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After shaking Steam's servers with Baldur's Gate 3's launch, Larian publishing chief says 'I hope we absolutely demolish it next time'

Baldur's Gate 3 hammered Steam hard when it launched in 2023, but not hard enough for Michael Douse.

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Baldur's Gate 3 lead Swen Vincke "is an unstoppable machine" who "will have engines re-written to make sure that the quality is there," says Fallout: New Vegas dev

"If a game comes out, it is incredibly important to him that it's at high quality, no matter what sacrifice it takes"

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Divinity "is coming alive," Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke teases, and "from here onwards" Larian's eagerly anticipated RPG "can only improve"

"I was saying to myself - yeah, this is good"

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Divinity: Original Sin 2 easter eggs hinting Baldur's Gate 3 would be Larian's next game had to be toned down: 'Originally the reference to BG3 was very explicit'

Does this mean there are hints in Baldur's Gate 3 about what'll be in Divinity?

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"It was very bad": Baldur's Gate 3 was once heavily teased in Larian's Divinity Original Sin 2, but it was so obvious the devs had to water it down

Mind Maggots, tadpoles... same difference

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Baldur's Gate 3 had so "many people involved" that there are all sorts of influences running through Larian, with one combat dev being "a big JRPG fan" but the CEO being "an Ultima guy"

Tactics-RPG sickos remain unidentified

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Larian director has a "crash out on main" over HBO's Baldur's Gate 3 TV show, but CEO Swen Vincke is more optimistic — "the conversation we had ... gives me hope"

The news that Baldur's Gate 3 is getting an HBO TV show was a huge shock to everyone, and even Larian devs have mixed feelings about it.

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Baldur's Gate 3 director says the RPG's endings were made to "serve as narrative soil for new adventures," so he's "eager to find out which ones" will be adapted in the TV show

"There's plenty of directions they could go"

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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

Total Film

Larian lead has a little 'crash out on main' over Baldur's Gate 3 show announce, but big boss Swen Vincke says HBO is in touch about the writing, so now I don't know what to think

You mean I have to wait for the show to exist before deciding whether it's good or not?

PC Gamer

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"

Total Film

Baldur’s Gate TV series in development at HBO with Craig Mazin, will continue Baldur’s Gate 3 story

Is our Tav alive? Does Shadowheart still serve Shar? We'll know soon enough!

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Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke forced to reveal Larian's next RPG Divinity "ends with a lot of fire" after a 19 roll for Persuasion

Vincke could have left with telling us the game ends with the credits, but was feeling more kind than that

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Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke still doesn't like mean-spirited criticism amid Highguard backlash, but he recognizes "good games are being mutilated to turn them into money machines"

Break it to him gently

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Baldur's Gate 3 director agrees with No Rest for the Wicked lead that Early Access is "a positive thing" for games like their two RPGs – when it works

"When players and devs unite… beautiful things happen"

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says "game development runs on optimism" as the industry comes to Highguard's defense following a messy launch: "It is easy to celebrate failure"

It's not been easy for a game put together by talent from Apex Legends and Titanfall

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As Highguard continues to get trashed online, Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke says "I don't like people s***ing on things" as "it's easy to destroy things, it's a lot harder to build them"

"The harsh words do real damage"

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Baldur's Gate 3 sales are "incredible" following Divinity announcement says Larian boss, and Original Sin 2 has had "its best month" since 2017: "Wish I'd removed the squirrel in time"

Nothing gets games selling like a huge reveal

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Larian's nine-year-old RPG has just had its best month since launch: 'Sales for both BG3 and D:OS 2 have been incredible' thanks to Divinity

Now that's a baseline.

Dot Esports

Cygames AI studio apology causes more backlash; fans concerned about future projects

Naturally, fans aren't pleased.

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 director and Larian Studios founder shouts out the "unsung heroes" who make games like the new Divinity possible: "They love the team fiercely"

Swen Vincke wants everyone to know who keeps Larian running

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Baldur's Gate 3 director's big Divinity mystery has apparently been solved – Larian hasn't confirmed it, but this detail sure wasn't an accident

The answer was seemingly hiding in the Divinity reveal trailer all along

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No Baldur’s Gate 3 on Switch 2 shatters gamers' hopes

It could have been the perfect fit for Nintendo's AAA ambitions for the console.

TechRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 might not come to Switch 2 as Larian CEO says a port 'wasn't our decision to make'

Nintendo Switch 2's first Christmas sales fall short of the original Switch by 35% in the US, showing markedly less of an appetite over the Holidays.

PC Gamer

Larian's head writer has a simple answer for how AI-generated text helps development: 'It doesn't,' thanks to its best output being 'a 3/10 at best' worse than his worst drafts

My worst drafts are a 5/10 but I might have lower standards.

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