Baldur's Gate 3 News

Bigoted Baldur's Gate 3 mod booted from the Nexus following community backlash

Warning: Spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3 may lie ahead.

A Baldur's Gate 3 mod that gender-swapped Dame Aylin has been taken down from Nexus Mods after its creator was ruled to have violated the site’s community rules.

The mod in question, dubbed ‘Ser Aylin’, was originally uploaded to the platform on December 3, with its takedown coming not long after this point. According to a post on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit that attempted to warn people not to support the mod, it was part of a group of works designed to “remove every single queer character and every single reference to any queer identity from the entire game”.

I don't even remember what it's like to drink hot tea any more. I'm sure my family will get back to me if whatever they need to tell me is that important. The laundry can be in whatever state the universe decides to leave it in, I won't even pretend to care. And my teenager only breaks their bouts of suspicious quietness to remind me I'm a nerd who spends way too much time playing Baldur's Gate 3...
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Larian's dropped some more Baldur's Gate 3 stats, and at least 33% of you have a lot of explaining to do

Larian Studios collects a lot of data—as plenty of studios do—about their player's habits in-game, and Baldur's Gate 3 is no exception. For example, it shared the game's most-played multiclasses back in September, leading to some interesting insights about how a strong character theme wins out over min-maxing power...
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom стала игрой года по версии Polygon

Редакция Polygon составила список лучших игр 2023 года. Сотрудники сайта подвели итоги и выбрали 50 самых значимых, по их мнению, проектов. Рейтинг возглавляет The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, второе место заняла Baldur's Gate 3, третье отошло Alan Wake 2. Полный список можете посмотреть на сайте, а мы ограничимся первой десяткой.

Baldur's Gate 3 tool discovers there's around 1,888 characters with dialogue in the game—though 'justice for Karlach was actually the main reason' it was made

Baldur's Gate 3 has a lot of words—and even 'a lot of words' is a major understatement. In a Steam post before the game's release, it was revealed the game's total script is about 2 million words long. For context, all five books in the current Game of Thrones series add up to about 1.7 million words. Big. It's a big game...
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