Swen Vincke says Larian didn't do Baldur's Gate 3 DLC because the idea is 'boring… there's just no passion' "What we're doing now makes developers way more happy." PC Gamer · Apr 28, 2025
After D&D publisher briefly tried to tear it down, Baldur's Gate 3 boss says mods like Stardew Valley's "Baldur's Village" help keep games alive: "I think you should applaud that" Larian's RPG is in modders' hands now, after all GamesRadar · Apr 28, 2025
Larian honcho Swen 'The Hammer' Vincke takes a new victory lap on 'high-profile people' who say singleplayer is dead: 'We've proven with BG3 that you can put in a pretty high budget and expect pretty high results' You tell 'em, Swen. PC Gamer · Apr 28, 2025
'If the players own the game, they'll make it fantastic': Larian CEO Swen Vincke doubles down on defense of Baldur's Gate 3 Stardew Valley mod and the modding community overall Swen Vincke sees mods for what they are—a vital part of the gaming community PC Gamer · Apr 27, 2025
'Stories are our bread and butter': Larian is building a special team to lay out the plot of its games years in advance Larian Studios is amping up its narrative department and it has me even more excited for "Excalibur" PC Gamer · Apr 27, 2025
Larian boss Swen Vincke says the studio is 'deep in the trenches' on its 'crazy-ambitious' follow up to Baldur's Gate 3, hopes to show it off no later than 2030 because 'my wife will divorce me if it takes longer' "I hope that definitely five years from now I can tell you about it." PC Gamer · Apr 27, 2025
Credit where it's due: Bethesda is being admirably normal by letting modders carry on with their competing Oblivion remaster Not everything needs a DMCA. PC Gamer · Apr 24, 2025
Swen Vincke and Larian celebrate the last major content update for Baldur's Gate 3, and say now they'll 'focus on making our next big thing as good as we can' "Feeling good today about where we are with BG3." PC Gamer · Apr 23, 2025
Baldur's Gate 3 boss says Patch 8 was worth it: with 169k Steam players nearly 2 years later and "mod support thriving," Larian can "focus on making our next big thing as good as we can" Swen Vincke says "Patch 8 got a lot of people playing again" GamesRadar · Apr 22, 2025
Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 8 is among its biggest, holding 48 pages (approx. 19,000-20,000 words) of patch notes in its vast and bountiful form Goodbye, free time. I hardly knew ye. PC Gamer · Apr 14, 2025
"The ultimate Baldur's Gate experience": Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 is "huge" and has "48 pages of patch notes" "I can't wait to play through again, and again" GamesRadar · Apr 11, 2025
Baldur's Gate 3 fans can finally marry Astarion thanks to a new update for Baldur's Village, the Stardew Valley mod approved by Larian Studios lead Swen Vincke himself It's me, I'm fans GamesRadar · Apr 8, 2025
'This is a gift': Baldur's Village mod maker says thanks to all (especially Swen) and promises more content including an 'Astarion's Ten Hearts event' is on the way Now that everything's sorted, work on the mod that brings Baldur's Gate 3 to Stardew Valley will resume. PC Gamer · Apr 2, 2025
It's clear Hasbro, the custodians of D&D, have no idea what to do with Baldur's Gate 3's success—but that's nothing new, it's spent the past 10 years fumbling the bag The instant collapse of Sigil is just the latest in a long line of missed opportunities and self-inflicted wounds. PC Gamer · Apr 2, 2025
Inverse · Apr 1, 2025 'Baldur's Gate 3's' 'Stardew Valley' Mod Lives On Now Despite Near Ban A mod that brought 'Baldur's Gate 3' and 'Stardew Valley' together has a happy ending after it was briefly taken offline by a complaint from 'D&D's creator.
PC Gamer · Apr 1, 2025 After Swen Vincke wagged his finger at a Wizards of the Coast DMCA, Stardew's Baldur's Gate 3 mod is back online Everyone disliked that, Wizards.
PC Gamer · Mar 31, 2025 Swen Vincke says fan mods 'shouldn't be treated like commercial ventures that infringe on your property' just hours before Wizards of the Coast retracts its BG3 Stardew mod takedown Karlach would hate all this.
GamesRadar · Mar 31, 2025 Larian boss defends mods as D&D owner Wizards of the Coast blasts a Baldur’s Gate 3 Stardew Valley mod offline with a DMCA: "There are good ways of dealing with this" Swen Vincke has something to say
GamesRadar · Mar 31, 2025 The Baldur's Gate 3-themed Stardew Valley mod that Larian boss Swen Vincke called "amazing" gets DMCA'd by D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast Clearly, Baldur's Village was too well-loved for the IP owner to let people enjoy it
PC Gamer · Mar 31, 2025 Wizards of the Coast says it didn't mean to send a DMCA takedown notice to the Baldur's Gate 3 Stardew mod: 'We are in the process of fixing that now' The mod has Swen Vincke's personal approval, and the legal threat didn't go over well with fans—now WotC says it was "issued mistakenly."
GamesRadar · Mar 25, 2025 CD Projekt boss says "cutting-edge single-player games" – you know, like The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 – will "continue to enjoy great popularity" despite industry shifts Single-player games update: not going anywhere, it seems
GamesRadar · Mar 21, 2025 Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke says indie poker roguelike Balatro was his 2024 GOTY, beating out Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Astro Bot, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Balatro racks up yet another accolade
PC Gamer · Mar 21, 2025 PC Gamer vindicated by Swen Vincke: Larian boss calls Balatro his personal GOTY as it sweeps top prize from devs at GDC awards All well and good that Balatro got its plaudits, but what truly matters here is that we were right.
PC Gamer · Mar 18, 2025 Larian's Swen Vincke subtweets anyone still fixated on singleplayer games' commercial viability: 'They just have to be good' The Baldur's Gate guru sends out a reminder that no revenue projection is as convincing as, well, a good game.
GamesRadar · Mar 18, 2025 Baldur's Gate 3 and Larian Studios lead Swen Vincke declares that single-player games are, in fact, not "dead" at all – "they just have to be good" "Use your imagination"