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Swen Vincke presenting Game of the Year at the 2024 Game Awards
Swen Vincke promises an AMA to clear up Larian's use of generative AI: 'You’ll get the opportunity to ask us any questions you have about Divinity and our dev process directly'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Vincke kicked off an uproar earlier this week when he said that Larian makes use of generative AI "to explore ideas."

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Swen Vincke says the price of RAM and SSDs means Larian will be doing lots of optimisation in Divinity's early access 'that we didn't necessarily want to do at that point in time'

By Harvey Randall Published

News Maybe that big flesh pillar's the result of trying to download more?

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The Dark Urge, from Baldur's Gate 3, looks towards his accursed claws with self-disdain.
Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian defends itself as fans react to generative AI use: 'I'm not entirely sure we are the ideal target for the level of scorn'

By Tyler Wilde Published

news Larian says that nothing AI-generated will appear in its games, and that it does not "develop concept art" with AI tools.

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Swen Vincke with an armful of Golden Joystick Awards.
Swen Vincke says there's 'definitely more pressure' to nail Divinity after the critical acclaim of Baldur's Gate 3

By Wes Fenlon Published

news You might think making the sequel to the most popular D&D game ever was as high pressure as it gets, but nope.

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Divinity cinematic reveal
'It's not a clone of D:OS2': 6 big takeaways from our interview with Larian after the reveal of Divinity

By Wes Fenlon Published

Roundup What is Divinity's combat like, what does "more ambitious" than Baldur's Gate 3 mean, how far into development is it, and more questions answered.

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Divinity cinematic reveal
Divinity is 'past pre-production' and already recording actors, but don't read too much into that: Swen Vincke says Larian will be 'recording non-stop'

By Wes Fenlon Published

news "That gives you an idea of the ambition."

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A fantasy guy raises a tankard of beer.
Divinity will be turn-based with a 'new ruleset' based on everything Larian has learned so far, says Swen Vincke: 'it allows you to do fantastic things'

By Ted Litchfield Published

news No Divinity ARPG for thee, we're keeping things old school.

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Divinity cinematic reveal
Divinity has even 'deeper sequences of consequence' than Baldur's Gate 3, says Larian: 'We wouldn't be excited if we were making the same game again'

By Ted Litchfield Published

news "The level of agency that we're going to give you is very, very high⁠—much higher than what happened in BG3."

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Astarion, after being asked whether he'd like a kiss, winces in the opposite of anticipation in Baldur's Gate 3.
Astarion actor Neil Newbon doesn't get why games like Arc Raiders using 'dull as hell' AI for voice work don't 'go back and actually redo the lines with actors' once they make it big

By Harvey Randall Published

News "That's an option; I'm just saying."

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Divinity: Original Sin 2 has shot back up the Steam charts after Larian's Game Awards announcement, and it just got a surprise Switch 2 version, too

By Jody Macgregor Last updated

News Have fun in Fort Joy, everybody.

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