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Baldur's Gate 3 started on top and kept on climbing: Larian said it wouldn't make a sequel, then drip fed us an expansion's worth of free updates into 2025

By Ted Litchfield Published

Baldur's GOAT More Dawnguard than Dragonborn, but still.

Baldur's GOAT
I feel like this is actually the one guy from Beyond Divinity but GOG has it as the background art on its Divine Divinity page, so I guess it's the guy from Divine Divinity. Maybe they're the same guy, who can tell really.
Swen Vincke warns Divinity newcomers that they probably shouldn't play the early games in the series: 'They're a bit outdated by now,' which is putting it very mildly

By Andy Chalk Published

news They were brilliant in their day, but that was 20-some years ago.

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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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