Baldurs

Hasbro has already earned over £71million in royalties from Baldur’s Gate 3. Released in August last year, Baldur’s Gate 3 became one of the biggest, most successful games of 2023. It was one of NME’s Games Of 2023 and picked up six awards at The Game Awards, including Game Of The Year. To make the game though, Larian Studios licensed property from Wizard Of The Coast’s iconic role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Because of this, parent company Hasbro has already received over £71million in royalties . And they’re…

Baldur's Gate 3's next update made headlines for how it will improve the game's kissing animations, but the upcoming patch 6 will bring some other notable improvements to Larian's RPG that should make for a better overall experience.As Larian details in a thread on X (formerly Twitter), come Patch 6, players will no longer need to run all around their camp to dismiss and then recruit companions to their party. Instead, players will be able to dismiss a party member by speaking to the companion that will…

Baldur's Gate 3 may have won Game Of The Year (both at The Game Awards and here at GameSpot), but that doesn't mean developer Larian Studios is finished refining its award-winning RPG. Ever the perfectionists, Larian devs recently announced that an upcoming patch will improve one of the game's many romance features: kissing.Larian has taken the game's more amorous moments seriously from the beginning, with Patch 5 including a fix that "improved the lip contact when kissing Minthara in the endgame for…

Larian Studios is teasing some of the enhancements coming to GOTY Baldur’s Gate 3 upcoming Patch 6. According to Larian, improvements have been made to smooching in the cRPG, as can be seen in the brief video clip they provided. In this teaser, Halsin follows up a passionate kiss with a peck on the forehead, which does not exist in the current build. Love is in the air in Faerûn, and we've made improvements to locking lips with your romantic partner!Releasing next week, Patch 6 includes improved smooches, new camp…

Out of everyone in my circles, I feel like the only person left who hasn’t beaten Baldur’s Gate 3. The FOMO of missing out on everyone’s new favorite toy isn’t something that typically compels me, but god — it’s like I don’t make a dent in exploring Faerûn. I know why; I don’t want to admit this, but at some point, I’ve got to stop picking up every bone, rotten basket, and fork I find. Okay, in my defense, it’s not that bad anymore. I stopped picking up hoards of goblin garbage at the end of Act I, though not of my own…

Larian Studios A career-crowning achievement as monumental as Baldur’s Gate 3 doesn’t come out of nowhere. From Divinity to Dungeons & Dragons, Larian Studios has long been one of the loudest advocates for rich storytelling and true, meaningful freedom in Western RPGs. Larian Studios’ story is a rags-to-riches tale about a group of passionate developers whose deep and diverse portfolio of games piled up for nearly three decades before Baldur’s Gate 3 ever saw the light of day. Amid canceled projects, Larian…

You don’t need me to tell you how highly praised Baldur’s Gate 3 has been since it dropped last August. It’s won multiple awards and is currently one of the top-selling games on Steam right now. So let’s talk about Star Wars for a bit. Well, we’re still in Baldur’s Gate territory, but this relates to a mod for the game that brings some of Lucas’ IP to Larian Studios’ release. As spotted by DSO Gaming, Nexus Mods user Palmaman33 has given us the ability to wield a lightsaber in BG3‘s otherwise magical, fantasy-based…

Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox save woes should be over from today following a new update. Baldur’s Gate 3 launched on Xbox in December 2023 after winning Game of the Year at the 2023 Game of the Year awards. However, it wasn’t released without several issues, such as reports of save files deleting themselves after a crash. Luckily, both Xbox and developer Larian Studios have confirmed that the issue has been fixed. Yesterday (January 16), the official Xbox Support X (formerly Twitter) account posted that an “Xbox System Update…

Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian has released yet another hefty update, this time aimed at fixing bugs and making improvements to the backend. Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix 17 is available to download right now on PlayStation, Xbox and PC, while a Mac update containing hotfix 16 and 17 will be released in the coming days. A separate Xbox  console firmware update is scheduled to launch on January 16, which should fix the save bug corrupting files on Series X|S.In the meantime, Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix 17 makes improvements to the…

Baldur’s Gate 3 fans are asking Larian Studios to work on bringing Danny DeVito into the game after a hilarious It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia fan edit. Shared by Youtube creator eli_handle_b․wav, the two-minute video sees various clips of DeVito as Frank Reynolds from It’s Always Sunny edited into Baldur’s Gate 3 cutscenes (via Dexerto). The video was uploaded yesterday (January 11) and has already racked up over 350,000 views and a very busy comment section, while over on the official Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit,…