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Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Denounces Threats As Game Passes Huge Milestone

Baldur's Gate 3 has exceeded 10 million players, marked by the director of publishing at Larian Studios.

Official mod support for Baldur's Gate 3 on consoles is in progress amidst disruption of unofficial mods. [ more ]

VG247

Yes, Baldur's Gate 3 mod support will be a thing, please don't be a jerk to Larian in the interim

Larian Studios is working on mod support for Baldur's Gate 3, aiming for a release later this year.

The publishing director, Michael Douse, addressed the need to change communication approach due to community toxicity and threats against developers. [ more ]

Kotaku

Baldur's Gate 3 Devs Working On 'Robust' Cross-Platform Mod Support

Official mod support is coming to Baldur's Gate 3, planned to be robust and cross-platform.

Larian Studios working on a system for mod support with plans to involve the modding community in testing and development. [ more ]

GameSpot

Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Support Is Coming To Consoles

Official mod support for Baldur's Gate 3 in the works, to be cross-platform.

Larian Studios focused on supporting modding community for Baldur's Gate 3. [ more ]

VG247

Good news, Baldur's Gate 3 is set to get "robust, cross-platform" official mod support this year

Larian is working on a cross-platform plan for mod support in Baldur's Gate 3 to be released later this year.

The studio is addressing in-game issues post Patch 6 and aims to involve console players in the modding community. [ more ]

GameSpot

Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion And Narrator Are Open To Appear In More D&D Games

Voice actors from Baldur's Gate 3, like Neil Newbon and Amelia Tyler, express interest in reprising their roles in future Dungeons & Dragons projects. [ more ]

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Baldur's Gate 3 Wins Best Game at BAFTA Games Awards: See Full List of Winners

Baldur's Gate 3 wins Best Game and multiple other categories at the 20th BAFTA Games Awards. [ more ]

Kotaku

Baldur's Gate 3 Is Still Winning GOTY Awards Four Months Into 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 awarded Game of the Year at BAFTAs. [ more ]

GameSpot

Hasbro Is Teasing Its Next Big D&D Game And What It Learned From BG3's Success

Hasbro is planning more D&D video games following Baldur's Gate 3's success.

Lessons learned from Baldur's Gate 3 include the importance of taking time to develop high-quality D&D games. [ more ]

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Baldur's Gate 3 wins game of the year at the Game Developers Choice awards

Baldur's Gate 3 won Game of the Year at GDC Awards.

The game also received awards for Best Design, Best Narrative, and Audience Award. [ more ]

Kotaku

Baldur's Gate 3 Becomes First Game To Win Every Major GOTY Award

Baldur's Gate 3 won all five major Game of the Year Awards in 2023, an unprecedented achievement in the gaming industry. [ more ]

GameSpot

Baldur's Gate 3 Continues Its Awards Streak With 4 BAFTA Wins, Including Best Game

Baldur's Gate 3 dominates 2024 BAFTAs with multiple wins. [ more ]

BBC News

Bafta Games Awards 2024: Baldur's Gate 3 wins game of the year

Baldur's Gate 3 won 5 awards at the 20th Bafta Game Awards, including Best Game, music, narrative, and acting categories, showcasing its excellence. [ more ]

VG247

Whatever Baldur's Gate 3 dev Larian ends up doing next, it will probably be in early access too

Larian is not making a sequel to Baldur's Gate 3 but will likely follow the early access route for their next game.

Larian's head of publishing, Michael Douse, emphasizes the importance of early access for creating social resonance and building a strong gameplay loop. [ more ]

Kotaku

Baldur's Gate 3 Developer's Next Game Will Likely Be Early Access, Too

Baldur's Gate 3 gained immense popularity despite its intimidating size.

Larian Studios remains nimble and agile, allowing for flexibility in decision-making and development. [ more ]

GameSpot

Larian Isn't Making Baldur's Gate 4 Next: "That's Not What We Were Made For"

Larian Studios is not planning a Baldur's Gate 4 due to their desire for new projects

The success of Baldur's Gate 3 influenced Larian Studios' decision to focus on original games [ more ]

GameSpot

Baldur's Gate 3 Adds DICE Game Of The Year Award To Its Trophy Case

Baldur's Gate 3 won Game of the Year at the DICE Awards.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 received the most trophies, with six total awards. [ more ]

VG247

Natural 20! Baldur's Gate 3 secures Game of the Year at DICE awards

Baldur's Gate 3 wins the Game of the Year award at the DICE game awards

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 wins the most accolades with six DICE awards [ more ]

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The Game Awards 2023: The Biggest Trailers and Announcements

Baldur's Gate 3 wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023

Hideo Kojima and Jordan Peele collaborate on a new horror game called OD [ more ]

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The biggest takeaways and full winners from The Game Awards

Baldur's Gate 3 won multiple awards, including Game of the Year.

Alan Wake 2 also had a successful night, winning Best Directing, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction. [ more ]

Engadget

Baldur's Gate 3 is available now on Xbox Series X/S

Baldur's Gate 3 is now available on Xbox after a delay due to technical issues with the Series S.

The game won several awards at The Game Awards 2023, including Game of the Year. [ more ]

The Verge

Baldur's Gate 3 is out now on Xbox

Baldur's Gate 3 is now available on Xbox Series X and S after winning Game of the Year at the 2023 Game Awards.

The Xbox version does not support split-screen co-op and only allows cross-save between Steam and Xbox. [ more ]

Inverse

The 'Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Release Date Is About to Be Revealed

Baldur's Gate 3 will be released on Xbox in December.

The official release date will be announced at The Game Awards. [ more ]

Gadgets 360

6 months ago

The Game Awards 2023 Nominations Announced: See the Full List

Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake II lead the nominations at The Game Awards 2023 with eight nods each, including Game of the Year.

HBO's The Last of Us series, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Gran Turismo movie are among the contenders for Best Adaptation at The Game Awards.

Over 100 different games are nominated for The Game Awards 2023, with Nintendo being the most-nominated publisher. [ more ]

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ReadWrite

3 days ago

Baldur's Gate 3's Mysterious Artifact is now a video games controller

Rudeism created a 3D-printed Mysterious Artifact controller for Baldur's Gate 3, a five-month project culminating in a unique and functional Xbox controller. [ more ]

Kotaku

4 weeks ago

Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 Will Add New Endings

Larian Studios is expanding upon Baldur's Gate 3's evil ending in Patch 7, with bug fixes and official modding tools included. [ more ]

VG247

Had trouble taking a quick break in Baldur's Gate 3? A fresh hotfix should stop an intellect devourer cheekily messing up your rests

A new hotfix (24) for Baldur's Gate 3 has been released, addressing issues related to an NPC (Us) and performance problems.

The hotfix resolves issues related to taking a Short Rest after interacting with the companion party member Us and fixes a crash during transitions between acts. [ more ]

GameSpot

Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Had Fallback Plans If The Game's Risks Didn't Pan Out

Larian had fallback plans in place for the risks associated with RPG development and rapid hiring growth.

The studio's CEO is confident about the sustainability of their decisions in hiring and development based on backup financial strategies. [ more ]

VG247

Dragon's Dogma 2 has me feeling homesick for Baldur's Gate - and that's fine

Baldur's Gate 3 being favored over Dragon's Dogma 2 led to a realization of missing the former

Dragon's Dogma 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 have little in common despite both being fantasy RPGs [ more ]

GameSpot

Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Teases Next Game And Discusses Decision To Not Make Baldur's Gate 4

Larian Studios will not create DLC or a sequel for Baldur's Gate 3.

Larian CEO Swen Vincke teases the mystery around the studio's next game. [ more ]

VG247

2 weeks ago

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Hear me out. After the Fallout TV show I don't want a new Fallout FPS - I'm fiending for a top down RPG

The Fallout Amazon series has led to a resurgence in player interest in Fallout games, with potential for a new Fallout CRPG inspired by the original Fallout 1 and 2. [ more ]

VG247

Baldur's Gate 3's devs planned around you totally screwing everything up by killing everyone, but didn't expect people to "jump through the entire thing"

Developers planned to prevent players from ruining story; speedrunners found unexpected loopholes like bouncing through the game. [ more ]

GameSpot

Larian CEO Says It's Not Wizards Of The Coast's Fault It's Not Making Baldur's Gate 4

Larian Studios will not create a Baldur's Gate 3 sequel nor DLC, stating the decision was best for the studio. Vincke praised Wizards of the Coast for their support.

Larian is looking forward to applying lessons from BG3 to new characters, indicating updates like more mod support and cinematics are still planned. [ more ]

VG247

Baldur's Gate 3's director was once on board with doing a sequel, but now he's aiming for "a very big RPG that will rule them all"

Larian isn't developing DLC or Baldur's Gate 4, focusing on a new RPG

CEO Swen Vincke emphasizes creating 'a very big RPG that will rule them all' [ more ]

VG247

Larian considered having multiple narrators in Baldur's Gate 3 - including Matt Mercer

Multiple dungeon masters, including Matt Mercer, were considered for narrating Baldur's Gate 3.

Early ambition of incorporating narrators and cinematics into Baldur's Gate 3 was revealed during GDC 2023 talk. [ more ]

Polygon

Larian Studios is walking away from D&D, won't make any more Baldur's Gate games

Moving away from Baldur's Gate franchise and Dungeons & Dragons.

No DLC, expansions, or sequels planned for Baldur's Gate 3. [ more ]

GameSpot

Baldur's Gate 3 Takes Home Another Game Of The Year Award

Baldur's Gate 3 dominates in Game of the Year awards

Larian Studios excels at the 24th Game Developers Choice Awards [ more ]

VG247

Good news, Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix stops Minthara from suddenly dumping your not so evil bottom

Hotfix 22 resolves issues with romance arcs and cross-saves in Baldur's Gate 3.

The root issue causing abrupt breakups in relationships has been fixed in the hotfix. [ more ]

Polygon

The most-played Steam Deck games list is full of amazing time sinks

Baldur's Gate 3 is the most-played game on Steam Deck.

Valve's list of top games on Steam Deck includes various genres and releases. [ more ]

Polygon

The 2024 Steam spring sale is here, full of great game deals

Steam's annual spring sale offers discounts on popular games like Baldur's Gate 3 and Resident Evil 4.

Baldur's Gate 3 and Resident Evil 4 are currently available at discounted prices on Steam. [ more ]

GameSpot

Baldur's Gate 3's Physical Release Is Four Discs On Xbox Series X, Could Be Slightly Delayed

Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Series X physical edition to have 4 discs due to size limit

Current console cycles rarely see multiple-disc releases, exception for physical media like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth [ more ]

Kotaku

Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Physical Edition May Have A Whole Lotta Discs

Baldur's Gate 3 Deluxe Edition includes physical discs for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S

Xbox Series X/S version of the game may require four discs due to size [ more ]

GameSpot

Actor Who Voiced Baldur's Gate 3's Kissing Noises Announces Charity Stream With Hilarious TikTok Video

Larian Studios updates kiss animations in Baldur's Gate 3 for diverse characters.

Actor Alex Jordan creates TikTok video for charity stream, joking about voicing kisses in the game. [ more ]

Polygon

Baldur's Gate 3's anticipated kissing patch is finally out

Larian Studios has released a patch for Baldur's Gate 3 that improves the kissing animations in the game, with each character having their own unique animations.

The patch also includes improved endgame cinematics to better reflect the connection between players and their partners.

The patch is massive, requiring around 20GB of space and includes numerous other improvements and fixes to the game. [ more ]

VG247

Baldur's Gate 3's huge Patch 6 is now live, and yes, it includes a bunch of new kisses

Patch 6 for Baldur's Gate 3 is now live, bringing new features like the ability to dismiss and replace companions, new camp idle animations, and improved kissing options.

The patch also includes tweaks to endgame cinematics and fixes for player-reported issues, as well as new Legendary Actions for bosses in Honour Mode. [ more ]

Kotaku

Everything We Know About Baldur's Gate 3's Sixth Big Patch

New romantic interactions for companions

Improvements to party management and bug fixes [ more ]

GameSpot

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6 Will Improve More Than Just Kissing

Patch 6 of Baldur's Gate 3 will bring improvements to the game's overall experience.

The patch will address player complaints about dismissing and recruiting companions and prioritize the player as the main speaker in dialogue. [ more ]

VG247

Baldur's Gate 3's uber-hard honour mode has now been beaten in under 20 minutes, and I feel bad at video games

A speedrunner has completed Baldur's Gate 3's Honour mode in under 20 minutes, setting a new record.

The speedrunner used various strategies, including the flying stealth bear one-shot technique, to achieve the fast completion. [ more ]

GameSpot

New Baldur's Gate 3 Patch Improves Kissing

Larian Studios is releasing a patch for Baldur's Gate 3 that will improve the game's romance feature, specifically focusing on kissing.

The upcoming patch will also include new camp idle animations, new Legendary Actions in Honor Mode, and bug fixes. [ more ]

Kotaku

Baldur's Gate 3 20-Minute Speedrun Shows Bears Are Good For More Than Bangin'

Baldur's Gate 3 speedrunners are utilizing bears as a powerful strategy in completing the game quickly.

Shadowheart, when transformed into a bear with support spells, can deal significant damage to enemies by jumping on them. [ more ]

Kotaku

Baldur's Gate 3 Will Never Be On Game Pass Or PS Plus, Says Dev

Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke stated that their games, including Baldur's Gate 3, will not be available on subscription services like Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus.

Vincke expressed concerns about subscription models potentially giving too much power to a select group of curators who determine which games make it to market. [ more ]

VG247

Baldur's Gate 3 streamer's very honourable honour mode run ends with the "perfect" tragic defeat

Attempting an honour mode playthrough in Baldur's Gate 3 can lead to tragic deaths and challenging gameplay.

Streamer WolfheartFPS attempted an honourable honour mode run, abiding by strict rules, but tragically died while battling the Netherbrain. [ more ]

VG247

Good news, Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox players, the update designed to fix those pesky save issues is finally here

The Xbox firmware update is now available to fix save issues in Baldur's Gate 3 on the platform.

Xbox Support confirmed the update and Larian's director of publishing expressed optimism that the fix would solve the problem. [ more ]

VG247

You'll never see Baldur's Gate 3 on PS+ or Game Pass, and for good reason

Swen Vincke, director of Baldur's Gate 3, is against subscription services becoming the dominant way of accessing games.

Vincke believes that subscription models can limit creative freedom, monopolize the market, and hinder discoverability for developers. [ more ]

VG247

Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix stops Gale from leaving in a huff if you can't spare magical items every time

Hotfix 17 for Baldur's Gate 3 fixes the issue of Gale permanently leaving the party if a player doesn't offer him magic items.

The hotfix also includes fixes for the boss battle against Cazador, camera zooming issues, and large save game file sizes. [ more ]

Inverse

4 months ago

How to Keep Xbox From Banning You For Uploading Steamy Baldur's Gate 3 Scenes

Players were getting banned for capturing love scenes in Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox.

Microsoft announced a solution to avoid suspensions by turning off automatic upload, but this received backlash. [ more ]

Engadget

Larian Studios chief says Baldur's Gate 3 will never come to Game Pass

Baldur's Gate 3 will not be available on Game Pass, according to Larian Studios founder Swen Vincke.

The decision is based on perceived value, with Vincke emphasizing the game's fair price and lack of microtransactions.

Smaller developers have mixed opinions on Game Pass, with some praising the exposure while others see it as a lost opportunity. [ more ]

Polygon

8 months ago