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Hobnobbing | Remember getting it on with Baldur's Gate 3's Emperor? Larian says that tentacle stroking animation began as some biscuits being fondled

It's ok, we know none of you have ended up watching this scene.

Aug. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

Baldur's Gate 3 still showing a person with a bow attached to their back stood in front of giant tentacles.

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Bitesized Baldurs | Despite players racking up Baldur's Gate 3 playthroughs upwards of 100 hours long, Larian's CEO was worried the game was going to be too short from all the cut content

"I’ve notoriously always been very bad at judging the length of our games."

Aug. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Pete Davies in Fallout: London alongside Lae'zel in Baldur's Gate 3.

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DungeonsNDeathclaws | Fancy spicing up Fallout: London with some Baldur's Gate 3-style randomness? Team FOLON's now put out a dice roll add-on that'll help you unleash chaos

"Do not expect a serious playthrough whilst using this mod."

Aug. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

Five Magic the Gathering Cards showing Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 on a table with a knife, various dice, a the logos for Secret Lair and Dungeons & Dragons.

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Blood's On The Menu | Attention, Magic the Gathering and Baldur's Gate 3 fans: some beautiful Astarion Secret Lair cards are on the way, and yes, they'll make you thirsty

Just a little bit of sucking - blood sucking, that is - in these ones.

Aug. 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Feeling Immersed | Are Skyrim and Baldur's Gate 3 immersive sims? If you're asking one of the guys that created Dishonored, yes

It's a complicated question.

Aug. 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Getting Repetitive | As Larian gears up for its next big release, it's faced with one slight problem: it keeps coming up with ideas it already did in Baldur's Gate 3

"It turns out, we did a lot of things in Baldur's Gate 3."

Aug. 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A Githyanki punching a thing in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Not Quite On A Roll | UPDATE: Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7's closed beta has been pushed back due to passive dice rolls going kaput during a bit of "bug-fix whack-a-mole"

It's ok though, Larian's taken the opportunity to confirm that the patch contains "over 1,000 fixes and improvements".

July 25, 2024 Mark Warren

An evil Dragonborn character in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Not Karlaching Info | Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7's closed beta sign ups are now open, as Larian provides more cool details about what it includes

There are also some updates on how modders have been getting on with those official tools so far.

July 16, 2024 Mark Warren

A character wearing a union jack suit in Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London.

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MPost-apocalytic | Forget Astarion, Fallout: London claims to have nabbed one of the UK's most memeable political figures to voice a robot that yells "Order!"

No, it's not a Keir Starmer Sentry Bot, or a David Cameron Deathclaw.

July 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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Pursued By A Bear | Larian explains how that particular Baldur's Gate 3 scene involving quite a raunchy bear came to be

It wasn't always meant to be so prominent.

July 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Back At It | Baldur's Gate 3 developers commemorate "lift-off" on what's next by revisiting the same dungeon they cleared during that RPG's final push

Because hey, sometimes you just need to remind yourself how well your last playthrough turned out.

July 8, 2024 Mark Warren

Astarion, a fluffy haired elf, rendered in Stardew Valley's pixel art style, while wearing sunglasses, a scene of him in a rocking chair next to the portrait of him.

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Roll For Kiss | Stardew Valley's Baldur's Gate 3 mod team hopes to let you romance pixelated Astarion later this year - in a seasonal outfit, too

Last year's biggest game will potentially meet one of this decade's biggest titles at the end of the year.

July 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Characters from Baldur's Gate 3, Hades, and The Binding of Isaac.

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A Rogue Roll | How a Baldur’s Gate 3 modder who’d never played a "known" roguelike ended up turning Larian’s RPG into one

"There is still a lot that hasn't been done with the current tools."

July 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Astarion and Shadowheart in Baldur's Gate 3 alongside Melinoe in Hades 2.

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Meli-No Way! | Finished Hades 2? There's now a Baldur's Gate 3 mod that turns it into a fully-fleshed out roguelike

Are you and your party up to taking on the Trials of Tav?

June 25, 2024 Mark Warren

Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 overlooks the party from Dragon Age Veilguard

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New Magic | Dragon Age: The Veilguard could be escaping Baldur's Gate 3's shadow by leaving its heritage behind

BioWare isn't trying to occupy the same fantasy RPG space anymore, and that's okay.

June 22, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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LAE-HELL YEAH | Wahey, Baldur's Gate 3's next big update drops in September - with official mod tool testing starting today

The power to do things like giving Gale a reverse mohawk a bit more easily - it's coming soon.

June 3, 2024 Mark Warren

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TIS A SHAME | Not even Larian could escape crunch on Baldur's Gate 3: "to be honest, you will always have a little bit when you're trying to finish something"

"We had things happen that we didn't foresee."

May 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A number of characters from Baldur's Gate 3.

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FOR HONOUR | Baldur's Gate 3 writer doesn't care what a possible sequel looks like, as long as whoever makes it doesn't do it just to "hit our earnings next quarter"

It's got to be about the passion, man.

May 26, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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EXPANSION PACK | Baldur’s Gate 3 developer opens new Warsaw studio, as work on "two very ambitious RPGs" properly gets going

Larian's made its first foray into Poland, a country definitely not known for good RPGs, at all.

May 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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PODCAST | What's the best game where your character gets wet, then slowly dries off? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 99

Water palaver! Games are so good at simulating H2O, but which is the most clever?

May 14, 2024 Jim Trinca

On the left, a pixel art version of Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion in Stardew Valley's art style. On the right, key art of Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion holding up a dagger.

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PIXEL PERFECT | Stardew Valley meets Baldur's Gate 3 in a mod that will let you hang out with your faves without the fear of a bad dice roll

And yes, you will be able to date Astarion.

April 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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TEASECEPTION | In teasing Baldur's Gate 3's next big update, Larian also casually teases that the next project it's working on will be its "best work ever"

"Yes, it’s hype, but it’s hype because it really looks and feels good.” - Excited Swen

April 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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BALDUR'S WAIT | Don't worry, the next Baldur's Gate shouldn't be over 20 years away, even if it won't come from Larian

It also sounds like Wizards of the Coast would at least consider bringing back some beloved Baldur's Gate 3 characters.

April 17, 2024 Mark Warren

A character in Elden Ring, one of the best PS5 games, looking at a shooting star

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PLAYSTATION ALLSTARS | The best PS5 Games to justify your next-gen PlayStation purchase in 2024

Sony's stellar lineup just keeps getting bigger.

April 11, 2024 James Billcliffe

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

Why fix what isn't broken?

April 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A character surrounded by intellect devourers in Baldur's Gate 3.

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SLEEP SESSIONS SAVED | Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix should stop an intellect devourer cheekily messing up your quick breaks

The walking brain's been told to stop it, now carry on as you were.

April 4, 2024 Mark Warren

An image split into two panels. On the left: Dragon's Dogma 2's Arisen stands against a fiery background in full armour. On the right: Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Wyll, and Mizora.

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BACK TO RISEN ROAD | Dragon’s Dogma 2 has me feeling homesick for Baldur’s Gate — and that's fine

Maybe the grass is always greener in the other faux-medievalist high fantasy setting, but nevertheless, it proves that the two aren't interchangeable.

April 1, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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BEGONE, FRAUDS | Bad news, Baldur's Gate 3 fraudsters, the latest hotfix stops you hoodwinking merchants using container tricks

Oh, and lobbing a Black Pudding Platter at Astarion's head should no longer crash your game.

March 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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BEAR-ST LAID PLANS | Baldur's Gate 3 devs planned for you killing everyone, didn't expect you to "jump through the entire thing"

"You always have to assume that all the antagonists and protagonists will be killed by the player." Sounds about right.

March 26, 2024 Mark Warren

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MAYO MADNESS | Yes, Stardew Valley mayonnaise drinking speedruns are now a thing, and already sub 20 minutes

Hey, at least they’re not racing to get intimate with a bear like the Baldur's Gate 3 lot…yet.

March 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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LET HIM COOK | 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’ll apparently need to wait for some technological advances in order to pull off its big dream, though.

March 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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INTO THE SUNSET | Larian will not be making Baldur's Gate 4, or any Baldur's Gate 3 expansions

The team responsible for the best RPG in years is moving onto other projects.

March 21, 2024 Connor Makar

The legendary hero, Minsc of Rashemen, in Baldur's Gate 3.

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

The voice actor would go on to voice MInsc in the released version, but that wasn't always the plan.

March 21, 2024 Connor Makar

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WINNER WINNER WINNER | Baldur's Gate 3 wins Game of the Year and three other awards at the 2024 Games Developer Choice Awards

Larian's RPG was the big winner at the 24th Annual GDC Awards.

March 21, 2024 Connor Makar

Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3, and a vampire from Vampire Survivors.

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YOU CAN'T SAY NO | Should Baldur's Gate 3 and Vampire Survivors do a crossover? Seems like a leading question to me

This isn’t how polls work, Swen. I’m very disappointed.

March 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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

Disclaimer: Minty may still send you packing for all of the various reasons she's supposed to be able to.

March 18, 2024 Mark Warren

Arfur Gregorio, the suspicious toymaker trying to gain entry to his house in Baldur's Gate 3.

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BG3 Investigate the suspicious toys and fireworks quest guide

As you pass through Rivington in Baldur's Gate 3, you uncover a plot involving suspicious toys and fireworks!