Now Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Out in the Wild, Its Full Nudity Is Giving Players a Shock

Baldur’s Gate 3’s full nudity is giving unsuspecting players a bit of a shock, particularly at the character creation screen.

Right at the start of Larian’s sprawling role-playing game, a warning pops up asking you if you want to turn nudity off. But even with nudity left on, there’s scope for a surprise eyeful. Baldur’s Gate 3 has deep character customisation options that even include different types of genitals. And it’s the character creation screen, which includes a button you can click to “hide clothes”, that’s causing a few yelps from players.

You might have expected “hide clothes” to show your character wearing underwear only, as it does in most games. But in Baldur’s Gate 3, hiding your clothes hides all your clothes, including underwear. So, yes, you can see your character completely nude.

Even high-profile streamers are getting caught out. First-person shooter specialist Shroud took to Twitch yesterday, like so many others, to give Baldur’s Gate 3 a whirl, and couldn’t resist a cheeky click on the hide clothes button. MissMikkaa, famous for beating Elden Ring with a dance pad, was surprised to find “hide clothes” actually hides all her character’s clothes. “I don’t know guys…” said a shocked AnnieFuchsia after letting out a scream. Etalyx got a fright, too. Streamer sodapoppin was amazed by the sheer number of different penis options included in Baldur’s Gate 3.

The Twitch streamers immediately click to hide their clothes, perhaps in fear of falling foul of nudity guidelines. But Twitch’s rules on video game nudity leave plenty of wiggle room to show off a character’s bits as long as they’re not the “core focus”, and you “only spend as much time as is required to progress”. Character creation seems fair game, then, but perhaps don’t linger too long if you’re streaming? Oh, and make sure you flag your stream as intended for mature audiences.

Of course, no-one should be surprised Baldur’s Gate 3 is a little on the horny side. Larian teased Baldur’s Gate 3’s now infamous bear sex scene ahead of the game’s launch (a genius marketing beat that helped propel the game up the Steam sales chart), and this week senior writer John Corcoran said there’s much more where that came from. “Spent the past week or so doing final tests on some companion romance arcs, and… damn, I’m still surprised at just how horny this game is. Bear’s got nothin’ on what’s still to come,” Corcoran said.

IGN’s Baldur’s Gate 3 review in-progress is full of praise: “I’ve been waiting 14 years for another alignment of the planets like Dragon Age: Origins, when an old-school CRPG got a big enough budget to look like a high quality animated movie – but the design hadn’t been completely steered in the wrong direction in a misguided attempt to reach a different market like the later two Dragon Ages,” reviewer Leana Hafer wrote. “This is the closest anyone has ever come to recapturing that magic.”

Baldur’s Gate 3 is now available on PC, with a console release set for a later date. For more info, check out how our guide to building a character in Baldur’s Gate 3 as well as our guide to Baldur’s Gate 3’s races and subraces.

Image credit: Twitch / AnnieFuchsia

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

More Quake II Rumours Point To An Imminent Switch Release

QuakeCon is just around the corner.

Back in June, a rating for Quake II Remastered appeared via the South Korean Game Rating Committee, indicating that the game would potentially land on modern consoles in the coming months.

Now, adding fuel to the fire, notable leaker @billbil_kun has stated that the game will indeed be revealed at the upcoming QuakeCon 2023 celebrations commencing on August 10th, 2023. They state that the game will simply be called Quake II, removing ‘Remastered’ from the title entirely, and will likely be announced on the first day of the four-day event.

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Quake 2 Remastered might be announced at QuakeCon 2023 next week

Following in the footsteps of its older sibling, a remaster for seminal shooter sequel Quake 2 will reportedly get an official announcement at next week’s QuakeCon 2023, which is an in-person event for the first time since the pandemic era. Earlier in the year, Quake 2’s remaster accidentally poked its head out in a ratings board leak, but let’s all pretend to be surprised when Bethesda announces it next week, okay?

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The joy of cheesing bosses in Remnant 2

Liam and I have been playing looter shooter Remnant 2 in our spare time, as we realised we both couldn’t stop thinking about it. Having been burned out of Destiny 2 and most live service games, we discovered Remnant 2 delivers all the benefits of blasting gangly creatures for skill points without all the live service baggage. What a refreshing thing.

Thing is, if two out of the three major bosses we’ve faced so far took us to court for cheesing them, we’d lose. And it brings us no greater pleasure, knowing we’ve carved powerful new weapons out of their remains. God, it feels good to be totally undeserving of any credit whatsoever.

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Survival sandbox Scum makes all its men “Smokin’ Hot” in today’s 0.9 update

Multiplayer survival sandbox Scum has dropped its 0.9 Smokin’ Hot update today to add more of the expected guns, monsters, and balance tweaks. But the update’s called Smokin’ Hot because it makes all the guys in the game, well, smokin’ hot – if you’re into men with a Gears Of War workout routine, that is. Following the revamped female character models last year, developer Gamepires continue their early access tour with a refresh for every male character in the game which may or may not include a touch up for the Danny Trejo DLC skin. Take a look at the new beefcakes and beefy mutants below.

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Video: Sega Introduces The Characters Of Samba De Amigo: Party Central

Out on Switch later this month.

In case you missed it, Sega is reviving its rhythm series Samba de Amigo later this month with the release of Samba de Amigo: Party Central on the Nintendo Switch.

It will come packed with 40 hit songs, online play, character customisation, minigames, challenges and much more including cameos from characters like Sonic the Hedgehog. Now, ahead of the game’s launch, Sega has released a new trailer introducing the main cast of characters. This includes the following:

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Nintendo Shares Sneak Peek Of Mario Kart Tour’s New Track

Squeaky Clean Sprint debuts on mobile in the next Tour.

Last month, Nintendo released the ‘Wave 5’ DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – adding in new racers, cups and tracks. One of these happened to be the brand new track Squeaky Clean Sprint, where you race around a bathroom.

Now, in an update, Nintendo has given Mario Kart Tour fans a first look at the track in the mobile version of the series. You can also see Daisy and Rosalina featured in one of the screenshots:

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Good Smile Restocking Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Nendoroid, Pre-Order Now

Don’t miss out!

If you’re a fan of all things Zelda, but never got around to getting Good Smile Company’s Breath of the Wild Nendoroid when they originally released, here’s another chance to secure them.

The Good Smile Company is re-releasing these figures – with pre-orders now officially live. Nintendo fans can choose from Link or Princess Zelda. Link will set you back $56.99 USD (or your regional equivalent) and Zelda is priced at $44.99 USD.

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Can’t Save for Some Players Due to Bug, But There Are Some Solutions

A Baldur’s Gate 3 bug that prevents players from saving is making the rounds on the internet, causing some to lose a fair amount of progress right off the bat.

“I also have this issue,” one player wrote on the game’s Steam Forums in response to a plea for a solution “This plus a crash meant I had to go through character creation and the first 20 min on the ship all over again. Not an auspicious start.”

Players experience the issue are finding that their game gets stuck syncing, preventing them from either saving or loading in Baldur’s Gate 3. Some players have suggested turning off cross-save functionality, which has worked for some but not others. Other players have effectively scrubbed their installations clean and started from scratch.

IGN reached out to Larian Studios about the issue, and the developer acknowledged that it’s aware of the problem while putting to an FAQ with some potential fixes, including shutting down Windows Defender and other programs. One player also suggested the following steps.

1. Turn off the cloud sync to Baldur’s Gate 3
2. Remove the folder “C:UsersmyUserAppDataLocalLarian StudiosBaldur’s Gate 3”
3. Start the game and do not enable the cloud sync

Let us know in the comments if this works for you.

In the meantime, Baldur’s Gate 3 is off to a fast start on Steam, jumping to more than 400,000 concurrents in just a few hours. Originally announced back in 2019, Baldur’s Gate 3 spent several years in early access before finally being released on PC this week. Early reactions have been positive, and there’s every indication that it will be one of 2023’s biggest games. First though, Larian Studios has to iron out some bugs.

For more, check out our review-in-progress, as well as our guides to races and subraces, classes and subclasses, and how to build a character.

Kat Bailey is IGN’s News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

Baldur’s Gate 3’s First Post-Release Mod Let’s Players Multiclass on All Difficulties

Baldur’s Gate 3 is finally out of early access and the first mod to drop since its full release allows PC Players to multiclass for the easiest difficulty.

NexusMod user TheComposerMods uploaded a mod that unlocks multiclass in the full-release version of Baldur’s Gate 3. The mod’s description notes that once the mod is properly installed, it will unlock the multiclassing feature “for all difficulties” and will work for both new and mid-playthrough campaigns, though the latter won’t activate until your next level up.

Multiclassing – a feature in Baldur’s Gate 3 that allows players to combine more than one class together to create a more customizable character based on their preferred playstyles – was already available in the game. However, if you played on the Explorer (the game’s easy mode) difficulty, you were barred from accessing multiclass.

While some are expressing gratitude for the mod’s creation, one user pointed out that the developer locking the multiclass feature on the easiest difficult was “both silly and makes sense.”

“There was probably concern that multiclassing might confuse players who’d start at Explorer difficulty,” the wrote. “So from that point of view, I can understand it. The silly side is they could simply provide a tutorial about it or a warning that its meant for advanced players. If nothing else, it may help other modders find ways to convert older mods to the release version quicker. Either way, we all win.”

Baldur’s Gate 3 was originally released on early access for Windows, MacOS, and the now defunct Google Stadia in October 2020, but the full release was made available today on Windows. And despite some struggling to download the game on Steam, Larian Studios’ latest RPG is off to a strong start with up to 340K concurrents on Steam as of a few hours ago.

In our review-in-progress for Baldur’s Gate 3, we wrote that “It definitely has some blemishes, from minor bugs to a combat system that I don’t exactly adore at lower levels. But I’ve been waiting 14 years for another alignment of the planets like Dragon Age: Origins, when an old-school CRPG got a big enough budget to look like a high quality animated movie – but the design hadn’t been completely steered in the wrong direction in a misguided attempt to reach a different market like the later two Dragon Ages. This is the closest anyone has ever come to recapturing that magic.”

For more on Baldur’s Gate 3, check out our guides that go more into the races and subraces found in the game, a rundown of classes and subclasses, and how to build a character.

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.