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How Baldur's Gate 3 Turned Larian Studios Into A $447 Million Powerhouse
Monday, November 25, 2024 - 12:53pm | 533Larian Studios, the developer of Baldur's Gate 3, achieved significant financial success in 2023, as revealed by newly published records from its Dublin-based holding company. The studio reported a pre-tax profit of 249 million euros (approximately $260.9 million) and total revenue of 427 million...
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Baldur's Gate 3 Sees More Players In 2024 Than During Launch Year: Here's Why
Thursday, November 21, 2024 - 3:08pm | 441Baldur’s Gate 3 is showing no signs of slowing down, with more players jumping into the game than ever. According to Michael Douse, Larian Studios' director of publishing, the game's average daily peak concurrent players are up 3% compared to last year, while average daily active users have...
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Ubisoft Strategy To Blame For Prince Of Persia's Poor Sales? Baldur's Gate 3 Exec Thinks So
Friday, October 25, 2024 - 2:58pm | 501Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was a fresh addition to Ubisoft Entertainment SA's (OTC:UBSFF) lineup, breaking from the company’s usual focus on sequels. Players and critics alike praised the game. But despite its positive reviews, it struggled financially, prompting Ubisoft to disband its...
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Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7: What To Expect From The Upcoming Update
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - 4:53pm | 544Larian Studios has officially announced details for the eagerly awaited Patch 7 for Baldur's Gate 3. In a recent post on the game's Steam page, the developer outlined the significant improvements and features that will be available in September. See Also: Baldur’s Gate 3 Studio’s Plans...
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Larian Studios, Creator Of Baldur's Gate 3, Launches Seventh Studio For 'Very Ambitious' RPGs
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 8:16am | 438Larian Studios, known for hit games Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Baldur's Gate 3, is opening its seventh studio in Warsaw, Poland. This expansion is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to develop at least two new, “very ambitious” RPGs, as the company noted on X (formerly...
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BAFTA Games Awards 2024: Guess Which Video Game Took 5 Prizes Home
Monday, April 15, 2024 - 8:37am | 610At the 20th BAFTA Games Awards, Baldur’s Gate 3 took center stage, clinching five wins, including the prestigious Best Game title. “I still can’t believe we’re standing here… thank you everybody,” Swen Vincke, the head of Larian Studios, said, the BBC reported....
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'A Really Stupid Deal': Larian Studios Reflects On Google's Stadia Misstep, Team Joyous Over No More Baldur's Gate 3
Friday, March 22, 2024 - 4:22pm | 646Larian Studios will not produce any downloadable content (DLC), expansions, or sequels for the acclaimed RPG. That's according to Larian's Swen Vincke, director of Baldur's Gate 3. Despite winning another Game of the Year award, Vincke disclosed to IGN at the Game Developers Conference...
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Sad News For Baldur's Gate 3 Fans: Larian Studios Ends Downloadable Content, Sequel Plans; Moves Beyond 'Dungeons & Dragons'
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 6:21pm | 442During a Game Developers Conference (GDC) panel, Swen Vincke, the founder of Larian Studios, made a surprising announcement: Baldur's Gate 3 will not receive any expansions or downloadable content (DLC). Instead, Larian is moving away from the Dungeons & Dragons universe, handing over the...
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'Threats And Toxicity' Must Stop Over Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Support, Larian Studios Director Says
Monday, February 26, 2024 - 3:08pm | 415Larian Studios, the developer behind Baldur’s Gate 3, appealed to its community to cease "threats and toxicity" regarding implementing mod support. According to IGN, frustrations arose among players who utilize mods due to the inconvenience of managing them with each new patch...
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What's Behind Hasbro's $90M Boost? This Game With Full Nudity (And Romance With A Bear) Could Hold The Answer
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 8:24pm | 398During a recent investor's call, Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ: HAS) revealed Baldur's Gate 3, the popular 2023 role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios, generated $90 million in revenue since its official release in 2023, thanks to a licensing deal. According to IGN, Hasbro...
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Baldur's Gate 3 Developer Takes Stand Against Gaming Subscriptions: 'You Won't Find Our Games On A Subscription Service'
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - 2:43pm | 499Swen Vincke, the head of Larian Studios (the developer behind the popular Baldur's Gate 3), firmly opposed the idea of video game subscription services becoming the dominant model in the industry. In response to recent comments from an Ubisoft Entertainment SA (OTC: UBSFF) executive...
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Larian Studios Addresses Baldur's Gate 3 Bugs On Xbox, Teases New RPG Project
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 - 8:06pm | 545Larian Studios announced Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) intends to address the save bug affecting Baldur’s Gate 3 on Xbox by releasing a firmware update. This bug troubled the game’s release on Xbox, causing missing save games. According to Larian, Microsoft identified the...
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Microsoft's Xbox Hands Out A Year-Long Ban To User Who Captured Baldur's Gate 3 Gameplay
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 - 5:51am | 569Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox has reportedly banned a user for one year for capturing gameplay footage in ‘Baldur's Gate 3'. What Happened: Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the popular role-playing games released in 2023, known for its interactive, story-rich gameplay. Now, one user has got into...
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Why Won't Baldur's Gate 3 Be On Xbox Game Pass? Director Explains All
Monday, December 18, 2023 - 6:48pm | 451Swen Vincke, director of Baldur's Gate 3, emphasized the game's value and reasoning behind its absence from Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox Game Pass. In a conversation with IGN, Vincke said: "Oh, we always said from the get-go, it wasn’t going to be on...
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Timothée Chalamet Picks 'Spider-Man 2' As His Game Of The Year, Reacts To 'GTA VI' Trailer
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 5:34pm | 439At The Game Awards, American-French actor Timothée Chalamet presented the Game of the Year award to "Baldur's Gate 3." However, his personal choice for Game of the Year is Sony Group Corp.'s (NYSE: SONY) "Marvel's Spider-Man 2," although it didn't win...