Baldur's Gate 3 News

Larian urges you to forget how you quest in RPGs for Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 is proving to be a colossal hit for Larian, which undoubtedly means that many of you are completely new to the mysterious world of the Forgotten Realms. While our Baldur's Gate 3 review can give you the lowdown on why it's so special, there's still a lot the RPG game doesn't tell you that you need to be aware of. This goes for how you approach a game like Baldur's Gate 3, and no, it isn't quite the same as The Witcher or Skyrim - in no small part due to its D&D influences.

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Baldur's Gate 3 players already have a bazillion requests for modders - I have only one

Baldur's Gate 3 is the CRPG with a billion and one features, but there will always be players who want a billion and two and yes, I am among these insatiable souls. I cracked a fresh save over the weekend, having bid a sad goodbye to my early access Tiefling rogue, and I already know what I’d like from the game’s modding scene, or preferably, a forthcoming official update. No, it isn’t new races, or increased party sizes, or the removal of the weight limit (which you can get around by offloading spare loot to your Tardis-esque interdimensional campsite). What I’d like most is the ability to switch between characters during dialogue. You’ll trigger many of these conversations without warning as you explore the world, and I routinely bumble into chitchats the character I’m controlling isn’t quite prepped for.

Baldur's Gate 3 is enormous in both scale and—against even Larian's expectations—popularity. In fact, it's so massive that it's slipped the boundaries of your PC and begun gushing all over your table, in the form of a set of free BG3-themed goodies you can collect right now at D&D Beyond that will help you translate the game's companions to a tabletop game...
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How to solve the Thorm Mausoleum puzzle in Baldur's Gate 3

The Baldur's Gate 3 Thorm Mausoleum puzzle might not be the game's hardest—in fact, you'll have to do some even harder puzzles once you unlock this and enter the Gauntlet of Shar below. Still, this one can be a bit tricky if you don't find a key piece of information buried in the mausoleum and if you're not really one to read books in RPGs—understandable, honestly...
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Baldur's Gate 3 is now fully ✅Verified for Steam Deck

Baldur's Gate 3 is now rated as fully "Verified" for Steam Deck, which is a change from launch where it was still rated with certain caveats. That means the game is completely functional with the default controller and graphics settings...
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