Baldur's Gate 3 News

Sorry, Gale—unimaginable arcane power in Baldur's Gate 3 is as simple as taking off your underwear

Baldur's Gate 3 is a massive game, which makes for a wonderful experience filled with unexpected story beats. Unfortunately, this also means there are some bugs that are still kicking about, even after several patches...
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Good news cultured Tavs, Baldur's Gate 3's nudity recording bans on Xbox are being investigated

Larian Studios has revealed that it’s working with Microsoft to investigate why some Baldur's Gate 3 players on Xbox have seemingly been handed bans for the crime of recording their gameplay during some of the game’s more intimate moments.

If you’re out of the loop, despite the act of getting down and dirty - along with all of the romantic chats that can lead to it - having arguably played a part in why so many people have fallen in love with Larian’s RPG, it seems acts of voyeurism committed on Xbox have been causing issues. According to one Reddit user who experienced the problem, its cause looks to be a result of the nature of how Microsoft’s consoles handle gameplay recordings.

Now, Larian’s Director of Publishing, Michael Douse, has taken to Twitter with a tactfully-worded message for those who’ve been banished to horny jail. “We’ve seen the reports that some players got banned or otherwise faced issues on Xbox having uploaded screenshots/videos of their ‘gameplay content’,” he tweeted.

Is anyone else really tired of Tav and your Baldur's Gate 3 companions saying the same few things on a loop? I'm personally sick of hearing Tav taking back wishing they lived in more interesting times or saying that everything didn't end as bad as it could have, so lucky for me an impressively popular BG3 mod has a great fix.

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Baldur's Gate 3's lead romance quest designer thinks sex speedruns are "just grand"

One of the developers responsible for putting together Baldur's Gate 3’s excellent companion and romance quests has revealed that they’ve got absolutely no problem with the amusing sex speedruns the game has spawned.

Whether the target is to record an incredibly rapid romance route leading directly to the underpants of a certain Githyanki warrior or to blaze a complex trail in the direction of that encounter with a certain bear, speedrunners have gotten up to a whole bunch of wacky hijinks in BG3 since August. Plenty of people, including all of us here at VG247 (I’m tentatively including Tom in this, he’s probably at least cracked half a smile), have been thoroughly entertained, and it seems the folks who made the game haven’t been immune to that.

Speaking to Inverse, Baudelaire Welch, who served as lead designer for the companion character and romance quests in the game, discussed how they feel about people on the internet competing to shag the characters they had a hand in creating as quickly as possible.

Baldur's Gate 3 is a fantastic RPG, one which has rightly been sweeping the game of the year awards. Aside from its story and characters, it also offers a huge amount of flexibility, letting you do pretty much anything. However, as has been revealed, that includes piling on so much armor that you become unkillable.