Summary
- Larian Studios is showing gratitude to Baldur's Gate 3 players with exclusive holiday content and upcoming merchandise.
- The holiday-themed content includes an interactive advent calendar game with a rhyming Christmas carol-style story.
- Players can also look forward to official Baldur's Gate 3 logo shirts and more merchandise in 2024.
Larian Studios is giving back to fans with exclusive holiday content and upcoming merchandise for Baldur's Gate 3. The Dungeons & Dragons-inspired RPG won big in multiple categories at The Game Awards 2023, and developer Larian Studios is showing its gratitude to the Baldur's Gate 3 playerbase with festive celebrations.
Just released in August of this year, Baldur's Gate 3 quickly caught the attention of RPG and D&D fans everywhere. The deep lore, intuitive gameplay, and relateable NPCs are among the many lauded qualities that helped Baldur's Gate 3 rise to success. To give back to the community, Larian Studios has prepared some exciting holiday-themed content for Baldur's Gate players to enjoy.
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Developer Larian Studios announced a special Baldur's Gate 3 advent calendar interactive browser game with a festive story that fans can play in the lead-up to the holidays. The experience, titled "A Very Baldur's Gate Christmas," is a card-matching memory game that reveals a rhyming Christmas carol-style story with the completion of each chapter. There are 12 chapters, one for each day of the Advent, starting on December 13 and ending on Christmas Eve, December 24. Each day, a new chapter will be available and will feature a new iteration of the card game, with some days hiding prizes and rewards. Players will need to match hidden cards in the traditional format of many memory games and discover festive stories themed around creatures and characters in Baldur's Gate 3
Also announced by Larian's Director of Publishing is an upcoming line of official Baldur's Gate 3 merchandise. Logo shirts will be available on the official BG3 website next week, with more products on the way in 2024. The announcement assured fans that this line of merchandise will feature designs made by in-house staff and from fans working in direct coordination with Larian. As players enjoy new content in Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 5, they can look forward to the festive Advent memory game and upcoming logo shirts.
Baldur's Gate 3 continues to impress fans, with many showing their appreciation for Larian Studios and its dedication to the players. Amid The Day Before controversy leaving many gamers questioning the relationship between companies and their fans, Larian has proven that hard work and respect for players can lead to success. With the holiday season rapidly approaching, Baldur's Gate 3 fans can visit the official website to play "A Very Baldur's Gate Christmas" and watch out for the new merchandise.
Baldur's Gate 3
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 96 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- August 3, 2023
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Larian Studios
- Publisher(s)
- Larian Studios
- Engine
- Divinity 4.0
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- Full cross-platform play.
WHERE TO PLAY
Abducted, infected, lost. You are turning into a monster, but as the corruption inside you grows, so does your power. Forge a tale of fellowship and betrayal, sacrifice and survival, and the lure of absolute power. Caught in a conflict between devils, deities, and sinister otherworldly forces, you and your party will determine the fate of the Forgotten Realms.
THE ULTIMATE D&D EXPERIENCE
Choose from a wide selection of D&D races and classes, or play as an origin character with a hand-crafted background. Adventure, loot, battle, and romance as you journey through the Forgotten Realms and beyond. Play alone or as a party of up to four in multiplayer – and select your companions carefully.
A CINEMATIC STORYTELLING EPIC
Forged with the new Divinity 4.0 engine, Baldur’s Gate 3 gives you unprecedented freedom to explore, experiment, and interact with a world that reacts to your choices. A grand, cinematic narrative brings you closer to your characters than ever before, as you venture through our biggest world yet. Romance, deceive, aid, obstruct, and grow alongside your friends thanks to Larian's next-generation RPG engine.
- Franchise
- Baldur's Gate
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC, macOS
- How Long To Beat
- 100+ Hours
- Metascore
- 96
- Genre(s)
- RPG
