The Latest Breaking News from Swen Vincke

Swen Vincke says your Baldur's Gate 3 crushes 'now belong to Wizards of the Coast' as the studio leaves D&D behind, prompting a collective nervous gulp

Things will be alright… won't they?

PC Gamer · Mar 22, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3's director scrapped its DLC, and the reaction of Larian devs shows it was the right call: "I saw so many elated faces"

Swen Vincke says DLC felt more like an obligation than a passion

GamesRadar · Mar 22, 2024

Larian CEO Swen Vincke accepts Baldur's Gate 3's latest award by blasting corporate 'greed' devastating devs: 'I've been fighting with publishers my whole life, and I keep on seeing the same mistakes'

Vincke joins a chorus of devs lamenting the state of the industry at this year's GDC.

PC Gamer · Mar 22, 2024

Larian is finished with Baldur's Gate: 'We're going to move away from D&D and we're going to start making a new thing'

Larian boss Swen Vincke said the studio's ambitions are too big, and life is too short, to be making Baldur's Gate 3 expansions.

PC Gamer · Mar 21, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 boss tells layoff-happy publishers to stop trying to "double" their money and instead "respect the people making the games"

"Build more slowly and make your aim improving the state of the art"

GamesRadar · Mar 21, 2024

Larian CEO Swen Vincke extols the 'incredible achievement' of Baldur's Gate 3 influence Ultima 7, but confesses he hasn't played since the '90s 'because I don't want to spoil the memory'

You know what, Swen? I get it.

PC Gamer · Mar 20, 2024

After $90 million driven by Baldur's Gate 3, Hasbro says games will be "huge" for D&D and Larian's hit RPG is "just the first of several new video games" to come

Baldur's Gate 3 is a "mega hit" that Hasbro expects to pay dividends for years

GamesRadar · Feb 13, 2024

Hasbro has made about $90 million by letting Larian make a D&D game

Baldur's Gate 3 has worked out very well for Hasbro

PC Gamer · Feb 13, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 now has over 500,000 Steam reviews and a 96% score, putting the RPG with Stardew Valley and Hollow Knight among the store's best-reviewed games

The reviews are a great read too

GamesRadar · Feb 13, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 hits half-a-million Steam reviews, and reading them has been 'pure joy,' says Swen Vincke

The RPG has hit another milestone, putting it in the company of games like Stardew Valley and Payday 2.

PC Gamer · Feb 12, 2024