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Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access Is Deeply Unfriendly and Terribly Exciting

Playing over 10 hours of Baldur’s Gate 3 in early access made me realize I absolutely do not want to dive back in anytime soon — and not because I don’t love it. I contend that Larian Studios’ last game, Divinity: Original Sin II, is the best RPG ever made.…

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Baldur’s Gate III Will Give Audiences the Power of Choice in Twitch Streams

Baldur’s Gate III‘s Early Access date — Sept. 30 — is quickly approaching, much to the excitement of new and old fans of the beloved RPG series. In anticipation, Larian Studios has released a sixth developer update that focuses on multiplayer and cinematics. One of the new pieces of information…

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I’m Hanging on by a Thread, and That Thread Is Baldur’s Gate III

I’m being entirely serious. I wake up every day, look at what is no shortage of absolute horrors around me, and one of the few sources of comfort I have at my therapist-less disposal are my hopes and dreams for Baldur’s Gate III. Thankfully, we don’t have to wait long…

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Baldur’s Gate III Developers Talk Link to Past Games and More in Reddit AMA

At the end of this week, several leading developers on Baldur’s Gate III held a Reddit AMA to answer burning questions about the highly anticipated game. The developers answering questions were Swen Vincke, Founder of Larian Studios and Creative Director; David Walgrave, Producer; Nick Pechenin, Lead Systems Designer; Adam Smith,…

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Why the Messy Baldur’s Gate III Demo Was So Good

Baldur’s Gate III is one of the most anticipated games of not just the next generation, but also quite possibly ever. Baldur’s Gate II was released a whole two decades ago by BioWare; Baldur’s Gate III will be released on PC, Stadia, and likely next-generation consoles and is being developed by Larian…

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Baldur’s Gate III is Looking Positively Fresh

Fresh from a preview event for Baldur’s Gate III, Features and Trending Editor merritt k grabbed Managing Editor Steven Strom for a full rundown of the new game’s look and feel. There’s a wide array of interactions that surprised and impressed her, inside of the framework of a tactics game.…

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PODCASTS

Why are there so many elves in videogames?

How did elves get so popular, and why are so many tall, fancy, Tolkien-esque ones into our videogames? History has a few answers.

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Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear review

Take the gate less traveled.

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Why I probably won’t beat Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear

The nearly 18-years-old fantasy series based on Dungeons & Dragons has an all-new story campaign out today, and it looks wonderful -- it just also has News Editor Kris Ligman ruminating on how certain games stick in one's memory.

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Is there a Baldur’s Gate 3 in our future?

Newly-minted Beamdog Creative Director David Gaider is tight-lipped, but all signs point to more from this series on the horizon.

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