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Minthara, the bloodthirsty drow in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Baldur’s Gate 3 mod update will be Larian’s ‘final handover’ to players

“We don't want to keep on doing the same thing, we really want to move forward and do new things”

June 17, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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A closeup of a character made using the Fantastical Multiverse mod for Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 will add official mod tools this September, making it even easier to play dungeon master

It’s already being tested via a closed alpha, with closed beta in July

June 5, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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Edders Sheeran wins a skill check to pull Gale out of the portal in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Baldur's Gate 3 once had a portable hole, but Swen Vincke says it would have been a "crime against humanity"

"We had to remove it, but it was fantastic."

June 3, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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Withers, the NPC you must find before you can respec your character in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Baldur’s Gate 3 had “a bit” of crunch, as director claims that will “always” be the case to get games finished

It was less than on previous Larian games and devs were paid for any overtime, reassures Swen Vincke

May 27, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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A screenshot of an outside area in Candlekeep, from the Beamdog enhanced edition of Baldur's Gate

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How Baldur's Gate 3 might have brought back Candlekeep, the library fortress where Baldur's Gate began

Keeping it lit with Adam Smith

May 24, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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Astarion and Tav lock lips in a teaser image for Baldur's Gate 3's kissing update

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Larian's new Polish studio is a "match made in heaven" for the Baldur's Gate 3 developer's upcoming RPGs

Jaheira 'bout this one yet?

May 20, 2024 Nic Reuben

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Baldur's Gate 3 Lae'zel, a Githyanke warrior companion and potential romance partner in the game.

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D&D makers are spending $1 billion on their own video games, promising they’ll be ‘quality and authentic’ like Baldur’s Gate 3

Video games will apparently be a big part of Hasbro for the next century

May 1, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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A portrait of Baldur's Gate 3 companion Astarion in the style of a Stardew Valley character next to an overview of the new map for Baldur's Village

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Baldur’s Gate 3 companions are being modded into Stardew Valley, so you can romance Astarion all over again

Baldur’s Village will also add a whole new map inspired by the D&D dating sim

April 29, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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Larian have two new games in the works, "fueled by the very same fire" as Baldur's Gate 3

"I get excited like a kid watching the key imagery," says Swen Vincke

April 18, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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Shadowheart lying down with the player character in Baldur's Gate 3

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D&D makers also want a Baldur’s Gate 4, but say they won't rush to a sequel (it shouldn't take 25 years, mind)

“We're going to take our time and find the right partner, the right approach, and the right product that could represent the future of Baldur's Gate”

April 16, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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Baldur’s Gate 3 does what Elden Ring couldn’t, sweeps BAFTAs to become first game to win every big GOTY award

I guess you could call it a CRITICAL HIT - aha, aha

April 12, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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Baldur’s Gate 3 studio will likely bring their next game to early access again, but admit it’s not for every dev

It’ll be a work-in-progress for a while, if Larian's past RPGs are anything to go by

April 8, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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A composite image of a gunslinger from Weird West, a mysterious hooded woman, and Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher, standing against he backdrop of a spacer settlement in The Outer Worlds

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The best RPGs on PC in 2024

From older classics to brand new trail-blazers

March 28, 2024 Alice Bell

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Key art for Baldur's Gate 3, showing Shadowheart, Astarion and Lae'zel

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Larian don't know what their next game is yet, but it won't be Baldur's Gate 4, or Baldur's Gate 3 DLC

The studio is moving on from Dungeons & Dragons

March 22, 2024 Katharine Castle

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The 25 best co-op games on PC in 2024

Grab a pal

March 11, 2024 Alice Bell

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Baldur’s Gate 3 makes Minthara more pally and everyone less rude in latest update

Hotfix 20 also stops money and loot exploits

Feb. 29, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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Baldur's Gate 3's latest patch improves smooching, idle animations, and a bazillion other things

Everyone's elevated their tonsil tennis game

Feb. 16, 2024 Ed Thorn

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Pucker up for better kissing in “hefty” Baldur’s Gate 3 update next week

Patch 6 will also bring new camp idle animations, Legendary Actions for Honour Mode and bug fixes

Feb. 9, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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Wizards deny reports that Tencent are buying D&D with Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian's help

Was this on your bingo card?

Feb. 1, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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Nocturne, a Tiefling from Baldur's Gate 3 with purple hair and skin, in armour showing she's a follower of Shar

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Baldur's Gate 3's Nocturne is a landmark in trans representation, but for her voice actor it's just the beginning

Abigail Thorn, aka Philosophy Tube, says "the goal is liberation, not celebrity".

Jan. 29, 2024 Sarah Guinevere Smit

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A mimic reveals its horrible presence in a Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot.

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A wholly subscription-driven games industry would be "savage", says Larian CEO

Swen Vincke rebuts Ubisoft exec's claim that players need to "get comfortable" with not owning their games

Jan. 17, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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Peanut Butter the shiba inu dog speedruns a game using a custom controller (and the motivation of a treat)

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This week’s Games Done Quick 2024 includes Starfield, Baldur’s Gate 3 and the world’s first speedrunning dog

Along with a race between Elden Ring and Sekiro

Jan. 15, 2024 Matt Jarvis

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