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Hasbro Wants To "Continue To Work" With Baldur's Gate 3 Dev While Investing In Gaming

Wizards of the Coast's parent company, Hasbro, wants to keep collaborating with Baldur's Gate 3 dev as it expands into the gaming domain.

XiNatsuDragnel83d ago

Interesting but I'm careful with big companies joining in

RiseNShine82d ago

Nothing like selling 10 million copies of a game to attract the interest of a few companies.

Glemt82d ago

It's interesting to me how Larian is hailed as doing exactly what gamers want in the industry, and Hasbro has the exact opposite.

I think Larian should partner up with Paizo (Pathfinder) if they can. Both companies seem to have a way more ethical business practise than Hasbro.

porkChop82d ago

Honestly I'd like a Magic: The Gathering RPG in the style of BG3. With all the lore, Planeswalkers as NPCs, creature types, spells, etc, there could be a really cool game there.

shinoff218381d ago

I don't even like magic the gathering type of stuff but a game. I'd fk with that.

DivineHand12582d ago

I welcome them investing in more high quality games. I want to see a return of transformers games as war for Cybertron and fall of Cybertron were my favorites back in the day.

Gameseeker_Frampt82d ago

In a year where Hasbro did everything they could to kill off Dungeons & Dragons (following the year they tried to kill off Magic: The Gathering), D&D had both a successful movie video game. In 2020, Hasbro pledged to double profits and after that was successful they pledged to do it again in 2022. Each year they are developing new ways to extract as much money from gamers as possible - such as $1,000 for 4 packs of 30th Anniversary MtG. Here's what they wanted to do with D&D.

https://www.thegamer.com/d-...

anast81d ago

Yeah, they are going to turn D&D into a live service.

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Baldur's Gate 3's Side Quest Design is its Secret Weapon

With a game like Baldur's Gate 3, a number of factors make it successful—but perhaps none are as powerful as its side quest design.

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Popsicle5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Article makes a great point and I agree with it but is spoiler heavy. It should be marked. If you haven’t played through the game be warned as it even spoils parts of act 3.

Dirty_Lemons4d ago

Thanks for this dude, I am very interested in playing when I have time and am trying to avoid spoilers.

dakarli1d 9h ago

This game rocks, everything is quality, and I love the cutscenes, which remind me of Dragon Age Origin.

https://kodi.software/

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Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 Physical Deluxe Editions Delayed Due to Production Issues

While we were so hoping to not have to update owners of the console physical Deluxe Edition with any further news of delay, we’ve now run into more production issues which means that players who pre-ordered their PS5 North America copy that was expected to ship later this month, will now have to wait until July before they can get their hands on them.

shinoff21837d ago

Got that email like 2 weeks ago. Tbh I'm not tripping. I understand sht happens. I'm just glad they changed their minds on the physical release

Popsicle6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

I with you. I got the email is well. Happy to eventually own a physical copy and glad it’s not digital only.

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Nothing Can Scratch A New Gamer’s Itch For Another Baldur’s Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 is so good it might actually be a bad place to start with RPGs.

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Armaggedon6d ago

Baldurs Gate 3 was great, but I dont think it is as crazy as people make it out to be. I actually think Starfield is closer to being a crazy insane once in a lifetime game, but Im ready for the flak Im about to get.

AndrewM6d ago

If you think that then you either A never played Bg3 or B never watched anyone else play it, or C you don't know anything about the game, or D you played it and have no idea of the marvel it is in every single aspect of game design. It doesn't matter what game you compare it to, it doesn't hold a candle. Let alone starfield.

Armaggedon6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

A. Ive played it thrice
B. Played with others, so there are moments of watching
C. Know more than I would care to about the game
D.
Thats quite bold, seeing as there are an inumerable amount of games for it to contend with. I also know plenty of people with their own gripes with the game.

As someone that creates things, and has actively sought to gather intel and understanding, I would say Baldurs Gates very nature makes it so it would have a hard time sitting upon the lofty throne you have given it. Similar to a Bethesda game, it is a game with a very large number of permutations and variables to consider, despite being smaller in scale by direct comparison.

Exemplary mastery of design philosophy is more certain to appear in a game that is for confined. One of the reasons I see Starfield the way I do is simply Bethesedas approach of breaking the rules. Anyone should hopefully know that you just dont try to fit a Bethesda game into a space game, but they found a way to pull it off. Do to the nature of large scale open world games, whether it is efficient or not depends on the angle one is looking at.

Many people would tell me immediately that loading screens and empty planets prove that they failed to pull it off. If you play Starfield like a conventional game yes

Armaggedon6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Part 2:
Many people would tell me immediately that loading screens and empty planets prove that they failed to pull it off. If you play Starfield like a conventional game yes, it will seem disjointed and lazy; however, to those who realize what Bethesda were going for, you will see that the game is severely underestimated. The idea of God is hated and loved by many, and there is much controversy. Starfield is closer to that idea than people even notice.