The Latest Breaking News from Swen Vincke

Skyrim's been out for 13 years, but players are still being surprised by the fact that NPCs die if you steal their hearts

I heard they die if you chop their heads off, too

GamesRadar · Apr 20, 2024

After 10 million sales and record-breaking critical acclaim, Baldur's Gate 3 CEO explains the secret to the RPG's success: "Treat your players as you would like to be treated"

"We had the best marketing campaign in the world, which was our players talking about it"

GamesRadar · Apr 19, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3's next patch is going to start rolling out its official mod tools so you can 'overhaul Baldur's Gate 3 into the weird nightmare realm of your dreams'

Goku Approves.

PC Gamer · Apr 18, 2024

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."

PC Gamer · Apr 6, 2024

Cyberpunk's quest director says CD Projekt Red has experimented with generative AI, but there's still a 'gigantic, really long way to go' before AI NPCs are as good as scripted characters

"The gap in quality, specifically, is huge. It's like a canyon," says Pawel Sasko.

PC Gamer · Mar 29, 2024

After Baldur's Gate 3's unexpected success, Larian boss says the studio is "good for quite a number of years"

No layoffs or concerns in the studio's immediate future

GamesRadar · Mar 29, 2024

Filled with ideas for what's next, Baldur's Gate 3 developer has "two games that we want to make" and "lots of concepts"

The end of Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't mean the end of Larian Studios' big ambitions

GamesRadar · Mar 27, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 has at least 24 ways Shadowheart can hurl the main MacGuffin at you as part of Larian's New Vegas-Style 'n+1' system for players who ignore the plot: 'It might be even more'

Ever done a "kill everything" run of a sprawling RPG? This one's for you.

PC Gamer · Mar 27, 2024

Larian is working on expanded "evil endings" for Baldur's Gate 3: "I've seen some of them. They're really evil"

"Evil players will be satisfied"

GamesRadar · Mar 27, 2024

Larian Studios' Swen Vincke does see potential uses for AI, but: 'We're hiring writers, not having ChatGPT write their dialogues'

Need more work done? Hire more people.

PC Gamer · Mar 27, 2024