Baldurs

Since Baldur’s Gate 3‘s launch in August 2023, the community has banded together to create mods ranging from race and class additions to small quality-of-life improvements between official patches. While modding is not officially supported right now, Larian Studios has openly encouraged the modding community and has been working on introducing support for some time. As of today, an official statement in the Larian Studios Discord revealed the future of modding for Baldur’s Gate 3, saying it hopes to introduce the…

The developer of Fallout London has announced that actor Neil Newbon, who played Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3, has been added to the cast. The “final progress video” for the mod was uploaded to Team FOLON’s official YouTube channel yesterday (February 19). In it, the developers issued updates on the status of the mod and why the delay to April was necessary, as well as revealing a number of the new voices in the game. PCGamesN spotted Newbon’s arrival, portraying a dark haired character that is presently unnamed. YouTuber…

Larian Studios has hit out at a number of companies laying-off development staff to maximise profits for shareholders. 2024 has started with a number of studios cutting huge swathes of employees. Microsoft laid off 1,900 staff shortly after its acquisition of Activision Blizzard was approved, Riot Games laid off over 500 members of staff, and today (February 19) it was confirmed that Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM has cut a quarter of its staff. Elsewhere, the Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch claimed it wasn’t…

Hasbro, the parent company that owns the Dungeons & Dragons license, has raked in $90 million in royalty fees since the release of Baldur’s Gate 3, according to a Bloomberg report. The 2023 Game of the Year for many outlets has been a massive success with a 96% review rating from over 500,000 Steam gamers. “Baldur’s Gate 3, last year’s most critically acclaimed video game, has brought in about $90 million since its August release for parent company Hasbro Inc. through a licensing deal,” wrote Bloomberg‘s Cecilia…

The 2024 Game of the Year award has been handed out at the DICE Awards, and it has fallen into the hands of Larian for Baldur’s Gate 3. It may not be my personal Game of the Year, but I feel Baldur’s Gate 3 is a very important game deserving of its accolade. Not only is it fun to play, technically impressive, and narratively endearing, but it’s also complex in a way that most big-budget games don’t reach for. I’ve said to a few people that I appreciate it because it has tricked the mainstream into playing something that…

Larian has released the anticipated Patch 6 for the winner of some awards, Baldur’s Gate 3. This patch improves the most important feature of the game: kissing. Actually, we basically covered this patch before, but now that it’s out in the wild, we can cut it open and see what’s inside. As I lead with, the biggest addition is a tonne of new kissing animations. Beyond just kissing, the patch notes say that they’ve “improved” some of the final cinematics to “better reflect the connection between players and their…

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6 is out now (Image: LARIAN)Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian has finally made Patch 6 available to download on consoles and Steam. The long-awaited Patch 6 makes an absolute boatload of changes, something that is reflected in its huge 21GB file size. Indeed, Steam users will need 150GB of free space, which is why Larian recommends deleting and re-downloading the game with the new patch…

Baldur’s Gate 3 fans have been left empty-handed after a patch, which was theorised to be dropping yesterday, didn’t surface. In response to a post on X (formerly Twitter) that was guessing the sixth Baldur’s Gate 3 patch will drop on Valentine’s Day, developer Larian Studios posted a meme of children’s television character Pingu which contains the text “well now I am not doing it”. As it turns out, this wasn’t a mere joke, but confirmation that the patch would in fact not be dropping on Valentine’s Day. However, if…

Baldur's Gate 3 fans are counting down to the release of the game's next major update. Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6 doesn't have an official release date, but based on previous downloads, there's a good chance it will be available by 6pm GMT UK time on the afternoon of February 15. Unfortunately, however, it's not all good news, because Patch 6 is absolutely huge, requiring a ton of free space, especially on Steam.Indeed, according to a recent tweet posted by Larian, the new patch is 21GB and requires a massive 150GB of free…

Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian has issued a warning to fans ahead of the release of this week's major new update. Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6 is expected to drop on February 15, although no official timeline has been confirmed. The new update makes lots of bug fixes and gameplay improvements, all the while adding new features to the game. While the introduction of new features and improvements is good news for fans, the launch of the Patch might create some problems, especially for Steam users.In a recent post on X…