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Would be nice to see the company go completely unfiltered.

Though, realistically, they'll have to tone things down to avoid AO ratings which limit the sales of the game. Even more so than 18+ already does, which is why most games always tone down to 15+. Places like Japan outright prohibit AO media, to say nothing of many storefronts refusing to stock AO rated media (There was that semi-recent game that got notoriety for its AO rating and thus multi-country ban... Callisto Protocol I think it was?).

Such is the nature of media. It always needs to be censored by someone.

Okay, I saw the trailer at the Game Awards and I can't wait for another Divinity title. I really felt sorry for the man who burned.

I’m having a similar issue in Act 3, my loads to 83% then crashes. I’ve emailed Larian with only one response so far asking me to confirm I haven’t used any mods in the campaign.

I don't know vortex, but you could load the BG3 modmanager. See what mods are listed and delete them from there.

Update: Chapter 8 is now published.

BG3.5 - Hellraisers (Fanfiction)
Baldur's Gate 3.5: Hellraisers - an original fanfic story that is a sequel to Baldur's Gate 3 Fanfic: The Afflicted. It picks up immediately after the events of Baldur's Gate 3 as characters from the previous fanfic - Fiovay, Kai, Aelun, Vlyn, and the other members of their party - travel to Avernus. Their quest is to save Karlach but also to hopefully find and rescue Darson, Aelun's father, from the clutches of Demogorgon.

Here is the link to the blog site: https://baldursgate3hellraisers.blogspot.com/2025/10/baldurs-gate-35-hellraisers.html

Running MacOS 26.1 on an M2 Pro Mac, I am unable to start a new game. After finishing character creation the cc screen says waiting and eventually pinwheels into application not responding, never advancing to the opening cinematic. The same game files work fine if copied to an Intel mac, and saves created on the Intel mac work fine on the m-series Mac. The files pass steam verification in both places, and the cinematic at the end of the boat tutorial section works fine. Any ideas?

Just a small update,
adding two preview images here so you can get a quick idea of the style.
The full set is in the link above if you want to see more. Hope you enjoy!

I have no idea if anyone is still having this problem but this solved it for me, I have the GOG version of the game

Since the 10th generation of Intel i-series processors, there is an error in the calculation of the OpenSSL instructions, which Intel describes more fully here:

https://software.intel.com/content/...ash-bug-requires-application-update.html



Until this will be resolved, you might want to try to follow this safe workaround:

- Press WinKey+R to open Run window. In it paste:
SystemPropertiesAdvanced

Press Ok.


Next click on Environment Variables...


In the lower frame, System Variables, press New:



And in the fields, paste these values:
Variable Name:
OPENSSL_ia32cap
Variable value:
~0x20000000



Press Ok and close the Environment Variables window. Restart the computer. Try to run the game now.

A little bit from the Moonrise Towers + Gauntlet of Shar.

I thought I'd do this as a joke, but it was actually close!

Rules

Steve Winwood singing Valerie, 4:07



Loading BG3
1. Double-click on desktop from cold computer start
2. Hit space or ESC or whatever to bypass logos
3. Hit spacebar to continue when prompted
4. Hit Continue button.


And the results? Literally a tie to within a second! I couldn't make this up!

Note that waiting for the logos to play fully, or hitting Load button then picking a save would add another minute or more, and it'd be all over.

I'm sure slightly newer computers and 3D cards could do a little better, but my system is no slouch, especially given how old this game is and that games are designed for the average cards of the time, not the bleeding edge.


What a laugh, 100%, come on come on, let's see the action! "...I'm the same boy I used to be, (boop)" Screen comes up, Lae'zel on the pretty green grass outside the Teahouse.

In Larian’s IGN interview about the game and its controversial endings back in 2023, Swen stated that “One of the basic questions of the game was whether you would become a monster if it would save the world.”

So, I decided to take a deep, researched look at monstrosity in the game. My analysis is available on Medium and as an audio podcast.

Essay - Baldur's Gate III and the Queer Politics of Monstrosity

Apple Podcast - Baldur's Gate III and the Queer Politics of Monstrosity

Libsyn Podcast - Baldur's Gate III and the Queer Politics of Monstrosity