Larian isn't done with Baldur's Gate 3 yet: 'We still have a few things up our sleeve' after Patch 7 goes live

pcgamer.com:

The next big update to Baldur's Gate 3, officially known as Patch 7, is coming in September, and ahead of that Larian has dropped anin-depth update on what the patch will include. The studio is also now taking applications for a closed beta test for the patch, which is set to go live—the beta test, that is, not the patch—on July 22.

Some of what's coming in the patch is already known: Better endings for evil playthroughs (careful not to step in any) and, more importantly, full-fledged mod support. Today's update goes deeper on the whole thing, and of course there are spoilers. One coming change that is not a spoiler is the addition of a «dynamic split screen» mode that will give co-op players the ability to merge their screens into one when their characters are close enough. It looks pretty cool:

This is where the spoilers start, by the way.

Individual NPCs are being tweaked and improved in various ways, party banter is being expanded to include characters assigned to different players in multiplayer parties, some Dark Urge bugs will be fixed, and Honor Mode is getting various «improvements,» which is to say it's being made even more difficult: More creatures in the game are being given Legendary Actions, and Dror Ragzlin has a new spell called Arachnid Compulsion that promises to make life even more unpleasant for folks who aren't big fans of spiders.

As usual, better smooches are on the list too: «We've made improvements to the facial animations of your character during some kissing cinematics, including with the ascended Astarion.» 

Larian really does know its audience.

There's a lot going on, but the modding toolkit is the centerpiece of the patch: A closed alpha test has been underway for some time now, and Larian offered a glimpse at how that's been progressing with comments from some of the people involved. It sounds like things are coming along well, and testers seem suitably impressed; it also affords me the opportunity post a very cute image of Boo:

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