Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 is the latest entry in the classic RPG series which first started out on PCs in the late 90s.

It originally launched in early access in 2020, before the full version debuted on PCs in August 2023. A PS5 version is out in September 2023, with an Xbox Series X/S version also in the works.

The full release of Baldur's Gate 3 comes over two decades after the last new mainline game in the series launched.

Platforms

PC
PS5
Xbox Series X/S

Initial release Aug. 3, 2023

Developers

Larian Studios

Genres

Action Adventure
Fantasy
Romance
RPG
Story Rich
Strategy

Publishers

Larian Studios

Franchise Dungeons & Dragons

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Baldur's Gate 3 Spotlight

Mod To Last Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix 28 is good news for idiots like me who've already installed more mods than they can count, and also for Wyll stans

Here's hoping your Wyll to live is restored when he actually greets you nicely.

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A Rogue Roll How a Baldur’s Gate 3 modder who’d never played a "known" roguelike ended up turning Larian’s RPG into one

"There is still a lot that hasn't been done with the current tools."

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3 months ago

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How About A Kiss? A Baldur's Gate 3 fan spent a five-figure sum on an Astarion you-know-what doll, and all Larian has to say is "can I expense this?"

I'm gonna assume the answer is no, buddy.

Oisin Kuhnke

5 days ago

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Baldur's Gate 3 Feed

Wyll in Baldur's Gate 3 looking pretty chipper.

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Mod To Last | Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix 28 is good news for idiots like me who've already installed more mods than they can count, and also for Wyll stans

Here's hoping your Wyll to live is restored when he actually greets you nicely.

Oct. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

A number of characters from Baldur's Gate 3.

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How About A Kiss? | A Baldur's Gate 3 fan spent a five-figure sum on an Astarion you-know-what doll, and all Larian has to say is "can I expense this?"

I'm gonna assume the answer is no, buddy.

Oct. 13, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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An evil Dragonborn character in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Totally Modular | Are mods popular with the Baldur's Gate 3 community? You can ask the 40% of players that are "embracing utter chaos" with them

That's a whole lot of mods.

Oct. 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Lae'zel with a nose in Baldur's Gate 3's latest animated short.

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RIP, Modding Wizard | Baldur's Gate 3 mods have arrived on console, with Larian celebrating by telling us it loves magic underpants and having Lae'zel chainsaw a flying beard to death

Patch 7 has come to PlayStation and Xbox, having already spurred 15 million mod downloads via the official toolkit on PC.

Oct. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Lae'zel, Help! | Baldur's Gate 3's real-time combat mod now allows you to get your party involved in battles, but you might not want to rely on them to save your bottom

Modder tinybike has also implemented a rudimentary pause function, so the mod lives up to its real-time with pause billing.

Sept. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

Astarion opposite Agnesius the clown in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Bet He Tastes Funny | One of Baldur's Gate 3's earliest fully custom quest mods has you search for the nose of a clown living in a weird circus dimension, because of course it does

With help from a freshly modified version of Larian's toolkit, you can head through a portal and have chat with a strange man in a tent.

Sept. 24, 2024 Mark Warren

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Turned On Its Head | A Baldur's Gate 3 modder has managed to swap turn-based combat for real-time battles, but it currently comes with the risk of getting slaughtered mid-chat

There also looks to be no pause function right now, but this is clearly a work-in-progress experiment.

Sept. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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Wylling Him On | Baldur's Gate 3 modders are delivering a "Wyll Cinematic Universe" to remedy "Larian's mistreatment" of the Blade of Frontiers

The first 'movie' in this CU is a new custom Act 3 romance cutscene you can download right now.

Sept. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Karlback Home | After Baldur's Gate 3 modders made custom maps possible, someone's already working on their own version of Avernus

I hope they've opened a window, toiling away near this much lava has to be sweaty work.

Sept. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Dark Desires | Following Patch 7, Baldur's Gate 3 Durge mains are urging Larian to revamp some key companion reactions before it moves on

"I honestly can't understand how this issue is being ignored, being that Durge is, along with Tav, the main character of the game, our own character."

Sept. 10, 2024 Mark Warren

A character unleashing an attack in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Next Level Stuff | Baldur's Gate 3 modders have already cheekily unlocked a developer mode in Larian's toolkit, potentially paving the way for full custom adventures

Because mods, and it could well just be the start of people doing cool in-depth stuff with the game.

Sept. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

The main cast of Baldur's Gate 3 on a smoky, grey background.

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Where's The Rockers? | At more than 3m downloads in just over 24 hours after Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 dropped, you can probably say that the modding tools are popular

Baldur's Gate 3 and mods get on like a house on fire.

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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When Durges Cry | Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 unleashes some of the hardest lines you'll ever hear, and it's broken the hearts of a bard's stans

Larian's ability to write dialogue that gives you emotional whiplash certainly isn't Karlaching.

Sept. 6, 2024 Mark Warren

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Extra Checks Needed | Desperate to play Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 on console? You and Mac folks will have to wait a little bit longer

Not too much longer mind you, and here's an update on crossplay to help tide you over.

Sept. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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Time To Durge In | Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 has just dropped on PC, bringing with it those evil endings, mod support and more

It's here, finally, with a whole bunch of STUFF.

Sept. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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For Free, No Less | Baldur's Gate 3 devs considered a first-person dialogue camera, but ended up breaking their cinematic cam rules to give you a good look at goblin feet

"Next thing we know, they're zooming in on a goblin toe."

Sept. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Muahaha! | Rejoice, modders and evil Baldur's Gate 3 players, patch 7 is out next week

Larian just hasn't said exactly when yet.

Sept. 1, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Baldur's Gate 3 still showing a person with a bow attached to their back stood in front of giant tentacles.

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Is The Price Right? | Amid Twitter economics lesson, Larian dev says Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2 were priced "below their value", due to "faith" in recouping costs

The publishing director recently suggested that "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because of rising production costs.

Aug. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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Hobnobbing | Remember getting it on with Baldur's Gate 3's Emperor? Larian says that tentacle stroking animation began as some biscuits being fondled

It's ok, we know none of you have ended up watching this scene.

Aug. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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Bitesized Baldurs | Despite players racking up Baldur's Gate 3 playthroughs upwards of 100 hours long, Larian's CEO was worried the game was going to be too short from all the cut content

"I’ve notoriously always been very bad at judging the length of our games."

Aug. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Pete Davies in Fallout: London alongside Lae'zel in Baldur's Gate 3.

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DungeonsNDeathclaws | Fancy spicing up Fallout: London with some Baldur's Gate 3-style randomness? Team FOLON's now put out a dice roll add-on that'll help you unleash chaos

"Do not expect a serious playthrough whilst using this mod."

Aug. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

Five Magic the Gathering Cards showing Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 on a table with a knife, various dice, a the logos for Secret Lair and Dungeons & Dragons.

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Blood's On The Menu | Attention, Magic the Gathering and Baldur's Gate 3 fans: some beautiful Astarion Secret Lair cards are on the way, and yes, they'll make you thirsty

Just a little bit of sucking - blood sucking, that is - in these ones.

Aug. 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A player character in Skyrim is holding up a shield, preparing to be hit by a breath of fire from a dragon.

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Feeling Immersed | Are Skyrim and Baldur's Gate 3 immersive sims? If you're asking one of the guys that created Dishonored, yes

It's a complicated question.

Aug. 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Getting Repetitive | As Larian gears up for its next big release, it's faced with one slight problem: it keeps coming up with ideas it already did in Baldur's Gate 3

"It turns out, we did a lot of things in Baldur's Gate 3."

Aug. 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A Githyanki punching a thing in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Not Quite On A Roll | UPDATE: Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7's closed beta has been pushed back due to passive dice rolls going kaput during a bit of "bug-fix whack-a-mole"

It's ok though, Larian's taken the opportunity to confirm that the patch contains "over 1,000 fixes and improvements".

July 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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Not Karlaching Info | Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7's closed beta sign ups are now open, as Larian provides more cool details about what it includes

There are also some updates on how modders have been getting on with those official tools so far.

July 16, 2024 Mark Warren

A character wearing a union jack suit in Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London.

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MPost-apocalytic | Forget Astarion, Fallout: London claims to have nabbed one of the UK's most memeable political figures to voice a robot that yells "Order!"

No, it's not a Keir Starmer Sentry Bot, or a David Cameron Deathclaw.

July 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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Pursued By A Bear | Larian explains how that particular Baldur's Gate 3 scene involving quite a raunchy bear came to be

It wasn't always meant to be so prominent.

July 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Back At It | Baldur's Gate 3 developers commemorate "lift-off" on what's next by revisiting the same dungeon they cleared during that RPG's final push

Because hey, sometimes you just need to remind yourself how well your last playthrough turned out.

July 8, 2024 Mark Warren

Astarion, a fluffy haired elf, rendered in Stardew Valley's pixel art style, while wearing sunglasses, a scene of him in a rocking chair next to the portrait of him.

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Roll For Kiss | Stardew Valley's Baldur's Gate 3 mod team hopes to let you romance pixelated Astarion later this year - in a seasonal outfit, too

Last year's biggest game will potentially meet one of this decade's biggest titles at the end of the year.

July 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Characters from Baldur's Gate 3, Hades, and The Binding of Isaac.

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A Rogue Roll | How a Baldur’s Gate 3 modder who’d never played a "known" roguelike ended up turning Larian’s RPG into one

"There is still a lot that hasn't been done with the current tools."

July 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Astarion and Shadowheart in Baldur's Gate 3 alongside Melinoe in Hades 2.

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Meli-No Way! | Finished Hades 2? There's now a Baldur's Gate 3 mod that turns it into a fully-fleshed out roguelike

Are you and your party up to taking on the Trials of Tav?

June 25, 2024 Mark Warren

Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 overlooks the party from Dragon Age Veilguard

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New Magic | Dragon Age: The Veilguard could be escaping Baldur's Gate 3's shadow by leaving its heritage behind

BioWare isn't trying to occupy the same fantasy RPG space anymore, and that's okay.

June 22, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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LAE-HELL YEAH | Wahey, Baldur's Gate 3's next big update drops in September - with official mod tool testing starting today

The power to do things like giving Gale a reverse mohawk a bit more easily - it's coming soon.

June 3, 2024 Mark Warren

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TIS A SHAME | Not even Larian could escape crunch on Baldur's Gate 3: "to be honest, you will always have a little bit when you're trying to finish something"

"We had things happen that we didn't foresee."

May 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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FOR HONOUR | Baldur's Gate 3 writer doesn't care what a possible sequel looks like, as long as whoever makes it doesn't do it just to "hit our earnings next quarter"

It's got to be about the passion, man.

May 26, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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EXPANSION PACK | Baldur’s Gate 3 developer opens new Warsaw studio, as work on "two very ambitious RPGs" properly gets going

Larian's made its first foray into Poland, a country definitely not known for good RPGs, at all.

May 20, 2024 Mark Warren

On the left, a pixel art version of Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion in Stardew Valley's art style. On the right, key art of Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion holding up a dagger.

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PIXEL PERFECT | Stardew Valley meets Baldur's Gate 3 in a mod that will let you hang out with your faves without the fear of a bad dice roll

And yes, you will be able to date Astarion.

April 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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TEASECEPTION | In teasing Baldur's Gate 3's next big update, Larian also casually teases that the next project it's working on will be its "best work ever"

"Yes, it’s hype, but it’s hype because it really looks and feels good.” - Excited Swen

April 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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BALDUR'S WAIT | Don't worry, the next Baldur's Gate shouldn't be over 20 years away, even if it won't come from Larian

It also sounds like Wizards of the Coast would at least consider bringing back some beloved Baldur's Gate 3 characters.

April 17, 2024 Mark Warren

A character in Elden Ring, one of the best PS5 games, looking at a shooting star

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CATCH THE WORM | Whatever Baldur's Gate 3 dev Larian ends up doing next, it will probably be in early access too

Why fix what isn't broken?

April 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A character surrounded by intellect devourers in Baldur's Gate 3.

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SLEEP SESSIONS SAVED | Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix should stop an intellect devourer cheekily messing up your quick breaks

The walking brain's been told to stop it, now carry on as you were.

April 4, 2024 Mark Warren

An image split into two panels. On the left: Dragon's Dogma 2's Arisen stands against a fiery background in full armour. On the right: Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Wyll, and Mizora.

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BACK TO RISEN ROAD | Dragon’s Dogma 2 has me feeling homesick for Baldur’s Gate — and that's fine

Maybe the grass is always greener in the other faux-medievalist high fantasy setting, but nevertheless, it proves that the two aren't interchangeable.

April 1, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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BEGONE, FRAUDS | Bad news, Baldur's Gate 3 fraudsters, the latest hotfix stops you hoodwinking merchants using container tricks

Oh, and lobbing a Black Pudding Platter at Astarion's head should no longer crash your game.

March 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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BEAR-ST LAID PLANS | Baldur's Gate 3 devs planned for you killing everyone, didn't expect you to "jump through the entire thing"

"You always have to assume that all the antagonists and protagonists will be killed by the player." Sounds about right.

March 26, 2024 Mark Warren

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MAYO MADNESS | Yes, Stardew Valley mayonnaise drinking speedruns are now a thing, and already sub 20 minutes

Hey, at least they’re not racing to get intimate with a bear like the Baldur's Gate 3 lot…yet.

March 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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LET HIM COOK | Baldur's Gate 3's director was once on board with doing a sequel, but now he's aiming for "a very big RPG that will rule them all"

Larian’ll apparently need to wait for some technological advances in order to pull off its big dream, though.

March 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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INTO THE SUNSET | Larian will not be making Baldur's Gate 4, or any Baldur's Gate 3 expansions

The team responsible for the best RPG in years is moving onto other projects.

March 21, 2024 Connor Makar

The legendary hero, Minsc of Rashemen, in Baldur's Gate 3.

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CRITICAL ROLE | Larian considered having multiple narrators in Baldur's Gate 3 - including Matt Mercer

The voice actor would go on to voice MInsc in the released version, but that wasn't always the plan.

March 21, 2024 Connor Makar

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Arfur Gregorio, the suspicious toymaker trying to gain entry to his house in Baldur's Gate 3.

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BG3 Investigate the suspicious toys and fireworks quest guide

As you pass through Rivington in Baldur's Gate 3, you uncover a plot involving suspicious toys and fireworks!