Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 has been a massive success. Over 20 years after the release of Baldur's Gate 2, the newest game in the classic RPG series is a triumphant 100+ hour adventure with an instantly-beloved cast of new characters and some cameos from old favorites.
Developed by Larian Studios, which is known for its Divinity series of RPGs, Baldur's Gate 3 is a turn-based RPG based on the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition ruleset. It tells the story of a mind flayer invasion and the unlikely team of heroes (and anti heroes) who work together to save the world from a squid-brained fate.
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Baldur's Gate 3 facts
- Release date: August 3, 2023 (Early Access launch: October 6, 2020)
- Developer: Larian Studios
- Platforms: PC, MacOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
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Latest about Baldur's Gate 3
Here's a Baldur's Gate 3 mod so that characters can hug each other
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Except for gnomes and dwarves and halflings.
Baldur's Gate 3 once featured an even deeper co-op conversation system, but Swen Vincke said their 'dialogue trees blew up so hard, we just couldn't manage it'
By Wes Fenlon published
News Larian tried to revisit Divinity: Original Sin's roleplaying arguments over dialogue choices, but it was just too much.
Following up 'one of the greatest RPGs of all time' had Baldur's Gate 3 devs in a cold sweat: 'A great honour and a lot of pressure'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Baldur's Gate 2 was a tough act to follow.
Baldur's Gate 3 initially had an entire mechanic where you'd go to the fugue plane if you died, but it was scrapped
By Harvey Randall published
News "We had this entire thing built out for it."
Our RPG roundtable returns with developers from Baldur's Gate 3, Avowed, Cyberpunk 2077, In Stars and Time, and The Elder Scrolls
By Wes Fenlon published
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Baldur's Gate 3 dev spills the secret sauce: Players love finding a place, then 'ending up 2 hours and 3 puzzles later in a sacrificial chamber of a cult that murders giraffes'
By Harvey Randall published
News I wouldn't say I love giraffe murder, but I'm picking up what Farhang Namdar is putting down.
D&D lore buff discovers Elminster's likely been leaving magic items strewn around Baldur's Gate 3 like a fantasy wizard Santa Claus
By Harvey Randall published
News Mystra's comin' to town.
Buckle up—Hasbro spent over $1 billion on games and has plans for 'the next 100 years', since Baldur's Gate 3 proved fans 'like a great, well-executed D&D game'
By Harvey Randall published
News "Hasbro is in fact making videogames."
The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cook
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Original Sins The studios behind these mega hits spent more than a decade iterating on their favorite design ideas until they went supernova.
'Marketing's dead, and I can back this s**t up': Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says players 'just want to be spoken to, and they don't want to be bamboozled'
By Wes Fenlon published
News In our State of PC Gaming roundtable, Larian's Michael Douse argues marketing isn't the right way to reach today's gaming audience.
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