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Bethesda and Obsidian congratulate Larian on Baldur’s Gate 3 launch

Wholesome vibes for the CRPG’s release

Marco Wutz

Bethesda and Obsidian congratulate Larian on Baldur’s Gate 3 launch
Bethesda and Obsidian congratulate Larian on Baldur’s Gate 3 launch /

Everybody loves Baldur’s Gate 3, even Larian Studios’ competitors in the space – memes and congratulations from other game developers are flooding the inboxes of the Belgian studio. Its Dungeons & Dragons CRPG launched yesterday and immediately became the second-biggest release on Steam so far this year, a huge success for a game of this genre.

Bethesda, who are putting the finishing touches on their next title Starfield at the moment, wished Larian a happy launch day and sent over congratulations alongside a note with the release date and some polyhedral dice. Larian initially planned to launch Baldur’s Gate 3 closer to Starfield – and the PS5 version of the game is still set to be launched on September 6, 2023 alongside the space RPG – before deciding to advance the release date by a month, avoiding a clash of titans on PC.

Obsidian, another notable studio with lots of CRPG history, posted an artwork showing one of its own characters pointing a gun at one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s Mindflayers alongside a congratulatory message. Some employees over at Obsidian actually got their day off for Baldur’s Gate 3’s launch thanks to Larian Studios’ special leave request templates, showing that the love for the Dungeons & Dragons game runs deep over there.

A social media account of Remnant 2, the recently released Souls-like shooter also making waves on Steam, posted a meme featuring the infamous bear love scene that went viral ahead of the Baldur’s Gate 3 launch. Alongside the image, the post says: “We get it,” referring to the CRPG scoring a higher player count at launch than Remnant 2.

For more information on the game, read through our Baldur’s Gate 3 class tier list, learn why Ritual Spells are very powerful, and educate yourself on what Karmic dice are.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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