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Baldur's Gate 3 Update Fixes Awkward Romances, Chatty Minthara, and More

Larian has released a brand new Baldur's Gate 3 update, and while it's not a massive one, it does contain some rather amusing fixes that should make your gameplay experience a little smoother. This…

March 18, 2024 | 10:46 EDT

Astarion in in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Has "Way Over" 10 Million Players, Mod Support Has Been in the Works Since Launch

Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Studios has been very successful, but just how successful? Apparently "way over" 10 million players have now enjoyed the popular D&D game. The news comes by way of  …

February 26, 2024 | 07:44 EST

Karlach in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Developer Teases "Robust, Cross-Platform Plan for Mod Support"

Baldur's Gate 3 just received a new hotfix patch, and its developers revealed that they are working on cross-platform mod support. The new patdch, namely Hotfix #19 or version 4.1.1.4811634…

February 22, 2024 | 03:51 EST

Shadowheart and Lae'zel kissing one another in Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6
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Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6 Available Now, Features Reworked Kissing, New Animations, and More

Larian has released Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6, and it comes with a ton of fixes and improvements, including new kissing animations, new idle animations for your companions in camp, and more. Last week…

February 16, 2024 | 07:53 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 Screenshot and DICE Awards logo
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Baldur's Gate 3 Wins Game of the Year at the D.I.C.E. Awards, Here Are All the Winners

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences just hosted the 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and the winners for all categories have been announced. If you're not familiar with the awards, the…

February 16, 2024 | 01:07 EST

Karlach in Baldur's Gate 2
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Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6 Will Be 21 GB and Have More than Romance, New Details Shared

Today Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios shared more details about the upcoming Patch 6 for the game, which will include much more than the previously announced improvement to romance.  We…

February 13, 2024 | 01:10 EST

Shadowheart and Lae'zel prepare to kiss in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Passes Half a Million Reviews on Steam and 96% Are Positive

Larian Studios' RPG Baldur's Gate 3 is extremely popular, but just how popular is it? A milestone passed on Steam certainly paints a positive picture. We learn that the game has passed a whopping…

February 12, 2024 | 12:23 EST

The main character kisses Karlach in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 "Hefty" Patch 6 Coming Next Week Improving Kisses and Much More

Baldur's Gate 3 is getting ready for Valentine's Day with a big patch coming next week, likely with the most appropriate content possible on the menu. As shared on X (formerly Twitter) on the…

February 10, 2024 | 04:10 EST

Palworld and Baldur's Gate III
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Baldur's Gate 3 and Palworld Are the Most Played Games on Steam Deck in January 2024

Today Valve shared the most played games on its portable PC Steam Deck for the month of January 2024, and the results may or may not surprise you.  The ranking, shared on the Steam Deck's official X…

February 1, 2024 | 01:42 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 - Shadowheart and PlayStation Logo
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Baldur's Gate 3 Update for PS5 Fixes Invisible Save Files from Error 544

Today Larian Studios released a new patch for the PS5 version of its super-popular RPG Baldur's Gate 3 fixing a rather sneaky problem on the console.  Xbox players aren't the only ones who had…

January 23, 2024 | 01:13 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 won't Be on Game Pass
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Baldur's Gate 3 Director Explains Why Larian's Games Won't Be on Subscription Services

Seeing big games appear on subscription services like Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus is almost the norm nowadays, but it won't happen with the acclaimed Baldur's Gate 3.  Larian Studios' CEO and…

January 17, 2024 | 08:24 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 Shadowheart and Xbox Logo
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Baldur's Gate 3 Developer Expects Microsoft to Solve Xbox Save Bug With Firmware Update Next Week

Baldur's Gate 3 users on Xbox Series X|S have been suffering from a sneaky but rather serious issue causing them to lose their game saves. Microsoft already tried to solve it via a firmware update,…

January 9, 2024 | 02:47 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 Bare-chested Halsin Censored and Xbox Logo
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Xbox Lifting Bans on Baldur's Gate 3 Users Banned for Clips With Adult Content

Earlier this week, reports started to surface about Xbox users getting banned due to uploading clips of Baldur's Gate 3 including mature content. Larian mentioned on January 4 via director of…

January 5, 2024 | 01:21 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 Wins the Steam Awards
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Baldur's Gate 3 is Game of The Year at the Steam Awards; Starfield Wins Most Innovative Gameplay

Today Steam announced the results of the 2023 Steam Awards, voted by the users of Valve's super-popular digital distribution platform for PC. According to the official page, Baldur's Gate 3 won Game…

January 2, 2024 | 02:46 EST

Jaheira's hand glowing in the Last Light Inn in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Update Stops Characters From Turning Into Pinocchio-Style Eldritch Abominations

A new Baldur's Gate 3 update has landed, and while it's not one of the bigger patches, it does fix some rather worrying (and amusing) issues with the RPG. Like previous smaller updates, which have…

December 21, 2023 | 08:21 EST

Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 and Xbox Logo
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New Xbox Series X|S Firmware Update Attempts to Fix Disappearing Baldur's Gate 3 Saves [UPDATED]

Baldur's Gate 3 users on Xbox Series X|S have been experiencing loss of saved data due to a rather persistent glitch and a firmware update aims to fix it. Announced by Larian Studios itself on X (…

December 16, 2023 | 03:06 EST

Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart and Xbox Logo
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Xbox Working on Fix for Disappearing Baldur's Gate 3 Saves, Recommends Steps to Avoid It

An issue has surfaced with the Xbox version of Baldur's Gate 3 that is causing users to love their saved progress, but Xbox and Larian Studios are on it.  Yesterday, the developer released a small…

December 12, 2023 | 10:33 EST

The Game Awards 2023 Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Wins Game of The Year at The Game Awards, Here's the Full List of Winners

The Game Awards 2023 just ended, and the winners have been announced, including the much-coveted Game of the Year award and the Players' Voice Award, on top of the Most Anticipated Game of 2024 and…

December 7, 2023 | 11:02 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 1.3 million player statistic and Shadowheart
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Baldur's Gate 3 Has Been Completed by 1.3 Million Players

Today Larian Studios released a new batch of statistics about its popular game Baldur's Gate 3, and there are certainly some impressive numbers in the bunch. The numbers were provided by the…

December 5, 2023 | 02:47 EST

The Game Awards Players' Choice Award Nominees Alan Wake 3, Honkai: Star Rail, Baldur's Gate 3
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The Game Awards Players' Voice Keeps Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, Honkai, but No Starfield

Today the remaining games for the second round of the Player's Voice award at The Game Awards have been announced, with some big titles not making the cut. Only ten games survived the first culling…

November 30, 2023 | 02:05 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 5 art and Orrin's outfit on Astarion
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Baldur's Gate 3 Massive Patch 5 Is Available Now With Performance Improvements and Many New Features

Today Larian Studios released the much-teased Patch 5 for Baldur's Gate 3, and that's certainly a very big one. The update requires a 28.7 GB download on PC, and a little north of 130 GB available…

November 30, 2023 | 12:32 EST

Shadowheart in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Getting Performance Improvements on PC and PS5 Thanks to Optimization Done for Xbox

If you're unsatisfied with the performance of Baldur's Gate 3 on your PC and PS5, help is on the way with the next update, thanks to an unexpected ally.  Today Larian Studios' director of publishing…

November 29, 2023 | 11:26 EST

A close-up of Gale in Baldur's Gate 3 looking incredulous
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Baldur's Gate 3 Update Fixes Unintentionally Hilarious Gale Romance Bug And More

Larian has released a minor new Baldur's Gate 3 update, and it's fixing some rather hilarious bugs that have arisen as a result of the game's many complex interlocking systems. The principal bug…

November 17, 2023 | 10:32 EST

Xbox Logo and Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3
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Xbox Version of Baldur's Gate 3 on Track for December Release

If you're waiting for the release of the Xbox version of Baldur's Gate 3 to jump into one of the most beloved games of the year, you're not getting a release date today, but the next best thing. As…

November 15, 2023 | 01:05 EST

Astarion is Pleased by the upcoming Xbox release
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Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox & Physical Release Announcement Teased for This Week

Today Larian Studios teased good news coming for Baldur's Gate 3 fans who happen to also enjoy Xbox and physical media.  The message, shared on X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the game's many…

November 13, 2023 | 05:19 EST

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The Game Awards 2023 Nominees Announced: Baldur's Gate 3 & Alan Wake 2 Are The Most Nominated

Today, all the nominees for The Game Awards 2023 have been announced, honoring some of the best games and personalities of the year in 31 categories.  The nominees for Game of the Year are Alan Wake…

November 13, 2023 | 01:07 EST

Golden Joystick Award - Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Wins Game of The Year at Golden Joystick Awards; FFVII Rebirth Takes Most Wanted

Today the awards ceremony for the traditional Golden Joystick Awards has been hosted, and the winners have been announced.  The Game of the Year award was won by Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Studios.…

November 10, 2023 | 01:04 EST

Karlach looking off camera in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Fixes Hilarious Headless Karlach Glitch, Makes Cazador Smarter, And More

Larian has released the fourth major Baldur's Gate 3 update since the celebrated RPG's release back in August this year. Just like a previous update, this new patch clocks in at over a thousand…

November 2, 2023 | 09:00 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 & South Park: Joining the Panderverse
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South Park Gets Baldur's Gate 3's PC & PS5 Cross-Save Wrong & Larian Sets the Record Straight

The brand new South Park television special South Park: Joining the Panderverse has been quick to jump on the Baldur's Gate 3 bandwagon, but it got a relevant detail wrong.  As showcased by X (…

October 28, 2023 | 02:24 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 - a Magic Mirror that lets you change your appearance
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Baldur's Gate 3 Will Let You Change Appearance, Pronouns, & More With New Update

Today Larian Studios revealed a major piece of kit that will be included in the next update of Baldur's Gate 3, a magic mirror for your camp.  According to the announcement made on X (formerly…

September 21, 2023 | 05:34 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 Launch Animated Short Shadorwheart Astarion Gale Karlach
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Baldur's Gate 3 Celebrates Successful Release With Hilarious Animated Short

The successful release of Baldur's Gate 3 is now history, but Larian Studios is rightfully not done celebrating. Today, they released a new animated short. Created by mashed, the short breaks the…

September 12, 2023 | 01:47 EDT

Minthara in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Gets New Patch Fixing Minthara's Romance & More

If you're a fan of Minthara in Baldur's Gate 3, the brand new hotfix #5 patch released by Larian Studios is for you.  As promised a few days ago, the update fixes a bug that prevented the triggering…

September 5, 2023 | 01:40 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 Tiefling Character
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Baldur's Gate 3 Welcomes PS5 Players to the Party With Early Access Launch Trailer

PS5 players have been waiting to partake in the joys of Baldur's Gate 3, and at least for some of them, that wait has ended. The early access coming with the Collector's Edition and Digital Deluxe…

September 2, 2023 | 01:46 EDT

karlach in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 2 Gives Karlach A Proper Ending, Lets You Get Rid of Co-Op Characters, & More

Today Larian Studios released the major Patch #2 for its popular RPG Baldur's Gate 3, including the promised new ending for Karlach and more.  On top of proper closure for the fans of the fiery…

August 31, 2023 | 03:33 EDT

The logo for Baldur's Gate 3, featuring the entire adventuring party in a group shot.
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Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Release Will Part With Platform Parity

Recently, Larian Studios released their RPG, Baldur's Gate 3, on PC. It has gone on to be a massive critical and commercial success. For a while, it seemed the game would only be getting a console…

August 24, 2023 | 03:09 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 Review
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Baldur's Gate 3 Review - A Critical Success

To say Baldur’s Gate 3 is massive would be more than an understatement. It’s far more than that and not just because of how many different things you can do, but all the ways you can go about doing…

August 23, 2023 | 10:00 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 - Karlach says hi
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Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 Version Gets Preload Dates & Release Times

After the successful release of Baldur's Gate 3 on PC, Larian Studios is preparing to launch on PS5 and revealed the preload dates.  As mentioned on X (previously Twitter)  the PlayStation 5 version…

August 16, 2023 | 02:40 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 - Shadowheart is Impressed
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Baldur's Gate 3 Getting Big Patch With Over 1,000 Fixes & Tweaks

Baldur's Gate 3 has recently been released and is impressing many with its depth and complexity. Yet, a natural consequence of depth and complexity is the presence of issues, and Larian is currently…

August 15, 2023 | 02:24 EDT

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Here’s Why You Should Go to Jail in Baldur’s Gate 3 | Podcast 96

Join us for our first Dungeons & Dragons podcast! This week, our reviewer Erren Van Duine shares her review-in-progress snapshot of Baldur’s Gate 3, which we’ve all been playing. The level of…

August 17, 2023 | 09:29 EDT

Two characters from Baldur's Gate III, Text reads YOU CANT PLAN THIS, UNLESS
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Baldur's Gate 3 & The Case for Early Access AAA Games - Low Poly 009

In hindsight, the popularity of Dungeons & Dragons thanks to the booming podcast scene, The Legend of Vox Machina, and the IP's latest film, are all valid explanations for the record smashing…

August 13, 2023 | 08:50 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 Shadowheart Romance
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Baldur's Gate 3 Reveals Crazy Debut Numbers; Players Should Be More Careful with Fireballs

Today Larian Studios celebrated a very successful launch weekend for Baldur's Gate 3 with a series of rather crazy (and funny) statistics.  According to a post on the official Twitter account, we…

August 11, 2023 | 11:59 EDT

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Baldur's Gate 3 Launch Trailer Hails The Return of a Legend

Baldur's Gate 3 has finally left early access and is now fully available for PC, and Larian Studios is celebrating with a launch trailer. This marks the return of an absolutely legendary franchise…

August 3, 2023 | 11:48 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 Jaheira
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Celebrate Baldur's Gate 3's Release With This Epic Bard Song by Jonathan Young & More

Today, popular musician Jonathan Young released a song dedicated to the release of Baldur's Gate 3, performed alongside Rachel Hardy and Colm McGuinness. The song, which is titled "Answer the Call"…

August 2, 2023 | 06:54 EDT

Orin the Red Licks Her blade in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Release Times for All Regions Revealed as Orin Licks Her Blades in New Trailer

Today Larian Studios had news to share for the many RPG fans eagerly waiting for the release of Baldur's Gate 3.  First of all, we get a new trailer featuring the disturbing villainess Orin the Red…

July 27, 2023 | 04:57 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 Bear Sex
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Baldur's Gate 3 Shows Character Creation, Dragonborn, Bear Sex, Dates & Much More in New Gameplay

Larian Studios just hosted an extensive livestream about its massive RPG Baldur's Gate 3, and there were certainly some interesting reveals during the show.  While you can check out the full…

July 7, 2023 | 02:56 EDT

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Baldur's Gate 3 "Release Trailer" Has Romance, Sexy Times, Cute Animals, & More

Today Larian Studios published the "release trailer" of its upcoming RPG Baldur's Gate 3, showing a glimpse of what players can expect. While the actual release is still a month away (or two, if you…

July 7, 2023 | 12:10 EDT

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Baldur's Gate 3 Gets New Release Dates & Impressive Details - It'll Be a Very Big Game

Today Larian Studios announced new release dates for Baldur's Gate 3, and PC is getting earlier than expected, while the PS5 version is coming a little later. The PC version has actually been moved…

June 29, 2023 | 10:58 EDT

Baldur's Gate 3 Main Party Looking Out Over City Together
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Baldur's Gate 3 Gets Cute Animated Trailer & Dev Diary Showing the City of Baldur's Gate

The developers of Baldur's Gate 3 offered some additional insight into how the series' iconic setting was remade for the modern sequel in a new dev diary. Released as part of the 2023 PC Gaming…

June 11, 2023 | 06:24 EDT