Latest about Larian Studios
A new Baldur's Gate 3 mod restores cut dialogue where Withers gets gently bullied by a child
news Nice naturals, Bone Man.
Larian publishing director says Steam is dominant because 'It isn't providing a s*** service defined by public shareholder KPIs,' but concedes 'A post-Gabe world is a terrifying one'
News It'll be fine, right? It'll be fine.
Larian publishing director balks at Square Enix's push to replace QA workers with AI: 'The idea that QA people can be replaced at a large scale is stupid … They are a massively advantageous vibe check'
News AI's growing role in gamedev continues to polarize.
We need to commit—it's time crunchy, complicated RPGs made their mainstream comeback for good
CRUNCH TIME Scrap the streamline.
Larian lead calls out Elon Musk's harebrained scheme for a 'great AI-generated game', says 'We don't need another cash grab, we need sustainability'
News "To turn games into digital, emotionless content is to abandon all resonance".
With Xbox hiking prices and a newly private, $20-billion-in-the-hole EA looking ready to gut Baldur's Gate series creator BioWare, Larian boss Swen Vincke points out that 'making games faster and cheaper while charging more has never worked before'
news But by god, we're gonna try.
Baldur's Gate 3 now runs natively on Steam Deck thanks to a single Larian engineer who started the project after hours because he 'really wanted a smoother version of the game on Steam Deck'
news Hotfix 34 rolled out today, with good news for portable gamers.
Swen Vincke had to tell Baldur's Gate 3 writers to tone it down with the poop-based insults, which is saying a lot, since I still count at least 17 scat-based Vicious Mockery voicelines
News "Less poo, more Shakespeare."
Larian sends fan new limited edition Baldur's Gate 3 vinyl after melting mishap
news Larian Studios once again goes above and beyond for its fans.
Larian publishing chief says mainstream game industry has a 'perverse attachment' to indie studios, because indies still know how to follow their gut
news "If you can't rely on data and you've lost the institutional 'gut instinct' that drives the furore of expression (defines a game), you get stuck."
