A wholly subscription-driven games industry would be "savage", says Larian CEO
Larian CEO Swen Vincke has been reading Ubisoft director of subscriptions Philippe Tremblay's thoughts from yesterday about how players need to "get comfortable" with renting their games as a package, rather than "having and owning" an individual copy. His broad takeaway is: that ain't it, chief.02 Aug 2024'I call it chaos at scale': For the first anniversary of Baldur's Gate 3, we spoke exclusively to Swen Vincke about the past, present and future of Larian StudiosPC Gamer ︎01 Aug 2024D&D's upcoming VTT, codenamed Project Sigil, will come with Baldur's Gate 3 minis—further cementing WoTC's plans to franchise the heck out of itPC Gamer ︎25 Jul 2024The Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 closed beta is live for invitees, now that Larian has fixed a critical bug: '[The] dice are now rolling'PC Gamer ︎23 Jul 2024Baldur's Gate 3 dev says it's Larian's philosophy to 'fuel and reward' player creativity: 'They found a way to exploit the game, let them have it, it's awesome'PC Gamer ︎23 Jul 2024Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7's closed beta has been pushed back due to passive dice rolls going kaput during a bit of "bug-fix whack-a-mole"VG247 ︎23 Jul 2024Delayed Baldur’s Gate 3 patch notes reckon you've all been eating too much delicious, irresistible soapRPS ︎22 Jul 2024Closed Beta Delay & Patch 7 HighlightsSteam ︎21 Jul 2024D&D's new 2024 Player's Handbook will have 10 species to choose from including goliaths, and drow will be closer to their Baldur's Gate 3 versionPC Gamer ︎20 Jul 2024A Baldur's Gate 3 player has discovered hidden mini-quests you can only get by leaving the most important items in the game in an exploding building or at the bottom of the oceanPC Gamer ︎16 Jul 2024Larian isn't done with Baldur's Gate 3 yet: 'We still have a few things up our sleeve' after Patch 7 goes livePC Gamer ︎16 Jul 2024Baldur's Gate 3 patch 7 will add dynamic splitscreen, new evil endings, Dark Urge fixes and lots more kissingRPS ︎16 Jul 2024Community Update #28 Closed BetaSteam ︎16 Jul 2024Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7's closed beta sign ups are now open, as Larian provides more cool details about what it includesVG247 ︎15 Jul 2024'We can't stay here': Larian CEO opens up about relocating Russian developers otherwise, 'all of my team was going to go to war'PC Gamer ︎15 Jul 2024Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke says that all the awards actually started to obstruct development: 'It is surprisingly draining on the soul'PC Gamer ︎14 Jul 2024Larian explains how that particular Baldur's Gate 3 scene involving quite a raunchy bear came to beVG247 ︎11 Jul 2024Bear sex 'a watershed moment in game history', says Baldur's Gate 3 writerPC Gamer ︎09 Jul 2024The Baldur's Gate 3 council of sages (or Larian Studios, if you want to be boring) meets on holy ground to discuss 'lift off' for its next big gamePC Gamer ︎08 Jul 2024Baldur's Gate 3 developers commemorate "lift-off" on what's next by revisiting the same dungeon they cleared during that RPG's final pushVG247 ︎08 Jul 2024Stardew Valley's Baldur's Gate 3 mod team hopes to let you romance pixelated Astarion later this year - in a seasonal outfit, tooVG247 ︎03 Jul 2024D&D's lead rules designer admits he changed some spells because of how 'painful' and 'excruciating to cast' they were in Baldur's Gate 3PC Gamer ︎26 Jun 2024Race to uncover the Bigfoot of Baldur's Gate 3 cutscenes hots up as YouTuber dangles $500 carrot in front of anyone who can find itPC Gamer ︎25 Jun 2024Finished Hades 2? There's now a Baldur's Gate 3 mod that turns it into a fully-fleshed out roguelikeVG247 ︎23 Jun 2024Larian gave Baldur's Gate 3 its acclaimed reactivity by approaching it as 'weird Dungeon Masters'PC Gamer ︎18 Jun 2024'Work with the players ... otherwise you shouldn't be doing it': Heads at Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios say you ought to 'really mean it' going into early accessPC Gamer ︎17 Jun 2024To create its cast of Baldur's Gate 3 companions, Larian came up with 'hundreds and hundreds' of character concepts: 'It was a huge, huge list'PC Gamer ︎17 Jun 2024Baldur’s Gate 3 mod update will be Larian’s ‘final handover’ to playersRPS ︎16 Jun 2024Baldur's Gate 3 fan discovers second, hidden approval score for Shadowheart that unlocks dialogue I've never seen in 300 hours of playPC Gamer ︎05 Jun 2024Baldur’s Gate 3 will add official mod tools this September, making it even easier to play dungeon masterRPS ︎04 Jun 2024Co-op RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 readies official modding support for this fallMassivelyOp ︎03 Jun 2024Community Update #27 Official Modding SupportSteam ︎03 Jun 2024Patch 7 of Baldur's Gate 3 heralds the arrival of mod support in September, with a closed beta starting next monthPC Gamer ︎03 Jun 2024Wahey, Baldur's Gate 3's next big update drops in September - with official mod tool testing starting todayVG247 ︎03 Jun 2024Baldur's Gate 3 once had a portable hole, but Swen Vincke says it would have been a "crime against humanity"RPS ︎03 Jun 2024Baldur's Gate 3 speedrunner asks the important question: How many people can you bang in a single playthrough?PC Gamer ︎