Summary

  • Baldur's Gate 3 wins the prestigious Hugo Award for "Best Game or Interactive Work," solidifying its place in gaming history.
  • Larian Studios continues to support and update Baldur's Gate 3, with new content coming in Patch 7, keeping players engaged.
  • With over 100,000 players weekly, Baldur's Gate 3's popularity remains high a year after launch, breaking records and winning awards.

Baldur's Gate 3 is not done taking the world by storm, as evidenced by winning a Hugo Award for "Best Game or Interactive Work." Baldur's Gate 3 has already broken records with the awards it has won, and it clearly is not finished, being the first winner of the new permanent category Best Game or Interactive Work.

Releasing in August 2023, Baldur's Gate 3 is a Dungeons and Dragons-based RPG that took the world by storm. It won Game of the Year at all five major game awards ceremonies and has only continued to grow in size and popularity since then, thanks to continued content and updates from Larian Studios. This continued support and rapport with fans that Larian Studios has is why Baldur's Gate 3 is still massively popular and relevant a year after launch, with a player count that continues to peak at over 100,000 players every single week. It was this love that earned it so many awards over the past year, and what has allowed it to win another.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Reveals the Three Most Popular Origin Characters

Larian Studios reveals the three origin characters that Baldur's Gate 3 players choose to play as the most.

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Baldur's Gate 3 has won yet another award: the Hugo Award for Best Game or Interactive Work. The Hugo Awards have been a long-standing ceremony that looks to celebrate science fiction and fantasy stories but has never set its sights on video games until quite recently. In 2021, a temporary category of Best Video Game was added to the Hugo Awards to celebrate and recognize the impact that video games had on society throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This category was absent from the 2022 and 2023 Hugo Award shows but made a return in 2024 after being made an official category. Baldur's Gate 3 beat out fellow nominees, including Alan Wake 2, Chants of Sennaar, Dredge, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

Baldur's Gate 3 Awarded Best Game/Interactive Work at the Hugo Awards

This marks Baldur's Gate 3 as the first recipient of the Best Game or Interactive Work award, allowing Larian Studios to mark another record on its behemoth of a game. Baldur's Gate 3 has won so many awards that it's hard to keep track of them all, but the Hugo Award is an accolade that will not soon be forgotten. The mark that Baldur's Gate 3 has made upon the gaming industry is palpable, as the game has continued to break records and set standards that many gamers are hoping can continue when looking to the future of game development.

Despite continuous international acclaim, Larian Studios has no intentions of resting just yet. While it has been confirmed there will be no DLC for the game, new content is being provided for free, with Patch 7 of Baldur's Gate 3 being around the corner. This patch looks to add several highly requested features, such as an official mod manager and expansions for the game's various "Evil" endings. Baldur's Gate 3 made history when it was released, and thanks to the continued support from the developers, it continues to do so even now.

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Baldur's Gate 3
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RPG
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PlayStation-1 Xbox-1 PC-1
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Top Critic Avg: 96 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
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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.
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WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
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Cross Save
Full cross-platform progression.
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Baldur's Gate
Number of Players
1-4
Split Screen Orientation
Vertical Only
Steam Deck Compatibility
Verified
Genre(s)
RPG
How Long To Beat
100+ Hours
PS Plus Availability
N/A
Local Co-Op Support
1-2 Players
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