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Baldur’s Gate 3 are competing amongst each other for the world record for the fastest time to get into a character’s pants.A speedrun is the attempt to complete a video game as fast as possible – occasionally adding extra conditions like “no hits” or “no glitches” to their playthrough. Mae is a Baldur’s Gate 3 player who aims to complete the game in this way, also known as a speedrunner.

Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix 2.1 has resolved the issue where story databases would balloon in size as a result of the player’s rising total of campaign choices.In the post to Steam, Larian Studios also announced that cross saves for PlayStation 5 have been reactivated for the release of the role-playing game on the console in September.“As it turns out, many of you were doing so much in Baldur’s Gate 3 that some of your personal ‘story’ databases (where your choices and actions are stored) got too big,” said the developer.“We now made the size infinite (or at least as infinite as you have storage space), to account for the sheer amount of things you’re all doing on your journeys,” it explained, adding that any other issues should be sent to the Baldur’s Gate 3 support team for fixes.Baldur’s Gate 3 has been a sensational success for Larian Studios, with over 800,000 players jumping into the game on the weekend after its mid-week launch. At the time of writing, it is the highest rated release of the year, toppling The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom from the number one spot on Metacritic.Yet, the developer was in hot water when it was found that none of the Brazilian Portuguese translators who worked on more than one million words of story were credited.Only the executives of Altagram Group were seen in the list and the developer clarified that this was a complete oversight.

Larian Studios said that adding an expansion to Baldur’s Gate 3 isn’t as easy as it might appear to players.Baldur’s Gate 3, which draws on Dungeons & Dragons‘ Forgotten Realms campaign, restricts players to a level cap of 12. Usually, tabletop players are able to reach level 20, and so PC Gamer asked in its interview with Swen Vincke whether or not an expansion would let players surpass this constraint.“Honestly, we haven’t started on an expansion,” started Vincke.

Baldur’s Gate 3, one of the game’s three villains.“Orin is, affectionately, unhinged,” said Robertson of her character in a video from Larian Studios reintroducing players to the shapeshifter. “You don’t know when she’s going to pop up, you don’t know in what form she’s going to be, she’s incredibly tricksy.”Orin the Red briefly appeared in a Panel from Hell livestream from Larian Studios in early July with the assurance that fans would learn more about her motivations.

Larian Studios, the developer behind the upcoming Baldur’s Gate 3, addressed the future of its other series Divinity and assured that there will be a return.“We’re definitely gonna get back there at some point,” answered CEO Swen Vincke in an interview with IGN, mentioning that Divinity: Original Sin is Larian Studios’ own creation while Baldur’s Gate 3 is set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe.Vincke explained that it is “quite a thing” to see the team pour all of their efforts into Baldur’s Gate 3 over the course of six years of development. “We will get back there at some point.

Baldur’s Gate 3‘s Karmic Dice is a feature that might put the player at risk of suffering a major spike in enemy damage outputs, and fortunately, players are sharing a guide on how to switch this off.Via GamesRadar, players akdavidxy and Havelok worked together in the game’s subreddit to alert new Baldur’s Gate 3 fans that this setting will be active at the start of their playthroughs. Karmic Dice alters the outcome of the next dice roll in a sequence when the rolls have consistently failed, allowing the player to succeed in that specific situation.

Baldur’s Gate 3 should not create a “raised standard” for other role-playing games, due to the upcoming game’s large scale.Xalavier Nelson Jr, accomplished independent developer and founder of Strange Scaffold, took to Twitter to explain that Baldur’s Gate 3 is an abnormal game. To exemplify this, Larian Studios began work on the new entry in the series in 2017, using seven different studios with over 400 developers, and benefitted from a significant volume of fan feedback in a three-year early access period.Like a lot of people, I'm deeply excited about what the lovely folks at Larian accomplished with Baldur's Gate 3, but I want to gently, pre-emptively push back against players taking that excitement and using it to apply criticism or a "raised standard" to RPGs going forward1/10— Xalavier Nelson Jr.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has been moved forward, if you’re on PC.Larian Studios has confirmed that Baldur’s Gate 3 will now launch almost a month early for PC on August 3, 2023, while the PS5 release will come a little later on September 6, 2023.“We’ve always been a studio that aims to release on as many platforms as possible, in order of readiness,” said director of publishing, Michael Douse “We’ve also aimed for the highest possible quality on every platform we’ve released on.”The Baldur's Gate 3 Collector's Edition is still available in strictly limited quantities, and now comes with a Deluxe Edition upgrade! Stuffed with treasures and digital delights, get yours before it's too late! Secure your Collector's Edition: https://t.co/08FNbYKwy5 pic.twitter.com/XhtTxh3Kri— Baldur's Gate 3 – Launching August 31st (@baldursgate3) June 9, 2023It may be delayed by a week, but the PS5 version of Baldur’s Gate 3 is still moving forward.“We’re at a point where we’re reaching 60fps on PlayStation 5, which is remarkable considering the breadth and depth Baldur’s Gate 3 aims for,” said Douse. “It features over 170 hours of cinematics, more than twice the length of the entirety of Game of Thrones, and more than three times the dialogue of all three Lord of the Rings novels combined.

Baldur’s Gate 3, which has now received a confirmed release date.The game was announced back in 2019, and a new trailer announced an August 2023 release date late last year.Now, it has been confirmed by developer Larian Studios that the game will arrive on August 31 to PC, Mac, and PS5.Starring in the game as General Ketheric Thorm will be J.K. Simmons, and a new release date trailer has been shared alongside footage of Simmons in the booth during recording for the game.A new blog from Steam said of the game’s narrative: “Meet General Ketheric Thorm, a seemingly invincible necromancer leading an army of the dead towards the city of Baldur’s Gate.

Larian Studios has teased some news for the upcoming update six for Baldur’s Gate 3. Those heading to EGX in London will get to see more.Larian Studios released Baldur’s Gate 3 into early access last year and has been updating the Dungeons and Dragons based roleplaying game with new content.

Larian Studios has reassured fans that it is “making good progress” on Baldur’s Gate III, and will announce an early access release date soon.The company revealed the game’s current state in a community update on its Steam page. “We know you all want to know when we’ll release Baldur’s Gate III into early access but you’ll have to be a bit more patient before we can announce an exact date.