Surprising Number of Baldur’s Gate 3 Players Haven’t Gotten Past Act 1

Publisher Annapurna Interactive has announced a delay to the release of narrative adventure game Open Roads.

The CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has a message: Hey billionaires, give away more of your money to address inequality and do it soon. Mark Suzman made the call in his annual letter released Thursday that led with the story of Chuck Feeney, a billionaire whose philanthropy inspired Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Melinda French-Gates. Feeney, who died in October, made a fortune through duty free stores and gave away $8 billion during his life, much of it anonymously.

One incredibly skilled Baldur's Gate 3 speedrunner managed to beat all three of the game's acts in about 19 minutes. Apart from being impressive in its own right, this achievement also marks the world's first complete Baldur's Gate 3 run that's in the sub-20 minutes territory.

The games business experiences more than its fair share of controversies, but there's been a clear front runner in the controversy stakes over the past decade or so, and that's free-to-play games.

We’ve played plenty of games set on a post-cataclysmic Earth, so there’s something refreshing about getting to experience one that takes place mid-apocalypse. From the creative team behind World In Conflict and The Division comes Exoborne, a game whose multiplayer action is lent a dose of chaos by extreme weather. 

One highly productive The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has recently put their creativity to the test by building a dinosaur that's not just surprisingly massive, but also capable of breathing fire. Their all-around impressive contraption is merely the latest in an endless stream of Tears of the Kingdom community creations that's still going strong even as the game is approaching its first anniversary.

One Baldur's Gate 3 player has found a new way to cheese the hag fight in Act 1 by trapping the slippery boss in her starting area, thus making her unable to retreat to a more advantageous position. The discovery adds to the list of tricks for making short work of the game's many tough enemies, such as the ingenious morningstar strategy that can one-shot the final boss of Baldur's Gate 3 Act 2.

One Cyberpunk 2077 player has discovered a hidden message about an «evil government» that ties into the game's overarching themes while exploring Pacifica. Their observant discovery serves as yet another reminder that Cyberpunk 2077 absolutely oozes attention to detail.

Genshin Impact is currently being review-bombed in China, on top of suffering a massive loss of social media followers. Its ongoing difficulties appear to be related to HoYoverse's recent livestream announcing the Genshin Impact 4.4 Banners and some additional events.

Some unpleasant members of the gaming community are ruining the fun for others by screwing up contracts in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Zombies matches. Since launching last November, the latest iteration of the long running shooter series has received a lukewarm response from fans and critics. Despite this disappointing reception, however, the game's zombies mode has arguably stood out as a bright spot with a Call of Duty exec claiming Modern Warfare 3’s Zombies is the highest rated “third mode” in years.

A particularly keen Genshin Impact player discovered a clue about the upcoming Natlan region in the recent Special Program Announcement for Version 4.4. Despite initially releasing with just Mondstadt and Liyue, the developers have commendably been open about Genshin Impact's future regions ever since the Travail teaser dropped. Genshin Impact teased Lyney and Lynette in September 2020, and their visual design, as well as their narrative role in Fontaine, endured without change all the way to their official debut in Version 4.0.

Palworld is presently suffering from server outages that are preventing players from accessing its multiplayer modes. The ongoing problems mark the second wave of connectivity issues with the game since Palworld was released in early access on January 19.