Michael Douse

Larian Studios has enjoyed widespread success with both Divinity: Original Sin games and, of course, Baldur’s Gate 3, and it’s no coincidence that all three had lengthy and successful early access periods. And though there isn’t much clarity yet on what the studio’s next game will end up being (other than the fact that it won’t be related to Baldur’s Gate or Dungeons and Dragons), it’s also likely to release as an early access title before getting its global launch.

Apple's first big event of 2024 has come and gone, showcasing a new iPad Pro and the powerful Apple M4 chip. While the latest technology throws up plenty of possibilities, though, running Baldur's Gate 3 on said new Apple goodies isn't one of them. 

Larian publishing director Michael Douse reckons video game marketing is a thing of the past."

Baldur's Gate 3 had a very successful night at the BAFTA Game Awards, taking home not just the Best Game award, but also accolades for the best music, narrative, and even players' choice. Speaking about the players' choice win, the CRPG's publishing director, Michael Douse, says it's "a testimony to the fact that a developer is not a dispensable asset."

Palia developer Singularity 6 has laid off 35 percent of its staff just months after the game entered early access.

There's no denying Baldur's Gate 3's massive popularity, and its director of publishing, Michael Douse, has drawn comparison between it and the survival crafting game Palworld for finding success with a game that not all investors might have taken a chance on. 

Larian, the developer behind hit role-player Baldur's Gate 3, has said it will likely follow the same early access release model for its unannounced next project.

You'll struggle to find anyone that wasn't surprised by Baldur's Gate 3's rampant success over the past year. It's an excellent RPG and one of the most ambitious the industry has ever seen, but many assumed that its genre would have been too significant of a barrier for the game to break into the mainstream.

Over the past few months, Baldur's Gate 3's developers have used its platform during awards season speeches to advocate for a healthier game industry. This tradition now extends to its publishing director, who, in a recent interview with Game File, shared his thoughts on industry-wide layoffs plaguing developers over the past two years as an "avoidable fuck up."

At long last, Baldur's Gate 3's physical PC Deluxe Edition has begun making its way into fans' hands, and for anyone who loves filling their shelves with games, this one is an absolute beauty. Especially if you're someone who already owns boxed editions of other classic Dungeons & Dragons RPGs.

Now that Baldur’s Gate 3 has been a huge success both critically and financially, people are looking forward to what’s next for developer Larian Studios. However, according to studio founder Swen Vincke, the future doesn’t lie with the Baldur’s Gatefranchise or Dungeons & Dragons as a whole.

Larian Studios has said the physical version of Baldur’s Gate 3 will now come on four discs and likely be delayed to April.

Baldur's Gate 3's physical Xbox version will be spread across four disks, according to Larian Studios' director of publishing Michael Douse. 

Director of publishing at Larian, Michael Douse, has confirmed that the Xbox Series X/S version of Baldur’s Gate 3 will arrive on a set of 4 discs in its physical release. Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Douse stated that the studio needed to go with 4 discs because the game was going over the size limit for 3 discs by 500MB.

Baldur's Gate 3 is a big RPG, so big in fact that the physical version has to be spread across four discs on Xbox. 

The hotly anticipated physical edition of Baldur's Gate 3 will be four discs on Xbox. The first wave of the Baldur's Gate 3 Deluxe Edition was announced to start shipping sometime in the first quarter of 2024.

Baldur's Gate 3's physical release, as part of the Deluxe Edition, is ready to ship out on PC. However, it's now been confirmed that the Xbox release will have to be spread out across four discs, likely pushing its shipping date into April.

While Baldur’s Gate 3 is slated to get a physical release on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in the form of a deluxe edition set for later this year, it appears that this physical release might be facing some problems. Larian’s director of publishing, Michael Douse, spoke about the game’s Xbox Series X/S version might need 3 or 4 discs.

As the gaming industry is hit with the bleak news of yet more layoffs, Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios is stepping in to offer assistance to the people affected. Baldur's Gate 3 recently celebrated the milestone of hitting 10 million sales and boasts roughly 600,000 players daily.

Larian Studios' massive fantasy RPG Baldur's Gate 3 has made waves once again by surpassing the massive milestone of 10 million copies sold. Larian is also working on growing Baldur's Gate 3 further with additional patching and support for additional content.

We may never know exactly how many people are playing Baldur's Gate 3 across PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, but thanks to Larian Studios director of publishing Michael Douse, we now know the total player count is well over 10 million.

Michael Douse, Director of Publishing at Larian Studios, has spoken out about abusive threats from Baldur's Gate 3 players amid the ongoing wait for mod tools. Some Baldur's Gate 3fans have been left frustrated after recent patches, but some have taken their frustrations too far.

Baldur's Gate 3 is a pretty big deal. The series had a dedicated following before the third game's full launch last year, but this ballooned into something that nobody saw coming, scooping up awards and dominating the conversation for months. Now, we know that this has translated into sales, as Larian reveals that the game has more than ten million players.

Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has called on the game’s community to cease what it called “threats and toxicity” over mod support, insisting conversations around new features “take time”.

The developer of Baldur's Gate 3 has given an update on mod support while reminding fans that toxicity toward its progress "will only harm the conversation."

Baldur’s Gate 3 has been a massive success for Larian Studios, but it hasn’t provided any sales figures following its exit from early access (having sold over 2.5 million during the period). However, Michael Douse, director of publishing, revealed that the acclaimed RPG went “way over ten” million players in a “very short space of time.”

Larian Studios has confirmed that it’s working on official cross-platform mod support for Baldur’s Gate 3.

Larian is working on full-fledged mod support for Baldur's Gate 3, and it's set to arrive later this year. 

Baldur's Gate 3 is already one of the most modded games of all-time, which is an impressive feat considering it launched out of early access a little over half a year ago. We already have people turning Gortash into a pickle, making Ketheric and Orin playable, and bringing Malenia from Elden Ring to the Sword Coast. There are a range of mods out there, but Baldur's Gate 3's constant updates can make creating mods a bit of a chore, sometimes breaking them and forcing modders to update them as necessary.

was a shining example of a game done right in a year plagued by industry troubles, and the developers behind the game seem to be keenly aware of the mechanisms behind these larger problems. Developed by Larian Studios, was able to draw on a legacy of strong RPG experience and the success that the company found in placing a big financial bet on The final product has won an impressive array of awards since its release, most recently claiming the title of Game of the Year from the prestigious DICE Awards.

The 2024 Game of the Year award has been handed out at the DICE Awards, and it has fallen into the hands of Larian for Baldur’s Gate 3.

Baldur's Gate 3's Xbox Series X|S save bugs may finally be at an end. 

At long last, Larian Studios has a fix for the Baldur's Gate 3 save issues players have been reporting on Xbox platforms for weeks, and it's available to download right now.

Microsoft has confirmed that they are handing out Xbox account suspensions and bans to users whose auto-uploaded screenshots and video clips feature mature or explicit content. This most notably extends to Baldur’s Gate 3 where nudity can feature in a number of scenarios.

Microsoft has confirmed that they are handing out Xbox account suspensions and bans to users whose auto-uploaded screenshots and video clips feature mature or explicit content. This most notably extends to Baldur’s Gate 3 where nudity can feature in a number of scenarios.

Microsoft has confirmed it’s banning Baldur’s Gate 3 players who upload clips showing explicit scenes.

Baldur’s Gate 3 players on Xbox, rejoice. Game director and CEO of Larian Studios, Swen Vincke, has confirmed that the root of the problem causing save files to occasionally go missing on Xbox Series X|S has been found, and a fix is on the way. 

A Baldur’s Gate 3 player found themself in a bit of hot water for accidentally posting explicit content, and the developers at Larian Studios are now looking into the matter themselves. 

A few days ago, we reported on the Xbox player who got hit with a year-long ban for recording gameplay footage in Baldur's Gate 3. Since all captures are uploaded to Xbox's servers, the contents of these screenshots and videos are moderated, banning inappropriate material. Turns out, Baldur's Gate 3's sex scenes are considered inappropriate, resulting in the player's ban.

Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian has claimed it’s working with Microsoft to resolve an issue that was seeing players on Xbox being banned from accessing their account.

Baldur's Gate 3isn't just known for its thrilling storylines and memorable characters. Larian Studios' award-winning fantasy role-playing game (RPG) includes plenty of steamy romance scenes, too; recordings of which have reportedly gotten Xbox players in hot water, leading to bans for at least one user (via Dexerto).

Larian Studios has explained why Baldur’s Gate 3 might never come to Xbox‘s Game Pass subscription service.

Baldur’s Gate 3’s Xbox Series X|S version is apparently still experiencing some save data issues, but players have been reassured that they now seem to be much rarer following a recent firmware update. 

Baldur's Gate 3 will not be coming to Game Pass, even now the game is available on Xbox.

Microsoft has offered some tips designed to tackle an issue that can result in Baldur’s Gate 3 saves being lost on Xbox Series X/S.

The developer of Baldur’s Gate 3 has issued an update on the deleted save bug that’s affecting the recently released Xbox version of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

The work Belgian developer Larian Studios has put into getting the Xbox Series S version of Baldur's Gate 3 up to snuff will result in performance improvements for all the platforms the RPG is available on, including PS5. The upgrades will arrive as part of the game's fifth major patch, which is expected to go live this week — more details will be shared later today along with confirmation of new features.

We've finally got our first official look at the next Grand Theft Auto game, though one sour note hung over what should have been a more joyous occasion. The GTA 6 trailer leaked before Rockstar intended to show it, so we got it early. 

The latest patch of Baldur's Gate 3 has a lot of quality-of-life updates. It has a lovely little epilogue, a gnarly new honour mode that's been giving Ted Litchfield spikes in his blood pressure, among many other tune-ups and fixes. And uh, schlong physics. Did we mention the schlong physics? Because Larian sure didn't.

Baldur's Gate 3 patch 5 was jam-packed with big gameplay features like a punishing new difficulty tier, a D&D-inspired custom mode, an expanded epilogue for the core characters, and a long-awaited inventory fix. One thing the mammoth patch notes didn't mention was enhanced penis physics, but the RPG's tirelessly horny community spotted this change almost instantly and wasted no time putting these physically simulated bits through their paces.

Baldur's Gate 3's next major patch is on its way—scheduled to release this week, according to Larian Studios' director of publishing, Michael Douse. Announced in a Twitter post yesterday, Douse reassures players: «we caught the nasty bug causing slowdowns and the good news is: it’s fixed in Patch 5!»

Larian Studios announced that Patch 5 for Baldur’s Gate 3 would arrive later this week, fixing slowdown issues introduced with Patch 4. How does this affect the physical Deluxe Edition, which launches in Q1 2024 for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC, and what patch is on the disc?

Baldur's Gate 3's next update, Patch 5, will address various performance issues caused by the bountiful fantasy RPG's previous patch. The source of the lag? No, it's got nothing to do with teeth. According to Larian, the slowdowns are actually connected to the game's understanding of crime and morality: Patch 4 left it unable to "forget" player thefts and acts of vandalism that haven't been detected by NPCs, meaning that BG3 players who break the rules often and get away with it have been saddling their simulations with unfinished tasks. That's right, the game's latest technical crisis is in fact a crisis of conscience. Oh the humanity!

Baldur’s Gate 3 will arrive on Xbox with the upcoming Patch Five installed and ready to go.

The retail version of Baldur's Gate 3 will ship with the upcoming patch #5 on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

It’s fantastic news for all members of the Astarion fanclub — Larian Studios has confirmed that it’s aiming to release Patch Five for Baldur’s Gate 3 this week, and it will come with an all-important fix to the vampire’s kissing animations. 

Larian Studios has handed an ‘L’ straight to scalpers by affirming that the Baldur’s Gate 3 Deluxe Edition is not limited, and there “won’t be stock scarcity” when it ships in early-2024.

Don't buy the coveted $80 Baldur’s Gate 3 Deluxe Edition from scalpers online, developer Larian has told fans — there's plenty of stock to go around.

While attention is onBaldur’s Gate 3 for its nominations at The Game Awards and upcoming Xbox Series X/S release in December, it’s also receiving a physical Deluxe Edition in Q1 2024. It will be available for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC, and include a collectible box, the OST on three discs, a double-sided map, two patches, 32 stickers and more.

Opportunists are trying to sell Baldur's Gate 3 Deluxe Edition pre-orders on eBay for as much as $300. It's always irritating when people snatch up limited edition collectibles and graphics cards to resell them for a profit, but there's an even bigger problem with this scheme: The Baldur's Gate 3 Deluxe Edition isn't a limited edition, and you can just pre-order one from Larian for $80 right now. It'll ship next year. 

Pre-orders for the Baldur's Gate 3 Deluxe Edition are already being scalped on eBay, reselling for upwards of $299.99. However, fans are being told not to buy from resellers, as Larian reminds everyone that the Deluxe Edition isn't a limited edition.

Larian Studios recently announced a physical deluxe edition of Baldur's Gate 3 is coming for PlayStation 5, Xbox, and PC. 

Even if you have a digital copy of Baldur’s Gate 3, you might want to double dip for Larian Studios’ upcoming physical release of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Not only does it include Baldur’s Gate 3 on multiple discs, it also includes a sick Mind Flayer poster, a cloth map, and a physical box designed to sit alongside the original Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate 2 boxes.

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

Larian Studios has announced Baldur's Gate 3: Deluxe Edition, which packages an extensive selection of bonus goodies up with a physical disc copy of the game.

Larian Studios has officially announced its long-awaited physical edition, coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X in Q1 of 2024.

Larian Studios might again have teased a Baldur's Gate 3 physical release ahead of this year's Game Awards event.

Baldur's Gate 3 gobbled up five awards in London today at The Golden Joystick Awards, an annual event put on by PC Gamer's publisher. That's Larian CEO Swen Vincke hugging the haul with a big grin in the photo above, which was posted on X by Larian director of publishing Michael Douse.

While has released to massive success on PC and Playstation platforms, the game still yet to make its way to Xbox — and, despite a leak pointing towards a set, confirmed date for the port's release, word from developer Larian Studios has quickly debunked the leak. First fully released on PC on August 3 after a lengthy early access period spanning multiple years, would later go on to receive its PS5 port just over a month later, on September 6, leaving the Xbox as the game's final major platform still awaiting a port, over two months later.

Larian Studios’ CEO, Swen Vincke, has confirmed that the Xbox Series X|S version of Baldur’s Gate 3 is still on track to launch before the end of the year. 

Baldur's Gate 3's Xbox launch is still planned for 2023, Larian's head of publishing confirms. This comes as we approach November and are still without a release date, leading some to speculate that the port has been pushed back into 2024.

Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 has received extensive acclaim since launching on PC and PS5. While the developer focuses on improving performance and adding other features, like cross-platform multiplayer, it’s also working to bring the RPG to Xbox Series X/S this year.

Baldur's Gate 3 might be the biggest game of the year to not get a physical launch. Try as you might, you won't find Baldur's Gate 3 on a disc anywhere. It's getting a physical run in Japan, at least, but that still leaves many of us stuck with having to go through a digital storefront - something that's especially limiting on console.

Help: I need to tell you about this excellent parody of the Friends sitcom opening made in Baldur's Gate 3, but all I can think about now is really bad puns.

Many are still reeling from the number of leaked emails that came out this week highlighting the “mindset” of Microsoft, Xbox, and one of its leaders, Phil Spencer, on various issues. The leaked emails, which sometimes spanned years, talked about all manner of topics within the gaming industry and without. But the one we wish to focus on right now is Baldur’s Gate 3. The game is one of the biggest hits of the year and one of the biggest surprises of the year in terms of success. It currently is the best-reviewed game of the year on Metacritic and has done very well sales-wise.

Few industry observers would have put money on Baldur’s Gate 3 being one of the year’s biggest hits.

Today's Baldur's Gate 3 update 3 will introduce the Magic Mirror, allowing players to change their appearance and more.

Earlier this week, Microsoft was party to a monumental set of leaks that detailed everything from console plans to video game roadmaps. It also revealed email exchanges between Microsoft's execs, where Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond and others discussed potential games for the company's Game Pass subscription service.