Not even Larian could escape crunch on Baldur's Gate 3: "to be honest, you will always have a little bit when you're trying to finish something"

27 May 2024Source: VG247
Crunch is a widespread issue across the games industry, and as beloved as Larian Studios is, even it had to do some on Baldur's Gate 3. Look, nobody likes to hear that their favourite studio crunched to make a game they love, but unfortunately that'll pretty much always be the case with big games.


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