'I didn't think we were gonna get it': Baldur's Gate 3 dominates The Game Awards with 6 wins, including GOTY
Baldur's Gate 3 racked up six awards at The Game Awards today, including Game of the Year, a win Larian founder Swen Vincke tells PC Gamer he didn't expect, even after leaving the recent Golden Joystick Awards with too many awards to carry.
Kicking off the love early in the show was Neil Newbon, who won the Best Performance award for his role as Astarion. Newbon was teary-eyed as he took the stage, thanking his fellow Baldur's Gate 3 actors and specifically calling out Astarion's writer and creator at Larian, Stephen Rooney.
Newbon also thanked the community for their enduring support of the game.
«The community has reached out to so many of us at Larian and said they were seen and they were represented by this game,» Newbon said. «When they lost hope, they felt isolated, and they felt alone, this game brought them together and gave them something to push through.»
The good vibes continued with Baldur's Gate 3's win for Best Community Support. This was one of Geoff's patented rapid-fire awards he sped through to make time for announcements, so there was no acceptance speech. If there had been, I imagine Larian would've talked about how active and passionate the BG3 community has been since launch, flooding my feeds with nonstop fanart, highlights, and geuiniely hilarious memes since August. The crown jewel of BG3's community, if you ask me, is its extremely active mod scene that's been patching the RPG with cool class remixes, new clothing, and godsend quality-of-life features alongside Larian's own post-launch support.
Next up was a hat trick of Baldur's Gate 3 awards announced by Geoff all in the same minute: Best RPG, Best Multiplayer, and Player Voice. I think anyone could have guessed Larian would take the RPG
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