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Wizards of the Coast says it didn't mean to send a DMCA takedown notice to the Baldur's Gate 3 Stardew mod: 'We are in the process of fixing that now'

The mod has Swen Vincke's personal approval, and the legal threat didn't go over well with fans—now WotC says it was "issued mistakenly."

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CD Projekt boss says "cutting-edge single-player games" – you know, like The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 – will "continue to enjoy great popularity" despite industry shifts

Single-player games update: not going anywhere, it seems

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Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke says indie poker roguelike Balatro was his 2024 GOTY, beating out Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Astro Bot, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Balatro racks up yet another accolade

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PC Gamer vindicated by Swen Vincke: Larian boss calls Balatro his personal GOTY as it sweeps top prize from devs at GDC awards

All well and good that Balatro got its plaudits, but what truly matters here is that we were right.

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Larian's Swen Vincke subtweets anyone still fixated on singleplayer games' commercial viability: 'They just have to be good'

The Baldur's Gate guru sends out a reminder that no revenue projection is as convincing as, well, a good game.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 and Larian Studios lead Swen Vincke declares that single-player games are, in fact, not "dead" at all – "they just have to be good"

"Use your imagination"

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Atomfall boss "very familiar" with Baldur's Gate 3 director's frustrations with publishers, as he recalls horror advice that games are "faster to make" if you "make fewer bugs"

I don't think it works like that

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Swen Vincke stamps seal of approval on Stardew Valley mod that yoinks the Baldur's Gate 3 cast out of D&D and into a cosy pastoral life

Astarion's farmin' on.

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Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke gives his official approval to the Stardew Valley mod that brings the D&D RPG to Pelican Town

"So much love went into this"

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Sniper Elite CEO reckons Swen Vincke is right to snarl at short-sighted publishers: 'You could argue that their business at senior level isn't making games… their business is managing their shareholders' perceptions'

"There are horror stories of people having external producers saying, 'Look, you just need to make fewer bugs'."

PC Gamer

Despite the big Baldur's Gate 3 update in the works, Larian says its 'full attention' is now focused on its next game

It's also moved into a "media blackout," so you can probably forget about hearing anything more for a while unless Swen Vincke makes another joke.

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As the "incredible journey" to Baldur's Gate 3 wraps up, Larian Studios has its "full attention" on its next RPG: "The story ain't over yet"

"Stay tuned"

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Baldur's Gate 3's Swen Vincke, feeling all "nostalgic," teases the "the story ain't over" for Larian Studios' "incredible journey"

But what's next doesn't include a Baldur's Gate 4

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The Making of Baldur's Gate 3: "We really wanted to make it so that even if you don't know D&D or Baldur's Gate, you would still have exciting choices as a player"

Feature | Edge Magazine: Larian fought with cinematics, embassies and the expectations of BioWare fans to make the RPG of the decade

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With Astro Bot winning Game of the Year, Microsoft and Xbox need to start reinvesting in their platforming games

Xbox doesn't really currently have an "all-ages" platformer like Astro Bot, but it could revive a character from one of its many classic series.

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 has changed so much in 2024 that I wish the RPG it could be my GOTY again this year

Year in Review | Few game developers prioritize player agency quite like Larian Studios, and it's one of BG3's secrets to success

PC Gamer

Black Myth: Wukong boss is bummed out about not winning Game of the Year at The Game Awards, but has high hopes for the future of the Chinese game industry

Game Science really wanted to win top honors at the 2024 Game Awards.

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Larian brings back the Baldur's Gate 3 advent calendar to tease its next game

It's gonna be so big!

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Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke calls out industry layoffs, "short-sighted" decisions, "arbitrary sales targets," and more in his latest Game Awards speech: "Change is coming"

Swen Vincke says the next Game of the Year winners will be developers who are "driven by idealism"

PC Gamer

Larian boss Swen Vincke calls out pretty much the entire videogame industry at The Game Awards

Vincke returned to The Game Awards to share the secret formula of running a successful studio: "It's stupidly simple, but it keeps on getting lost."

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Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke teases that Larian has been "buzzing with all the new exciting stuff" while the post-launch teams have been hard at work on the RPG's big updates

Not Baldur's Gate 4, but still exciting

Benzinga

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.

PC Gamer

After losing money in 2022, Larian raked in a whopping $260 million profit of Baldur's bucks in 2023

€249 million, or $259,891,260 at the time of writing, to be precise.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 console players are now limited to 100 mods per save—and probably won't have unfettered access to big naturals Withers like we do on PC

"We're actually hitting the limits of how many mods can be active while still keeping Baldur's Gate 3 stable."

PC Gamer

I desperately hope Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Baldur's Gate 3 and Disco Elysium inspire more RPG devs to reject the traditional drip, drip, drip of DLC and expansions

Playing finished games? It'll never catch on.

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