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Aug 3, 2023
Ash Parrish
A beginner’s guide to beginning Baldur’s Gate 3
Image: Larian Studios
After six years in development and three years in early access, Baldur’s Gate 3 is now live everywhere in the world. Due to the sheer size of the game, with reports boasting 174 hours worth of cutscenes and over 17,000 ending variations, and an impossible review window — The Verge received our code on Sunday — it’s going to take a while before formal reviews start popping up. (Or at least it should, but there will inevitably be some places that mainline the game in service of an uncaring SEO machine.) But thanks to the limited time I did get with Baldur’s Gate 3, I can offer some tips, tricks, and thoughts that will get you through the first 20 hours or so of the game.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a chonky-ass game, taking up around 120 gigs of space. My computer’s only about three years old, running an Intel i5-10400 with 16 gigs of RAM and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660. With these specifications, I’m solidly between the minimum and what Larian recommends, and it is evident. While I haven’t experienced any serious performance issues, it’s obvious from the constant sound of my desktop fans whirring that BG3 is a very resource-intensive game. So make sure you’ve got a rig capable of running it beyond the minimum requirements. Or simply wait until the game comes out on consoles. The PS5 launch is on September 6th; the Xbox launch is... well... considerably later after that.
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Jun 3
Ash Parrish
Baldur’s Gate 3 mod support is coming in September
Image: Larian Studios
It’s gonna get pretty funky in Faerûn with official mod support coming to Baldur’s Gate 3. Larian Studios announced that official mod support will roll out in phases, starting today with a closed alpha, before a closed beta test in July, culminating with the official release of Patch 7 in September. According to Larian, the staggered testing phases will give the community ample time to test the new mod tools before making them available across PC and consoles.
If you have experience with official mod support in games like Skyrim or Fallout, Larian’s approach will sound similar. On PC, mods will be tested to ensure terms of service compatibility and overall stability before approval. Those mods will then undergo additional approvals before coming to console. While PC players will have access to the full suite of mod creation tools, and mods can still be made, downloaded, and played without using the official mod browser, console players will only be able to browse and install mods officially approved by Larian.
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Mar 22
Emma Roth
Baldur’s Gate 3 developer is moving on from Dungeons and Dragons
Image: Larian Studios
With the sheer popularity surrounding Baldur’s Gate 3, the game is ripe for an expansion — but if it ever happens, it won’t be made by its developer Larian Studios. During a panel at the Game Developers Conference on Thursday, Larian founder Swen Vincke revealed that the studio plans on moving away from Dungeons & Dragons games, as first reported by IGN.
“We’re not going to make new expansions, which everybody is expecting us to do. We’re not going to makeBaldur’s Gate 4, which everybody is expecting us to do. We’re going to move on,” Vincke said. He added that Larian is also going to “move away from D&D” and start a new project.
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Mar 18
Emma Roth
Cross-saves for Baldur’s Gate 3 on Xbox are working again.
Xbox didn’t get Baldur’s Gate 3’s most recent updates due to a bug that caused the game to crash on the Series X / S. This prevented players from loading cross-saves on platforms with the update.
But now, Larian has announced that hotfixes #20, #21, and #22 are coming to Xbox, which should fix any issues with syncing game saves. The latest update also addresses some crashes and issues with Minthara’s dialogue.
Feb 23
Ash Parrish
Things are about to get real weird in Faerun.
Larian Studios keeps giving the people what they want with each Baldur’s Gate 3 update. The most recent patch added a bunch of new kiss animations, some sweet, some very spicy. But there’s one ask from the BG3 community that Larian’s director of publishing says is coming soon: official mod support.
With mod support, patches to the game are less likely to break mods and it’ll be easier overall to make mods for the game. Prime opportunity for some freaky, frightening, or just plain fun additions to the game.
Feb 16
Jess Weatherbed
Baldur’s Gate 3 just dropped its belated Valentine's Day gift.
As Larian promised, this latest patch is absolutely crammed full of new content and bug fixes for the game. The new companion smooches will hopefully appease fans who were collectively trolled by the studio earlier this week for assuming the patch would arrive on Wednesday.
Feb 9
Ash Parrish
Roses are red, vampires are fair.
See AlsoAbout - Baldur's Gate 3Baldur's Gate 3 is de beste rpg in jarenWalkthrough - Baldur's Gate III Guide - IGNBaldur's Gate 3: release date, classes, and everything else we knowThe next Baldur’s Gate 3 patch improves how you can kiss your favorite bear.
Patch 6, arriving next week, will add new camp idle animations and new legendary actions for the game’s hardcore Honor Mode. But the biggest news; improved kiss animations!
Despite the game’s valiant attempts, kissing in Baldur’s Gate is not that much better than drinking was in Mass Effect. Excited to see what the new animations look like, and just in time for Valentine’s Day too!
Jan 17
Jay Peters
Baldur’s Gate 3 players on Xbox: update your console.
Some BG3 players on Xbox have had to deal with lost saves, which is obviously frustrating in a game as massive as Larian’s hit RPG, but Microsoft says a new system update should fix things. Larian said last week the firmware update was coming.
Jan 9
Jay Peters
Microsoft might finally have a fix for issues with Baldur’s Gate 3 saves.
Larian Studios says that Microsoft will release an Xbox firmware update on January 16th that fixes the save bug on Xbox. That said, Larian hasn’t been able to verify the fix, so we might have to wait and see if it actually works.
Jan 2
Jay Peters
You’ll be shocked by Steam’s 2023 Game of the Year.
Just kidding, it’s Baldur’s Gate 3. The full list of winners for the 2023 Steam Awards is out now, and most of them are on sale until Thursday as part of Steam’s Winter Sale.
Image: Valve
Dec 21, 2023
Ash Parrish
Baldur’s Gate 3 is the gift that keeps on giving.
In celebration of this year’s game of the year finally arriving on Xbox, Larian Studios is giving fans a little treat. Because we deserve.
Larian, in collaboration with Mashed animation, writer Emily Gera, and the principal Baldur’s Gate 3 voice cast, created this fantastic animated featurette about the Tadfools getting together to celebrate the holidays.
Dec 15, 2023
Ash Parrish
Get that bag (of holding).
Now that Baldur’s Gate 3 is finally available on Xbox, the natural follow up question is when will the undisputed game of the year arrive on Game Pass? But in an interview with IGN, Larian CEO Swen Vincke said, essentially, never.
“Oh, we always said from the get-go, it wasn’t going to be on Game Pass,”Vincke said to IGN. “We made a big game, so I think there’s a fair price to be paid for that, and I think that that is okay.”
Dec 11, 2023
Jay Peters
Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox players, update your game — and your Xbox.
Larian Studios has released an update with “stability fixes” and is encouraging users to update their Xbox consoles to help address issues with “saves disappearing after a crash.”
The Game Awards’ game of the year came out on Xbox on Thursday.
Well that’s awkward.
The latest Baldur’s Gate 3 patch has given me the chance to make my bear boyfriend Halsin very very uncomfortable.
Minthara, one of Act I’s goblin camp leaders, is a much desired companion. Problem is, you have to commit a lot of murder and risk Halsin leaving your group (y’know because of all the murder) to recruit her. While some players have found interesting ways to get around this, Patch 5 now seems to let you simply knock her out during her fight and recruit her later in Act II.
Nov 30, 2023
Ash Parrish
The latest Baldur’s Gate 3 patch introduces a new epilogue and lets you wear slu*tty crab armor
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Christmas miracles are rare, they are beautiful, and with Patch 5 of Baldur’s Gate 3 out now, they have come early. Patch 5 is a massive update that adds new difficulty modes, patches a notorious slowdown bug, lets you wear armor that gives the Wavemother’s Robe a run for its money, and gives the adventurers of Faerûn what they’ve been clamoring for: a big-ass party with all their friends.
I could jump right into the biggest changes coming with Patch 5, but with one specific quality-of-life update, the addition of new game modes or new epilogue scenes feels inconsequential in comparison.
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Nov 2, 2023
Jess Weatherbed
Baldur’s Gate 3 improves color-blindness support and, uh, hygiene.
Larian just released another massive patch for Baldur’s Gate 3, adding new visual settings for color-blind players and appearance customization for hirelings upon recruitment.
There’s also loads of bug fixes and fun gameplay updates — for example, soaps and sponges can now be used to clean up party members. Maybe NPCs will stop commenting on how bad you smell after a quick wash.
Oct 6, 2023
Jess Weatherbed
The latest Baldur’s Gate 3 hotpatch has freed the nipples.
BG3’s new patch lets you customize the appearance of hirelings so they match your dream (or nightmarish) aesthetic, and fixes some broken character positions and animations in dialog cinematics.
It also stops your characters from being forced back into their undies when you have nudity enabled, allowing degenerates to enjoy the spicy romance scenes buck-naked once again (it’s me, I’m the degenerate).
Oct 3, 2023
Jess Weatherbed
Baldur’s Gate 3’s latest hotfix makes its most regal feline bald again.
The new update reverts His Majesty to his nude glory, restores Raphael’s former hair color and horns, and stops your companions from dumping their bags on you when dismissed.
Some bugs and crashes that appeared after the recent patch, have also been fixed, though more notable issues — including those affecting cutscene animations and a certain blacksmith — haven't been addressed.
Sep 27, 2023
Ash Parrish
Look how they massacred my boy.
Somewhere, someone’s in front of an i-device thinking aloud: “I wanna play Baldur’s Gate 3.”
App Store developer Initial Link appears and answers, “We have Baldur’s Gate 3 at home,” and shows them Nevermore: Idle Immortal RPG... an idle RPG gacha game complete with a harrowing App Store icon that features a yassified Astarion!
From what I can tell this game has absolutely nothing to do with Baldur’s Gate, fortunately people of the Apple persuasion need not despair as Baldur’s Gate 3 just released on Mac last week.
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Initial Link
Sep 27, 2023
Jess Weatherbed
The latest hotfix for Baldur’s Gate 3 resolves some game-crashing bugs.
Some updates have been rolled out to fix a handful of crashing and save game issues related to corrupted item files and multiplayer sessions.
Developer Larian said it’s also preparing additional hotfixes based on player feedback following its recent patch, which includes addressing the stack of shared items you receive when dismissing companions. Still no word if they plan to shave the cat again though 😔.
Sep 26, 2023
Adi Robertson
Baldur’s Gate 3’s best boss-melting weapon is the cursed body of a dead child.
My favorite testament to the open-endedness of Baldur’s Gate 3 so far: this short, lightly spoiler-y guide to beating one of the game’s hardest bosses using the status effect of a minor side quest NPC. (If this hasn’t been patched yet... it likely will be soon.)
Sep 22, 2023
Ash Parrish
Roll for initiative.
The phenomenal cast of Baldur’s Gate 3 is now live on Twitch playing a Dungeons and Dragons one shot as their characters. I don’t typically watch D&D actual plays, (sorry Critical Role fans) but I will be present and seated for this because I love all my murder hobo companions and I can’t get enough of them.
Sep 22, 2023
Ash Parrish
The latest Baldur’s Gate 3 patch makes the hardest fight in the game harder
Larian Studios
Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 3 is live, beefy, and oh boy, does it implement some fixes I am happy about — and some that terrify the daylights outta me.
First and foremost, welcome Mac users! You’re now able to play on Mac. Make sure you check out the minimum specification requirements, and don’t forget to uninstall and reinstall the game (if you played Early Access) to ensure a smooth transition to the full release.
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Sep 18, 2023
Jay Peters
Later this week, you can watch many cast members from Baldur’s Gate 3, a game that is based heavily on the mechanics and universe of Dungeons & Dragons, play the tabletop version of Dungeons & Dragons as their characters from the video game. It sounds meta but awesome.
The cast members will be appearing on High Rollers, a live-play D&D show that streams on Twitch, on Friday at 7PM BST / 2PM ET / 11AM PT. “We have very kindly been approached by [Baldur’s Gate 3 developer] Larian Studios and some rather fine guests to run a little D&D one-shot,” dungeon master Mark Hulmessaid in a video about the event.
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Sep 13, 2023
Jay Peters
The full version of Baldur’s Gate 3 is coming to Mac soon
Image: Larian Studios
Baldur’s Gate 3 is finally about to leave early access on Mac. Developer Larian Studios said Wednesday on X (formerly Twitter) that the game’s third major patch would be arriving on September 21st “with full support for BG3 on Mac.”
Baldur’s Gate 3 is technically already available on Mac, but currently, it’s only the early access version that doesn’t include all of the content in the full version of the game that first released on PC in August and recently came out on PS5. In a post on Steam from June, Larian said that the full Mac version would be released “at a later date, and we’ll update you as soon as we have a target” — I’ll take Wednesday’s post on X as that update.
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Sep 13, 2023
Jay Peters
One great thing about Baldur’s Gate 3 on PS5? Local co-op.
I agree with everything in Ash Parrish’s article about Baldur’s Gate 3 on PS5 — the controller experience can be really finicky. But I’m happy to deal with all of that hassle to be able to easily play local co-op on the big TV in my living room with my wife. We have had a delightful time romping through Faerûn together, and if you want to play the game with a friend, local co-op on PS5 is the way to go, if you ask me.
Baldur’s Gate 3 on PS5 is a technically complicated but still enjoyable experience
Ash Parrish
