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Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod Path to Menzoberranzan's now targeting a first playable alpha release in the first half of 2026

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After a bit of scope re-evalution over the summer, the modders behind Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod Path to Menzoberranzan have set a new target in terms of releasing the a first publicly playable taste of it. An alpha build made up of a Nautiold-sized tutorial level is now pencilled in to arrive during the first half of 2026. As we've covered previously, the original pitch for the project was a custom adventure that'd see you and a party of fresh companions travel to Minthara's hometown via some locations from previous Baldur’s Gates. According to the team, over 130 people are now working on making that a reality on what's being teased as a larger scale than originally envisioned. Read more

RPGs make up more than 30% of PC Gamer's Top 100, so clearly we've settled on a favourite genre

by Fraser Brown

Our annual Top 100 games list was published this week—a monumental undertaking that involved more than 30 writers and editors debating, discussing, pleading and even putting on presentations to sway colleagues. We are very tired. But that might also have something to do with the fact that we spend so much time playing massive RPGs.. Read more.

The top 100 PC games

by Phil Savage

Welcome to the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best games you can play right now. For the last few months, the PC Gamer team has been busy whittling down the hundreds of thousands of games available on PC; campaigning, voting and arguing until we arrived at the 100 games you'll find below... Read more.

Veteran DnD designer bestows the ultimate praise on "fantastic" Baldur's Gate 3

by editor@pcgamesn.com

You don't need me to tell you that Baldur's Gate 3 is absolutely brilliant - Larian's trophy cabinet speaks for itself. At this point, the studio is likely used to the glowing praise, but hearing it from a Dungeons and Dragons veteran will feel particularly satisfying. In a new interview, Bruce Nesmith - a former creative director at TSR who shaped the tabletop universe, before working for Bethesda on The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series - has labeled BG3 as the best DnD game ever made. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best Baldur's Gate 3 mods Less than a quarter of Baldur's Gate 3 players have even finished the game on PC This new Baldur's Gate 3 update makes the game run way better on your Steam Deck

Baldur's Gate 3 needed a "cowboy wizard extraordinaire" and its latest custom companion mod delivers

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Baldur's Gate 3 modders continue to dig deep into the bag of tools Larian gave them and unleash their creativity on mods which don't just remix existing bits of the game, but add entirely custom elements. While custom campaigns and new areas rightly grab a lot of the headlines, custom companions have also been starting to arrive. The latest is a "cowboy wizard extraordinaire", a vocation that'll fit right in among the established party. After all, people will likely be too busy staring at Withers' modded big naturals to question whether cowboys are a thing in the Forgotten Realms. Read more

Less than a quarter of Baldur's Gate 3 players have even finished the game on PC

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Baldur's Gate 3 will go down in history as one of the greatest games of this decade, if not this century. While its main distinguishing features that elevated it above the likes of Divinity: Original Sin were the D&D license and a trailer of an elf fucking a bear, Larian's RPG became a cultural phenomenon that caught the world's attention and launched the careers of its main cast into the stratosphere. But after all that excitement, it turns out that fewer than a quarter of Baldur's Gate 3 players have finished the game on Steam. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best Baldur's Gate 3 mods This new Baldur's Gate 3 update makes the game run way better on your Steam Deck Baldur's Gate 3 is a must-play, and it just hit its cheapest price ever

This new Baldur's Gate 3 update makes the game run way better on your Steam Deck

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Baldur's Gate 3 has just been given a fresh new update that targets performance on the Steam Deck. Handled by a single engineer as a somewhat personal project, this new, native version of Baldur's Gate 3 looks to end the long-running doubts over whether the game ever actually deserved its verified status. While the Steam Deck still sits atop our guide to the best gaming handheld, it undoubtedly struggles with big, triple-A experiences like Baldur's Gate 3. Most of the problems with BG3 on the Deck arise from Act 2, but its verified rating sometimes results in people believing it should run flawlessly throughout the game. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Less than a quarter of Baldur's Gate 3 players have even finished the game on PC Baldur's Gate 3 is a must-play, and it just hit its cheapest price ever New Baldur's Gate 3 mod recreates the first game, so I guess I'll play it again

Baldur's Gate 3 now runs natively on Steam Deck thanks to a single Larian engineer who started the project after hours because he 'really wanted a smoother version of the game on Steam Deck'

by Andy Chalk

new Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix is live today, and it's good news for Steam Deck fans: The update features a new native Steam Deck build, which Larian says will deliver "more stable framerate, lower loading times, and smoother gameplay" on Valve's portable platform... Read more.

Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix brings some good news for those of you on Steam Deck

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Another day, another Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix, this one being number 34, or version 4.1.1.6931813 of the game if you really want to be specific. There's a number of fixes we'll get to in a minute, but first the thing you're probably most excited to hear: it has a native Steam Deck build now! Developer Larian Studios shared word of this change in a Steam news post today, and what exactly it means for you. Read more

Baldur's Gate 3 gets a Native Linux version to improve it on Steam Deck

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Larian have just released a fresh update for Baldur's Gate 3, which brings a Native Linux version made for the Steam Deck. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/baldurs-gate-3-gets-a-native-linux-version-to-improve-it-on-steam-deck/

Hotfix #34 Now Live!

by SaloAtLarian

Update 02/10/2025: We've rolled out a fix which aims to resolve issues with freezing on PS5 when accessing party management. As this fix involves tweaks to controller input, it will need to be deployed on all platforms and it has now been deployed on PC. Cross-play remains unaffected. For those of you who have been running into issues with the Performance Overlay, Steam Deck have now released a Beta update that aims to restore this. You can read Steam's update here: Friends, family, funny people, We are back with another hotfix offering up several bug fixes and addressing some rather annoying instances of crashing on Xbox.What’s more, Hotfix #34 brings a special update to those of you playing on Steam Deck: Baldur’s Gate 3 now features a native Steam Deck build! This means the game can now be run natively on the platform, resulting in a more stable framerate, lower loading times, and smoother gameplay. This is not just good news for Steam Deck users either, the work the team has put in...

Valve fixes Baldur's Gate 3 issue on Steam Deck / SteamOS

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Baldur's Gate 3 players on Steam Deck and SteamOS may have noticed recently it appeared like it uninstalled itself, here's what's going on. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/valve-fixes-baldurs-gate-3-issue-on-steam-deck-steamos/

Swen Vincke had to tell Baldur's Gate 3 writers to tone it down with the poop-based insults, which is saying a lot, since I still count at least 17 scat-based Vicious Mockery voicelines

by Harvey Randall

Vicious Mockery is one of the most iconic D&D 5e spells—in case you're completely unfamiliar with the system, or just haven't played a bard yet, it's a cantrip that deals 1d4 psychic damage (scaling a bit with your level) and gives enemies disadvantage on their next attack roll. It also lets you insult someone so hard that they just die, which is also the case in Baldur's Gate 3... Read more.