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The Divinity: Original Sin board game took 6 years to make because Larian was determined to do right by the series: 'We're not going to do a piss poor job with a game that's part of an IP that we care about'

Publishing coordinator Kieron Kelly on Larian's enduring love for Divinity and tabletop gaming.

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead explains Larian's player-first approach to marketing the RPG: "The industry's best agencies ... came up with nothing good"

"It has never been easier to *potentially* reach your audience directly"

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Larian publishing director says "marketing's dead" because players don't want to be "bamboozled," and "we learned that with Baldur's Gate 3"

Michael Douse says marketing straight-up "doesn't work" anymore

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'Marketing's dead, and I can back this s**t up': Larian's publishing director says players 'just want to be spoken to, and they don't want to be bamboozled'

In our State of PC Gaming roundtable, Larian's Michael Douse argues marketing isn't the right way to reach today's gaming audience.

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German government wants games like Baldur's Gate 3 to 'also go on to be developed in Germany'

Germany started giving out federal grants in 2020 to "achieve international competitiveness" in game development.

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Skyrim's been out for 13 years, but players are still being surprised by the fact that NPCs die if you steal their hearts

I heard they die if you chop their heads off, too

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After leaving D&D behind, Baldur's Gate 3 dev confirms its next two projects are original IP, which could be good news for fans of its long-running RPG series

Could Larian be working on a new Divinity game?

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Baldur's Gate 3's next patch is going to start rolling out its official mod tools so you can 'overhaul Baldur's Gate 3 into the weird nightmare realm of your dreams'

Goku Approves.

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Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 is bringing the blood-curdling horror the game's evil endings deserve

I don't have the stomach for this sort of thing.

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Larian Studios is working on adding crossplay and a photo mode to Baldur's Gate 3

Larian Studios has revealed its plans for Baldur's Gate 3, including what's to come in patch 7 and beyond.

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Instead of making Baldur's Gate 4, Larian is working on 2 new projects based on its own IPs, and CEO Swen Vincke reckons it'll result in the studio's 'best work ever'

"I get excited like a kid watching the key imagery."

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Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 will add "improved evil endings" even if you're not playing Dark Urge, and cross-play and photo mode are on their way too

There'll even be new cutscenes with entirely new music for those endings

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Even though it's not Baldur's Gate 4, Larian's next RPG "will be our best work ever" says 'excited' Baldur's Gate 3 director

"It’s hype because it really looks and feels good”

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Larian Studios doesn't want to make another Baldur's Gate sequel, so Hasbro is looking elsewhere

Hasbro is looking for potential partners to work on the future of the Baldur's Gate series.

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Hasbro wants to make another Baldur's Gate sequel but it's early days yet: 'We certainly hope that it's not another 25 years'

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Blasphemous dev reveals that Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian quietly backed the game on Kickstarter for $1000 and never asked for anything in return

I'm too old to be talking like this but: Common Larian W.

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Baldur's Gate 3 studio was secretly one of the biggest Kickstarter backers for a modern Metroidvania classic: "They dropped a four figure sum, never asked for their rewards"

Larian Studios backed the unholy indie Blasphemous

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After winning every major Game of the Year award in 2023, Baldur's Gate 3 is now cleaning up in 2024 too

Larian's hit RPG claimed five wins at the 2024 BAFTA awards, including Best Game.

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing head reflects on recent industry layoffs, "it's incorrect to believe huge companies are run necessarily by incredibly intelligent people"

Micheal Douse, head of publishing at Larian Studios, discussed layoffs in the video game industry in a recent interview.

PC Gamer

'No interplanetary boundaries can contain her rage': Baldur's Gate 3 lover and reigning wrestling champ Athena defends her title in the Ring of Honor as Karlach made flesh

Hells yes.

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Larian publishing director on mass layoffs: 'None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt. They were just at risk of pissing off the shareholders'

"We should be humbled by this period. It doesn't feel like we're humbled by this period as an industry."

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Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix 24 fixes the short rest bug so now players can take their naps

Larian Studios has released another Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix to address various bugs and performance issues.

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Larian boss clarifies comments about the studio's next game: "I think scope wise, Baldur's Gate 3 is probably already good enough"

"We have two games that we want to make"

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"You're an idiot," Baldur's Gate 3 boss says of studios firing critical technical artists, and "anyway, we're hiring them to come work for us"

"They can define so many things and they know your games"

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Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix declares 'No more free lunches' as it stops you bamboozling merchants with boxes, confusingly also makes it easier to literally give people free lunches

Much to think about.

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