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Larian's given us a single-word spoiler for Divinity, its next game, and for some reason it's 'alligator'

Spoiler alert for the future.

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Divinity will have co-op at launch and the number of possible players depends on "the final party size," but Larian says mod support can "extend this"

The limit does not exist

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We're getting Divinity over more Baldur's Gate 3 because Larian devs weren't enjoying "doing the D&D thing"

Thankfully, Swen Vincke says the devs are now "excited about what [they're] making"

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Baldur's Gate 3 director says "a lot has become lost in translation" since Divinity's announcement and the AI blowback that followed: "It would be irresponsible for us not to evaluate new technologies"

"Our successes come from empowering people to work in their own way and bring the best out of their skill & craft, so that we can make the best RPGs we can possibly make"

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lead says AI "may mean the demise of humanity" and the "end of most big publishers," but if "AI can help me make an epic game in a year with a smaller team like in the old days, I'm all for it"

"How many horse breeders lost their jobs thanks to Henry Ford!?"

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Larian Studios' next Divinity game will be a turn-based RPG — and the studio is using generative AI for ideation

In an interview, Larian Studios confirmed that the recently-revealed Divinity is a turn-based RPG, and the team is experimenting with generative AI workflows.

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Baldur's Gate 3 devs didn't want to include a core D&D rule in their RPG, but players proved them wrong: "We were afraid it was going to slow down the gameplay too much"

Larian had a swift Reaction

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Divinity producer says using AI for "unimportant lines" removes "the chance to support performers" such as Baldur's Gate 3 star Jennifer English: "Every VA starts small"

Voice actors "progressively level up" through these smaller roles

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Baldur's Gate 3 director says the game's cinematics and how choices were portrayed is one of the 'biggest lessons' Larian is bringing to Divinity — 'I think that was probably my biggest takeaway from everything'

Larian Studios founder and Baldur's Gate 3 director, Swen Vincke, has said Divinity will feature cinematics unlike previous iterations in the series.

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'It's not a clone of D:OS2': 6 big takeaways from our interview with Larian after the reveal of Divinity

What is Divinity's combat like, what does "more ambitious" than Baldur's Gate 3 mean, how far into development is it, and more questions answered.

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Divinity series sees spike in players on Steam following new RPG's reveal at The Game Awards, reigniting love for Larian Studios' older titles

Fans are exploring Original Sin, its sequel, and more

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Everyone's arguing about whether Divinity will be turn-based or an ARPG, and I'm not sure why because the answer seems obvious

Turning it over in my mind.

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Keep up with all the news and awards at The Game Awards 2025.

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Obsidian hopes to stand alongside CD Projekt and Larian by making "best-in-class" reactive RPGs, says The Outer Worlds 2 director: "I don't know if we're there yet, but I'd love to get there"

Year in Review 2025 | The Outer Worlds 2 director on the future of the RPG and Obsidian

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'Child labor is unbeatable': Baldur's Gate 3 players discover how to build an army of unkillable kids through the power of polymorph and German media laws

Keeps them off the iPad, at least.

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Baldur's Gate 3 exec argues there's 'no point making a high-spec Steam Machine' – and that makes a lot of sense

Think the Steam Machine is underpowered? Baldur's Gate 3 exec says there's "no point making a high-spec Steam Machine" and he's not wrong.

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is not the faithful sequel I'd hoped to see, but maybe that's a bigger marker of progress than it seems

Opinion | I've come through the disappointment and emerged newly hopeful – for my own sanity

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead defends Mafia: The Old Country's lack of swimming after clips go viral, says "endlessly layering on mechanics maketh a good game not"

Larian Studios' D&D RPG faced similar criticism

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Baldur's Gate 3 devs throw a bone to advocates of what would be the RPG's weirdest romance option - by shaming us for not keeping her alive

Sazza lovers of the world unite

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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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In a surprise update, Larian says it has "probably this time really maybe" fixed Baldur's Gate 3's notorious character portrait bug which somehow survived 32 previous hotfixes

Squashing one of the most annoying (and hilarious) bugs in the RPG

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Larian getting married in The Gilded Age season 3? I’m more obsessed with Maud Beaton’s Haymarket double-cross in episode 5 of the HBO Max show

Grab your Sunday best, because Larry and Marian are officially getting married in The Gilded Age season 3. But for me, that was far from episode 5’s most satisfying surprise.

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Despite always preferring turn-based combat in RPGs, Pillars of Eternity designer Josh Sawyer thinks a lack of experience and opportunity meant the studio couldn't pull off a similar swing to Larian taking Baldur's Gate turn-based

"I guess we did South Park, but other than that, we hadn't done turn-based ever, really."

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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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Forget Divinity: Original Sin 3: For its Baldur's Gate 3 follow-up, I implore Larian to revisit its okayest game

I'm not talking about Ego Draconis. Even okayer than that.

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