Smug wizards and horny ogres are killing Baldur's Gate 3 players by the thousands.

According to Larian director of publishing Michael Douse, Baldur’s Gate 3 in early access is more akin to a playable pre-order, with hungry fans still getting the full experience eventually and additional value from being able to interact with the development build.

Following Larian Studio’s reveal-all event on their upcoming threequel in the much-beloved role-playing game franchise, we now have a pretty solid idea as to just how good Baldur's Gate 3 is looking.

Lore, magic, dungeons and possibly dragons! Baldur’s Gate, its sequel and its spin-offs re the stuff of legends, point ‘n click adventure games from another era that time never truly forgot. Is there room in a crowded market for the return of one of the most treasured IPs in all of gaming history? Developer Larian certainly thinks so, and with the game arriving next year people are keen to roll the dice to see what the studio is bringing to the table.

Based in Australia, Summerfall plans on using Gaider’s talents to create RPG’s inspired by classic Bioware games.

Tough decisions, player agency and plenty of companions: Here's how developer Larian is looking to give Baldur's Gate a modern feel while staying true to the ideas that made the original games RPG benchmarks so many years ago.

Yesterday, Larian Studios - developers of the frankly incredibly old-school RPG Divinity: Original Sin series – updated their website with a tease. While the tease, could at first glance, look like something regarding a third game in the Divinity: Original Sin series, people poked at the site’s code and quickly found references to another RPG series: Baldur’s Gate.

The cult favourite kings of the classic RPG games available at the time, was easily those set in the Forgotten Realms. High fantasy, rules pulled straight from Dungeons ‘n Dragons and gloriously long storylines were the trademarks of these titles. They’ve been around for ages, long enough to earn an enhanced edition or two and even see release on mobile platforms. Now, those classics are finally making the leap to console.