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Baldur's Gate 3 might not come to Switch 2 as Larian CEO says a port 'wasn't our decision to make'

Nintendo Switch 2's first Christmas sales fall short of the original Switch by 35% in the US, showing markedly less of an appetite over the Holidays.

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Larian's head writer has a simple answer for how AI-generated text helps development: 'It doesn't,' thanks to its best output being 'a 3/10 at best' worse than his worst drafts

My worst drafts are a 5/10 but I might have lower standards.

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Larian CEO Swen Vincke says it isn't using generative AI for Divinity art anymore, but it's still experimenting with it — "We're trying things out across departments"

According to Larian CEO Swen Vincke, it's no longer using generative AI for Divinity concept art. That doesn't mean the studio isn't still experimenting with it, though.

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Larian's Divinity AMA Live Coverage - All the news as it happens

The Baldur's Gate 3 devs have plenty to reveal about their follow-up

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Baldur's Gate 3 director says Larian had "all the freedom we needed" to make the D&D RPG but adapting the tabletop format provided its own "limitations"

Wizards of the Coast was apparently not precious with its legendary tabletop game

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Larian swears off gen AI concept art tools and says 'There is not going to be any GenAI art in Divinity,' but it's still 'trying [AI] things out across departments'

Anyone else nervous?

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Baldur's Gate 3 director u-turns on the use of AI art in Divinity: "We've decided to refrain from using genAI tools during concept art development"

It's a major change of tune

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Larian's big Q&A session on how it's using AI to help make its next game is happening tomorrow on Reddit

Fans seem more interested in hearing about Divinity than the development process, but that seems unlikely to happen.

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'That's pretty cool': Larian boss Swen Vincke responds after Stranger Things co-creator credits Baldur's Gate 3 for inspiring the show's climactic battle

Matt Duffer's been playing Baldur's Gate 3 lately, and apparently it gave him an idea.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 started on top and kept on climbing: Larian said it wouldn't make a sequel, then drip fed us an expansion's worth of free updates into 2025

More Dawnguard than Dragonborn, but still.

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Divinity trailer is not that shocking, Larian boss Swen Vincke says, because it's "not that different from what you see on HBO or on Netflix"

The trailer is "aspirational" and what the Baldur's Gate 3 studio wants "the game to look like"

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We're getting Divinity over more Baldur's Gate 3 because Larian devs weren't enjoying "doing the D&D thing"

Thankfully, Swen Vincke says the devs are now "excited about what [they're] making"

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Swen Vincke warns Divinity newcomers that they probably shouldn't play the early games in the series: 'They're a bit outdated by now,' which is putting it very mildly

They were brilliant in their day, but that was 20-some years ago.

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Baldur's Gate 3 director hates Divinity: Original Sin 2's squirrel so much he tried to delete him from the new versions, but the character "just wouldn't die"

Sir Lora was the result of some publisher interference

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Even Divinity devs got carried away by your Game Awards sculpture theories: "I saw people speculate that it was Bloodborne 2. And I was like "Oh I hope it is!'"

Maybe one day…

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Larian lead says RAM shortage is affecting Divinity's development, calling for "a lot of optimization work in early access that we didn't necessarily want to do"

"It's challenging, but it's video games"

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Legendary D&D designer tells Baldur's Gate 3 dev's AI critics to "maybe lighten up on the creatives who work their a*ses off day in and day out"

Robert Kuntz says the RPG community he helped create "used to be a lot more appreciative"

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Swen Vincke promises an AMA to clear up Larian's use of generative AI: 'You’ll get the opportunity to ask us any questions you have about Divinity and our dev process directly'

Vincke kicked off an uproar earlier this week when he said that Larian makes use of generative AI "to explore ideas."

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Larian CEO Swen Vincke responds to backlash against AI use while making its new RPG Divinity — "It would be irresponsible for us not to evaluate new technologies"

The CEO of Baldur's Gate 3 dev Larian has responded to blowback against the studio for using AI while making its new Divinity RPG.

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Baldur's Gate 3 director says "a lot has become lost in translation" since Divinity's announcement and the AI blowback that followed: "It would be irresponsible for us not to evaluate new technologies"

"Our successes come from empowering people to work in their own way and bring the best out of their skill & craft, so that we can make the best RPGs we can possibly make"

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Larian Studios CEO says RAM crisis will affect game development – but I think it's actually a blessing in disguise

Baldur's Gate 3 maker suggests RAM crisis will impact game development, but I don't think that's a bad thing at all.

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'Baldur's Gate' Creators Caught Using AI for Their New Game — The Internet Responds With Mixed Reactions, Backlash

Larian Studios confirmed limited generative AI use during development, insisting no AI content appears in games, dividing players across the internet.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lead leaps to Baldur's Gate 3 devs' defense: "Larian said they were doing something that absolutely everyone else is doing and got an insanely crazy s***storm"

"AI is here to stay," whether we like it or not

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GOTY-winning Baldur’s Gate 3 and Divinity developer Larian under fire, as the game director’s AI comments spark outrage

Larian Studios is reportedly "pushing hard" for generative AI.

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"Show your employees some respect": Former Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity devs claim Larian heads are "lying about people being okay" with using AI

They say the studio is already "world-class" without the tech

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