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Larian Studios has some bad news for fans who are holding out for Baldur's Gate 3 DLC or expansions--it won't be getting any. Even if some fans will be disappointed, CEO Swen Vincke said it was the right thing for the studio, explaining that the team were "elated" when he made the decision to stop working on a planned DLC.Speaking to IGN at this year's GDC, Vincke revealed that Larian was at one point working on DLC for Baldur's Gate 3. "Because of all the success the obvious thing would have been to do…

Baldur's Gate 3 fans are counting down to the release of a big new update. According to developer Larian, the next major update will lay the foundations for official mod support in Baldur's Gate 3. Better yet, modding will be supported across all platforms, letting users modify things like classes, UI, customisation, spells, assets and game mechanics. Fans should see the initial stages of official mod support with the release of Patch 7, which will launch in the next few months.Larian head of publishing Michael Douse…

Larian Studios has spoken out against the “threats and toxicity” developers have received following a mod-breaking patch for Baldur’s Gate 3. Last week, Larian announced it was working on “robust” official mod support after a hotfix disrupted the script editor that many mods are built around. Director of publishing Michael Douse confirmed a new system was in place, but it would require testing and Larian wanted the modding communities as involved as possible in the update. “We know this sucks, we know you want to play…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke has taken to social media to tell fans the follow-up to Baldur’s Gate 3 is “not what you think” it is. Larian has been busy in recent months with the release of Baldur’s Gate 3 in August 2023 but their CEO and founder Swen Vincke is already thinking about what comes next. Taking to X/Twitter, he posted an update after finally figuring out the first act of “this thing I’ve been working on,” that will presumably be the follow-up to Baldur’s Gate 3. He went on to explain he’d spent the past…

Larian Studios is looking into reports that Baldur's Gate 3 players on Xbox have had their accounts banned for uploading nude and explicit media of the game onto Xbox Live, namely the intimate scenes with party members that you've built up romantic relationships with."We've seen the reports that some players got banned or otherwise faced issues on Xbox having uploaded screenshots/videos of their 'gameplay content'," said Larian director of publishing Michael Douse on Twitter. "We're in discussion with…

Baldur’s Gate 3 is now available on Xbox Series platforms, but don’t expect the game to make its way to Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service anytime soon. In a recent interview with IGN, Larian Studios boss Swen Vincke confirmed the company has no plans to release its award-winning title on Game Pass, citing the game’s sheer scope as a factor for this decision. “We made a big game, so I think there’s a fair price to be paid for that, and I think that that is okay,” Vincke said. “We don’t charge you any…