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Larian director has a "crash out on main" over HBO's Baldur's Gate 3 TV show, but CEO Swen Vincke is more optimistic — "the conversation we had ... gives me hope"

The news that Baldur's Gate 3 is getting an HBO TV show was a huge shock to everyone, and even Larian devs have mixed feelings about it.

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Baldur's Gate 3 director says the RPG's endings were made to "serve as narrative soil for new adventures," so he's "eager to find out which ones" will be adapted in the TV show

"There's plenty of directions they could go"

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Baldur's Gate 3 TV show: Everything we know so far about the upcoming HBO fantasy series

HBO is making another video game adaptation with the newly announced Baldur's Gate 3 TV show, so here's all the details

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Larian lead has a little 'crash out on main' over Baldur's Gate 3 show announce, but big boss Swen Vincke says HBO is in touch about the writing, so now I don't know what to think

You mean I have to wait for the show to exist before deciding whether it's good or not?

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Larian isn't involved in the Baldur's Gate TV show, but Swen Vincke says his conversation with Craig Mazin gave him "hope"

"Craig did reach out to ask if he could come over to the studio to speak with us"

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Baldur’s Gate TV series in development at HBO with Craig Mazin, will continue Baldur’s Gate 3 story

Is our Tav alive? Does Shadowheart still serve Shar? We'll know soon enough!

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Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke forced to reveal Larian's next RPG Divinity "ends with a lot of fire" after a 19 roll for Persuasion

Vincke could have left with telling us the game ends with the credits, but was feeling more kind than that

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Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke still doesn't like mean-spirited criticism amid Highguard backlash, but he recognizes "good games are being mutilated to turn them into money machines"

Break it to him gently

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Baldur's Gate 3 director agrees with No Rest for the Wicked lead that Early Access is "a positive thing" for games like their two RPGs – when it works

"When players and devs unite… beautiful things happen"

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says "game development runs on optimism" as the industry comes to Highguard's defense following a messy launch: "It is easy to celebrate failure"

It's not been easy for a game put together by talent from Apex Legends and Titanfall

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As Highguard continues to get trashed online, Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke says "I don't like people s***ing on things" as "it's easy to destroy things, it's a lot harder to build them"

"The harsh words do real damage"

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Baldur's Gate 3 sales are "incredible" following Divinity announcement says Larian boss, and Original Sin 2 has had "its best month" since 2017: "Wish I'd removed the squirrel in time"

Nothing gets games selling like a huge reveal

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Larian's nine-year-old RPG has just had its best month since launch: 'Sales for both BG3 and D:OS 2 have been incredible' thanks to Divinity

Now that's a baseline.

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Cygames AI studio apology causes more backlash; fans concerned about future projects

Naturally, fans aren't pleased.

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Baldur's Gate 3 director and Larian Studios founder shouts out the "unsung heroes" who make games like the new Divinity possible: "They love the team fiercely"

Swen Vincke wants everyone to know who keeps Larian running

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Baldur's Gate 3 director's big Divinity mystery has apparently been solved – Larian hasn't confirmed it, but this detail sure wasn't an accident

The answer was seemingly hiding in the Divinity reveal trailer all along

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No Baldur’s Gate 3 on Switch 2 shatters gamers' hopes

It could have been the perfect fit for Nintendo's AAA ambitions for the console.

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Baldur's Gate 3 might not come to Switch 2 as Larian CEO says a port 'wasn't our decision to make'

Nintendo Switch 2's first Christmas sales fall short of the original Switch by 35% in the US, showing markedly less of an appetite over the Holidays.

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Larian's head writer has a simple answer for how AI-generated text helps development: 'It doesn't,' thanks to its best output being 'a 3/10 at best' worse than his worst drafts

My worst drafts are a 5/10 but I might have lower standards.

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Larian CEO Swen Vincke says it isn't using generative AI for Divinity art anymore, but it's still experimenting with it — "We're trying things out across departments"

According to Larian CEO Swen Vincke, it's no longer using generative AI for Divinity concept art. That doesn't mean the studio isn't still experimenting with it, though.

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Larian's Divinity AMA Live Coverage - All the news as it happens

The Baldur's Gate 3 devs have plenty to reveal about their follow-up

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Baldur's Gate 3 director says Larian had "all the freedom we needed" to make the D&D RPG but adapting the tabletop format provided its own "limitations"

Wizards of the Coast was apparently not precious with its legendary tabletop game

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Larian swears off gen AI concept art tools and says 'There is not going to be any GenAI art in Divinity,' but it's still 'trying [AI] things out across departments'

Anyone else nervous?

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Baldur's Gate 3 director u-turns on the use of AI art in Divinity: "We've decided to refrain from using genAI tools during concept art development"

It's a major change of tune

PC Gamer

Larian's big Q&A session on how it's using AI to help make its next game is happening tomorrow on Reddit

Fans seem more interested in hearing about Divinity than the development process, but that seems unlikely to happen.

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