Baldur's Gate 3 tactician flawlessly beats the RPG's most difficult chapter on its hardest difficulty with an absolute cocktail of D&D spells

Beating Ketheric Thorm in is a vital part of Act 2, which allows you to progress into the third and final act of the game developed by Larian Studios. The boss fight, however, is not too easy and is actually composed of three very distinct phases, all of which require a certain strategy to be executed. Depending on how you played through Act 1 and everything that led up to the encounter with Ketheric Thorm in , this may actually be the first huge boss fight of the game.

While most Baldur's Gate 3 players are still blissfully making their way through Larian's lavish and expansive world, others are taking it upon themselves to do the essential work of memeing its memorable cast of characters.

Instead of participating in a gruesome boss fight, you can opt to beat Gerringothe Thorm in without battling her. Gerringothe is one of the three Thorm members to rule Reithwin Town, along with Malus Thorm in the House of Healing and Thisobald Thorm in The Waning Moon. She is the tollmaster in charge of the Tollhouse that leads to the Moonrise Towers in . Gerringothe was appointed by Ketheric Thorm as the one responsible for collecting money from those who wanted to reach Moonrise.

An RPG scientist is attempting to break Starfield, Skyrim, and Oblivion to put all three games' physics to the test - using thousands of milk cartons, melons, and cheese wheels. 

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has been a standout title this year and continues to be enjoyed by players doing new playthroughs or jumping on the bandwagon and experiencing it for the first time. One of the best parts of the game is the companions you meet on the way, and thanks to Larian Studios, we are about to see them all in a whole new way.

features a variety of NPCs who offer their services throughout the game, but Withers is particularly unique. It's easy to pass him off as a way to implement mechanics like hirelings and reviving companions, but both his direct conversations and those that can be overheard with characters like Arabella start raising questions about him. Overall, builds a lot of mystery around a character that, at a glance, is only there to fulfill mechanics unrelated to the story itself, but this is far from the truth for Withers.

The robust combat systems in Baldur's Gate 3 offer equally stunning showcases for both brilliance and stupidity, and "the biggest-brained AI move in history" has players sharing the best and worst moves they've seen from the RPG's NPCs.

A Baldur's Gate 3 player has found a 'weapon' so deadly that it breaks the game's turn-based combat system, letting you defeat almost any enemy by simply waiting them out.

Heading into 's tenth anniversary, it's no longer a surprise to see the MMORPG continue to be one of the most popular games in its genre. The development team behind the project — which, lest readers forget, began as an absolute disaster at lauch — has cultivated a reputation for being one of the most trustworthy in the industry. «Quality» and " expansion" seem to go hand-in-hand at this point, and that sustained level of design innovation has made the game into one of the most influential live service options around.

Palia is an adorable and cozy life simulator MMO that generates endless amounts of serotonin and dopamine in my brain. It’s also a clear work in progress from developer Singularity Six; every intriguing clue and tantalizing hint seems to lead to an “under construction” sign or a brick wall. The progression loop holds a certain tension: You can grow crops, build a home, and explore a fantastical and bucolic fantasy world… but the magic will stop at specific boundaries until the developer is ready to cut the ribbon.

Continuing its rapid pace of updates, Baldur's Gate 3 will be getting its third patch in less than a month. As revealed by Larian Studios on Twitter/X yesterday, Patch 3 will be dropping September 21.