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How Baldur's Gate 3 Turned Larian Studios Into A $447 Million Powerhouse

Larian Studios reported 427M euros revenue and 249M euros profit in 2023, driven by Baldur's Gate 3 sales of around 15 million copies.

Benzinga

Baldur's Gate 3 dev says Stalker 2's commercial success is proof of a "seismic shift behind so much" and players are "hungry for hyper-engaging, focused experiences"

"Nobody is talking about it"

GamesRadar

As Baldur's Gate 3 reaches bigger heights in 2024 than 2023, Larian publishing chief says it's a "pleasant surprise" and "we're not quite done yet"

But what does it mean?

GamesRadar

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Baldur's Gate 3 has been played for 17 million hours on Steam Deck alone, and one dev wants a massive battery to celebrate

That's nearly 2,000 years, one just one handheld

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing chief praises Dragon Age: The Veilguard as a 'binge-worthy Netflix series' and says that it knows what it 'wants to be'

Larian's publishing chief has some kind words to say about BioWare's return to Dragon Age.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing chief calls out Ubisoft's 'broken strategy': If gamers need to get used to not owning games, 'developers must get used to not having jobs'

Prince of Persia: The Lost Throne was a critical hit but didn't sell very well, and Michael Douse thinks that's entirely Ubisoft's fault.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director heaves a big sigh as scalpers predictably ruin it for everyone: 'All you’re doing is making someone sad'

Collector's conniption.

PC Gamer

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As re-sales of the Baldur's Gate 3 Collector's Edition reach $3,000, one dev condemns scalpers: "It's designed to make someone happy, not rich"

The Collector's Edition "isn't a commodity"

GamesRadar

Sega's Yakuza Series Is Bucking AAA Gaming's Worst Trend

Ryu Ga Gotoku, the developer of the Yakuza series, has set the gold standard for how to craft big games, smartly reusing past games to create new experiences.

Inverse

Baldur's Gate 3's latest patch is not the final update, Larian says: 'The chefs must cook'

Crossplay, a photo mode, and other stuff Larian doesn't want to talk about are still on the way.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2 were priced "below their value" because Larian devs "had faith" they could recover the cost

"I care about people's cost of living and had faith in our recoup"

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 dev backs Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity director Josh Sawyer, wishes he "would get the resources" for his dream RPG: "I want to play that game"

Sawyer recently said he's "out of step" with the Pillars of Eternity and Baldur's Gate 3 community

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director has RPG fans wrapped around his finger as he teases that Larian "won't be putting Easter eggs in any of our videos, until we do"

Keep an eye out, just in case

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 lead says "forward momentum will make another" game as good as the world-beating RPG as Larian does "much forward thinking" about what's next

"It's such a good game"

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Baldur's Gate 3 hits its lowest-ever price in the Steam Summer Sale, in case you needed another reason to play this all-timer RPG

Buying into a deal this smart might offer +1 INT

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Baldur's Gate 3 players on Steam have now spent longer in the RPG on average than Bethesda fans have in Skyrim, in true D&D fashion

Half of that time was probably spent on character creation

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead shoots down iPad Pro release rumor, but is "consistently impressed" with Apple tech: "It's wild"

"I’m a mere publishing boy, but I am consistently impressed with Apple tech"

PC Gamer

Game devs praise Steam as a 'democratic platform' that 'continues to be transformative' for PC gaming today

"It's just a great constant in our industry that is [otherwise] really in f***ing panic mode."

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead explains Larian's player-first approach to marketing the RPG: "The industry's best agencies ... came up with nothing good"

"It has never been easier to *potentially* reach your audience directly"

GamesRadar

Larian publishing director says "marketing's dead" because players don't want to be "bamboozled," and "we learned that with Baldur's Gate 3"

Michael Douse says marketing straight-up "doesn't work" anymore

PC Gamer

Slay the Spire co-creator advises that 'taking risks is actually the least risky thing you can do,' arguing for the appeal of 'hyper-engaging' games

In our State of PC Gaming roundtable, Mega Crit's Casey Yano urged big game studios to give players novelty rather than the expected.

PC Gamer

'Marketing's dead, and I can back this s**t up': Larian's publishing director says players 'just want to be spoken to, and they don't want to be bamboozled'

In our State of PC Gaming roundtable, Larian's Michael Douse argues marketing isn't the right way to reach today's gaming audience.

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says the CRPG's latest players' choice win is proof that "a developer is not a dispensable asset"

Developers aren't "something to be decommissioned when it suits," he says

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director compares success of the "f***ing CRPG" to Palworld, says "it's not rocket science" why the survival game is doing so well

The secret to Palworld's success is "really f***ing simple," he says

PC Gamer

Larian publishing director on mass layoffs: 'None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt. They were just at risk of pissing off the shareholders'

"We should be humbled by this period. It doesn't feel like we're humbled by this period as an industry."

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