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"Few predicted that the smash hit video game of 2023 would feature old-school
game mechanics, hours of brooding cutscenes and a vexing learning curve.
Yet “Baldur’s Gate 3,” a 20-year-old title based on a 50-year-old role-playing
game, has already become one of the highest-rated video games of all time.
“This is a very specific niche of game,” admitted Swen Vincke, the CEO of
Larian, its developer. “We’ve never been about the money.”
Nonetheless, since Larian released the title in August 2023, the company has
been raking in the money. And it has done this with a rare focus on elements
like story and character, upending the industry’s conventional wisdom about
what it takes to create a blockbuster game."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
