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'Baldur's Gate 3' Guide for Best Origin Characters, Party Comps, and Act 1 Mistakes to Avoid

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Our Baldur's Gate 3 quiz gauntlet is complete—now try a bonus round on romance, literature, and classes

I hope you're well-read and well-loved.

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How well do you know Baldur's Gate 3's third act? See what you remember about the RPG's big finale with a quiz built for real Elder Brains

You feel compelled by an unseen force to accept this challenge.

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Baldur's Gate 3 TV show: Everything we know so far about the upcoming HBO fantasy series

All we know so far about HBO's upcoming Baldur's Gate 3 TV show

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Larian isn't involved in the Baldur's Gate TV show, but Swen Vincke says his conversation with Craig Mazin gave him "hope"

"Craig did reach out to ask if he could come over to the studio to speak with us"

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Larian made a chill beats Baldur's Gate 3 animation full of references to popular mods and memes

I'm not seeing Withers' Big Naturals though.

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Baldur's Gate 3 modder pillages the depths of Early Access to bring "over 100 conversations and more than 1,000 lines of voiced dialogue back from the dead"

If there was ever a game that was in desperate need of more dialogue...

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The thing I wanted more of from Baldur's Gate 3 is also something Larian wants to improve on in Divinity: "More interaction between companions"

Just a couple of pals palling around an RPG

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Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor begs people to "please play the indies" as they gear up to star in 7 games coming at the start of 2026 thanks to GTA 6: "You're going to be sick of me"

Samantha Béart has a lot of games coming up

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Voice actor for Baldur's Gate 3's Karlach says 'we're still seen as outsources' in game dev: 'There's a weird disconnect'

Samantha Béart says the realities of studios and fans are very different.

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The new Forgotten Realms books are set after Baldur's Gate 3 and show Karlach found her happy ending, though one jerk wizard also dodged his comeuppance

All my homies hate Lorroakan.

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Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't give Karlach the ending she deserves, but new D&D lore unintentionally confirms a much more favorable canon for the beloved tiefling

Hells yeah

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PC Gamer is joining Dames 4 Games for its spooky Halloween monster mash, Ghouls 4 Games, which includes a showcase, Steam event, and fundraising streams

Samantha Beart (Karlach) will join the bonanza as a guest host.

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Larian says it's going to expand the Baldur's Gate 3 mod toolkit 'to give you even more freedom,' so there goes another 100 hours I've lost to modding

I just learned how to make freckles for my Tav, but I'll catch up eventually.

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Shadowheart is the most-respecced Baldur's Gate 3 companion and it's not even close: everyone knew to make her a Life or Death Domain Cleric, which Larian says "checks out"

The Trickery Domain is for squares

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Baldur's Gate 3 dev clarifies that "Karlach's final ending was indeed in response to fan feedback," but Larian was definitely trying to stay clear of Starfield with its early release

"We always aim for a blue-ocean release"

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RPG players stun Larian yet again: Karlach's actor says Baldur's Gate 3's extra character endings were always planned and the devs didn't expect fans to "rush to the end"

Hang on, soldier

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Larian jumped to improve Karlach's ending in Baldur's Gate 3 right away, with voice actor Samantha Béart saying it was nigh-on immediate: 'As soon as it was out, I got a call'

"People were still in the character creator."

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Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor Samantha Béart was initially turned down for roles like 'Goblin 49,' but 2 years later they were hired 'within a day' of their audition as 'the muscle mummy we know and love'

Béart also had a day job as an IT consultant during the long recording process.

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Baldur's Gate 3 player tragically loses 50-hour Honor Mode save in Act 3 to some rain that Larian added in just to screw with us: "Hate my favorite game so much"

"Safe to say I'm going to cry myself to sleep tonight."

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Baldur's Gate 3 companions got official $50 D&D minis, and I am casting Vicious Mockery because what in the Nine Hells is this

Gale, you feeling all right?

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Baldur's Gate 3's new Giant Barbarian is beating out one of D&D 5e's oldest powergamer builds, making Karlach the MVP of my second Honour Mode playthrough

Giant woman, big damage.

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2 years since my most chaotic Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough, Patch 8 turned my Dark Urge into a Drunken Master and she's never been more lethal

Now Playing | Tav is short for Tavern Brawler

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As Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 arrives, Larian Studios releases a new animated short to celebrate the D&D RPG's final update – and it pretty much canonizes my favorite ship

It'll always be canon in my heart

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It's clear Hasbro, the custodians of D&D, have no idea what to do with Baldur's Gate 3's success—but that's nothing new, it's spent the past 10 years fumbling the bag

The instant collapse of Sigil is just the latest in a long line of missed opportunities and self-inflicted wounds.

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