Baldur's Gate 3 News

How to save the Iron Throne prisoners in Baldur's Gate 3

The Baldur's Gate 3 Iron Throne prison is one of the most memorable sections in the game, as you work against the clock to save a bunch of prisoners in Gortash's underwater prison. You see, the city's new archduke is forcing Gondians to build his army of Steel Watch robots, and is guaranteeing their obedience by keeping their families in a secret underwater facility...
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Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion, Neil Newbon, on acting the truth of trauma as a survivor: 'There's a lot of stuff that came very close to home'

Content Warning: The topics of abuse, sexual assault, and survivorship are discussed in this article.

Of all the characters in Baldur's Gate 3, I think Astarion surprised me the most. He's an eccentric, sulky, seductive vampire spawn with a flair for the flamboyant and an undying love of the word "Darling"—yet his story also deals with heavy subject matters, with reassuring nuance. I'm going to spoil a few plot points of his story over the course of this article, though I've yet to see his storyline to its conclusion...
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The best thing about Baldur's Gate 3's companions is that they keep getting in your way

"You killed Connor. You killed him. A little boy, how could you do that?" Whenever I think about companions in RPGs, these words stick in my head. They're not from the mouth of any of Baldur's Gate 3's cast—instead, they come from Alistair, a companion character in BioWare's classic RPG Dragon Age: Origins...
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The best CRPGs to play after Baldur's Gate 3

To absolutely nobody's surprise, Baldur's Gate 3 has turned out to be a masterpiece. Larian has taken the rules of D&D and the Forgotten Realms universe and used them to build something far bigger. An RPG that takes root in your head and gets you thinking about questlines and status effects while you're making coffee, thinking in grids while you drive, and planning what you'll say on Zoom calls four moves in advance. You probably want to play more games like that right now...
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Baldur's Gate 3: How to get into Wyrm's Rock and the Lower City

If you've just set foot into Baldur's Gate 3's third act, you might be excited to finally reach this fancy 'Baldur's Gate' place you've been hearing so much about. Unfortunately, you'll need to jump a few hurdles before you can set foot in the city. First, you need to get past a bridge checkpoint with a psychically invasive Steel Watcher—then, you need to break into Wyrm's Rock Fortress...
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