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No one knows whether Larian's new Divinity will be a turn-based RPG or ARPG, but everyone has thoughts: "If Divinity is not a turn-based CRPG I will eat a raw potato"

"Moving away from turn based would be a Game of Thrones season 8 level punt"

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43-year CRPG veteran behind Fallout and Wasteland "worried about job loss" from AI, which seems justified now that his parent company Microsoft laid off 9,000 in exchange for more slop

Brian Fargo is still deciding how he feels about generative AI

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43-year CRPG veteran behind Fallout and Wasteland knew Baldur's Gate "could be huge" decades before Larian's RPG threequel: "You're sitting on something that's going to at least do $50 million"

Brian Fargo foresaw the Dungeons & Dragons adaptation's success

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Pathfinder and Warhammer CRPG studio declares support for Stop Killing Games: "Every player deserves lasting access to what they've paid for"

We're closing in on the final days of Stop Killing Games' EU petition with 1.4 million signatures in tow

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Czech mayor gifts $200 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 collector's edition to country's Prime Minister, elevating the game alongside the Witcher 2 in the company of CRPG state gifts

Unfortunately, it was the PS5 version.

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Former Dragon Age writer praises Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as "beautiful," saying it's "kind of to JRPGs what Baldur's Gate 3 was to CRPGs"

BioWare veteran David Gaider is enjoying the new turn-based RPG

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Dragon Age creator says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is 'kind of to JRPGs what Baldur's Gate 3 was to CRPGs'

David Gaider's among the spellbound for Sandfall's latest hit.

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10 years later, in a post-Baldur's Gate 3 and Avowed world, Obsidian is giving its own throwback CRPG Pillars of Eternity a turn-based combat mode

"We’ve been hard at work delving deep into the code grimoire"

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You can nab Owlcat's first Pathfinder CRPG for $45 or $4 right now, depending on whether you want a library's worth of TTRPG books too

Choice and consequence.

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Steampunk CRPG New Arc Line turned me into a murderous, drug-addled inventor with a giant assistant, and despite its rough edges it won me over

The power of its setting and its dense systems make it easier to overlook its missteps.

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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

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Geneforge 2: Infestation read the standard CRPG manual, then set it on fire

Good riddance to wasted time.

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CRPG veteran Josh Sawyer reveals how Pillars of Eternity got its name

Pillars of Eternity director Josh Sawyer has explained how the inspiration behind the RPG's name was created

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Sizing up Baldur's Gate 3's success, Warhammer 40k CRPG lead says "almost no developer has the same resources"

Owlcat Games knows not to expect Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader to be as successful as Baldur's Gate 3

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25 Years Ago, Dungeons and Dragons Video Games Were Saved From Themselves

'Baldur's Gate 3' is the game of the year. That never would have happened if its predecessor hadn't saved a dying genre.

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CRPG vet suggests D&D 5E is one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s "biggest stumbling blocks"

“The most fun things in the game aren't really 5E things or even D&D things, but Larian things"

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Larian Studios founder Swen Vincke hopes "there will be more games" like Baldur's Gate 3

After months of critical success for Baldur's Gate 3, Larian Studios founder Swen Vincke hopes for more CRPGs in future.

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Larian founder Swen Vincke wants more studios to make CRPGs after Baldur's Gate 3's success

The CRPG genre might be in for a great comeback in the future

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With Icewind Dale 2's source code lost for good, a full remaster remains impossible—but modders managed to overhaul the game with their own 'Enhanced Edition'

This is probably the best Icewind Dale 2 Enhanced Edition we could have hoped for.

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The Baldur's Gate 3 opening certainly resembles one of the greatest CRPGs of all time, and the D&D game's writers know it

"Arcanum did that"

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Baldur's Gate 3 developer says the game isn't really a CRPG - in any sense of the word

According to one dev, it's neither just a 'computer' RPG or a 'classic' one

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Why did Baldur's Gate 3 blow up? Larian lead writer says it's thanks to "a big gamble" with CRPG standards

"We believe RPGs are big ... So we always believed the audience was there," says Adam Smith

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"This was shoulders of giants stuff": Baldur's Gate 3 writer pays tribute to BioWare's legendary CRPGs

Without BioWare's Baldur's Gate, there wouldn't be Larian's Baldur's Gate 3

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Games Like 'Baldur's Gate 3': Play These 8 Expansive RPGs Next

'Baldur's Gate 3' is a watershed moment for computer RPGs, bringing the genre surging back. If you're looking for more, here are the next CRPGs you should play.

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Dragon Age: Origins walked so Baldur’s Gate 3 could dash

Baldur’s Gate 3 may be full of modern conveniences, but its parallels to Bioware classic Dragon Age: Origins show how Larian’s latest RPG epic stands on the shoulders of giants.

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