Baldur’s Gate 3: all the news and updates on one of the best RPGs of the year – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2025-04-11T21:12:27+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/23624101 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Jay Peters <![CDATA[Baldur’s Gate 3 is getting 12 new subclasses next week]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=647395 2025-04-11T17:12:27-04:00 2025-04-11T17:12:27-04:00

Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 8, which brings changes like 12 new subclasses, crossplay, and a photo mode, launches on April 15th, developer Larian Studios announced on Friday.

The patch, set to be the game's last major update, was originally announced in November 2024, so it's been a long time coming (though Larian has been stress testing it ahead of the official launch).

The 12 new subclasses mean that each of the game's main classes - Bard, Barbarian, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Fighter, Monk, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Warlock and Wizard - will be getting an additional subclass. You can see the full list of new subclasses in this November post fro …

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]]> Ash Parrish <![CDATA[Baldur’s Gate 3 has yet another big patch on the way]]> https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/27/24307746/baldurs-gate-3-patch-8-cross-play-photo-mode 2024-11-27T16:39:02-05:00 2024-11-27T16:39:02-05:00

Larian Studios isn't done with big updates for Baldur's Gate 3 just yet. The studio is planning yet another quality-of-life update for the game with Patch 8.

"Arriving next year, this update will introduce some of the most eagerly awaited features to BG3: cross-play, and photo mode, along with 12 new subclasses," Larian wrote on its Steam Community page.

Cross play will introduce multiplayer capabilities between any of the game's platforms including Steam, PC, Mac, Xbox, and PlayStation. Cross platform multiplayer progression will also be added.

Another big community ask that Patch 8 will satisfy is the addition of photo mode. The feature …

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]]> Ash Parrish <![CDATA[Baldur’s Gate 3 patch adds official in-game mod support]]> https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/5/24236649/baldurs-gate-3-patch-7-now-live-evil-endings-mod-support 2024-09-05T11:15:17-04:00 2024-09-05T11:15:17-04:00

The long-awaited Patch 7 for Baldur's Gate 3 is now live. The update adds new, gruesome cinematics for some of the game's evil endings, new legendary actions for Honor Mode encounters, and official in-game mod support.

However, with Patch 7 comes a big ole asterisk from the game's maker, Larian Studios. The patch is currently …

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]]> Ash Parrish <![CDATA[Larian Studios teases all the new features coming in the next Baldur’s Gate 3 patch]]> https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/16/24199957/baldurs-gate-3-patch-7-coming-soon 2024-07-16T16:41:37-04:00 2024-07-16T16:41:37-04:00

In a new community update, Larian Studios has shared a brief overview of all the things it's working on for the next Baldur's Gate 3 patch.

Larian has previously announced that patch 7, due out in September, will include the release of official mod support and the introduction of a toolkit that will allow players the ability to create their own mods. According to Larian, the toolkit supports the creation of new items, classes and subclasses, races, and more.

I've been modding my games since the days of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and Dragon Age: Origins. However, I've always been intimidated by the idea of creating my own mods, …

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]]> Ash Parrish <![CDATA[Baldur’s Gate 3 mod support is coming in September]]> https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170409/baldurs-gate-3-mod-support-pc-consoles 2024-06-03T10:44:09-04:00 2024-06-03T10:44:09-04:00

It's gonna get pretty funky in Faerûn with official mod support coming to Baldur's Gate 3. Larian Studios announced that official mod support will roll out in phases, starting today with a closed alpha, before a closed beta test in July, culminating with the official release of Patch 7 in September. According to Larian, the staggered testing phases will give the community ample time to test the new mod tools before making them available across PC and consoles.

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]]> Emma Roth <![CDATA[Baldur’s Gate 3 developer is moving on from Dungeons and Dragons]]> https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/22/24108773/baldurs-gate-3-larian-dungeons-and-dragons 2024-03-22T12:44:46-04:00 2024-03-22T12:44:46-04:00

With the sheer popularity surrounding Baldur's Gate 3, the game is ripe for an expansion - but if it ever happens, it won't be made by its developer Larian Studios. During a panel at the Game Developers Conference on Thursday, Larian founder Swen Vincke revealed that the studio plans on moving away from Dungeons & Dragons games, as first reported by IGN.

"We're not going to make new expansions, which everybody is expecting us to do. We're not going to make Baldur's Gate 4, which everybody is expecting us to do. We're going to move on," Vincke said. He added that Larian is also going to "move away from D&D" and start a new project.

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]]> Ash Parrish <![CDATA[The latest Baldur’s Gate 3 patch introduces a new epilogue and lets you wear slutty crab armor]]> https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/30/23982661/baldurs-gate-3-patch-5-details 2023-11-30T14:51:31-05:00 2023-11-30T14:51:31-05:00

Christmas miracles are rare, they are beautiful, and with Patch 5 of Baldur's Gate 3 out now, they have come early. Patch 5 is a massive update that adds new difficulty modes, patches a notorious slowdown bug, lets you wear armor that gives the Wavemother's Robe a run for its money, and gives the adventurers of Faerûn what they've been clamoring for: a big-ass party with all their friends.

I could jump right into the biggest changes coming with Patch 5, but with one specific quality-of-life update, the addition of new game modes or new epilogue scenes feels inconsequential in comparison.

"Patch 5 introduces a huge quality of life update in …

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]]> Ash Parrish <![CDATA[The latest Baldur’s Gate 3 patch makes the hardest fight in the game harder]]> https://www.theverge.com/23885607/baldurs-gate-3-patch-3-mac-support-magic-mirror 2023-09-22T13:09:57-04:00 2023-09-22T13:09:57-04:00

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 3 is live, beefy, and oh boy, does it implement some fixes I am happy about - and some that terrify the daylights outta me.

First and foremost, welcome Mac users! You're now able to play on Mac. Make sure you check out the minimum specification requirements, and don't forget to uninstall and reinstall the game (if you played Early Access) to ensure a smooth transition to the full release.

Also, the Magic Mirror is live, so players can give their characters a much-needed haircut (or complete facial rearrangement).

With those two big updates out of the way, we can dive into the details of this patch. Like I mentioned, …

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]]> Jay Peters <![CDATA[The cast of Baldur’s Gate 3 is doing a D&D one-shot as their in-game characters]]> https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/18/23879408/baldurs-gate-3-cast-dnd-high-rollers-one-shot 2023-09-18T16:51:09-04:00 2023-09-18T16:51:09-04:00

Later this week, you can watch many cast members from Baldur's Gate 3, a game that is based heavily on the mechanics and universe of Dungeons & Dragons, play the tabletop version of Dungeons & Dragons as their characters from the video game. It sounds meta but awesome.

The cast members will be appearing on High Rollers, a live-play D&D show that streams on Twitch, on Friday at 7PM BST / 2PM ET / 11AM PT. "We have very kindly been approached by [Baldur's Gate 3 developer] Larian Studios and some rather fine guests to run a little D&D one-shot," dungeon master Mark Hulmes said in a video about the event.

Samantha Béart (Karlach), Tim Downie …

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]]> Jay Peters <![CDATA[The full version of Baldur’s Gate 3 is coming to Mac soon]]> https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23872350/baldurs-gate-3-bg3-mac-full-release-date 2023-09-13T15:29:34-04:00 2023-09-13T15:29:34-04:00

Baldur's Gate 3 is finally about to leave early access on Mac. Developer Larian Studios said Wednesday on X (formerly Twitter) that the game's third major patch would be arriving on September 21st "with full support for BG3 on Mac."

Baldur's Gate 3 is technically already available on Mac, but currently, it's only the early access version that doesn't include all of the content in the full version of the game that first released on PC in August and recently came out on PS5. In a post on Steam from June, Larian said that the full Mac version would be released "at a later date, and we'll update you as soon as we have a target" - I'll take Wedn …

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