Baldur’s Gate 3 was so big that Larian has developed a ‘Simpsons did it’ problem: ‘Whenever we’re talking about things, we say we did that in BG3’

An image of Halsin, wildshaped into a bear, from Baldur

Larian is following up Baldur’s Gate 3 with not one but two new RPGs. And, unsurprisingly, they’ll likely be big ‘uns. That’s just Larian’s style, but it does come with some problems, especially when they’re following a game as massive and elaborate as Baldur’s Gate 3.  One of the challenges inherent in following up a […]

Crafting in crafting games may suck, but it seems surprisingly decent in the updated rules for Dungeons & Dragons of all things

Gnomes tinker away at a mechanical man.

I agree with Lauren Morten, who wrote that somehow the worst part of crafting games is the crafting. I’ve never interacted with a crafting bench and thought it was a worthwhile use of my time, and punching trees is boring. I noped right out of Valheim at the point where it expected me to care […]

Mega streamer Kai Cenat is streaming Bloodborne to call attention to fan demand for a PC port: ‘PlayStation, FromSoft, this is one of the most highly requested games for a remaster and a PC version’

Still of Kai Cenat streaming Elden Ring marathon

After getting super into Elden Ring and even pulling a marathon monster stream of Shadow of the Erdtree that included a professional therapist talking him through his difficulties with the final boss, streaming star Kai Cenat is checking out the rest of FromSoftware‘s back catalogue on stream. But Cenat isn’t just playing the beloved 2015 […]

Larian’s not holding back for its next two RPGs: ‘The machine was meant to make large games’

A huge metal golem

Now that it’s done with Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian has two more RPGs on the docket. And because this is Larian, they’re likely going to be pretty massive.  Developing two RPGs concurrently sounds like a huge task, which is why I’ve been wondering if Larian planned to reduce their scale when compared to the behemoth […]

Today’s Wordle answer for Saturday, August 3

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Let’s get your first Wordle of the weekend won. Go straight for today’s answer if you like, there’s nothing wrong with a quick click every now and then. Not your style? Then you’ll want to use our fresh clue for the August 3 (1141) puzzle to nudge your guesses in the right direction, or our […]



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