Baldur's Gate 3 is out and receiving a mind-boggling amount of praise. But Larian Studios is apparently a special outlier when it comes to making games. Is that truly a fair stance when they're really no bigger than most other AAA studios?

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➤ CHAPTERS
0:00 Context
3:43 Larian's "Special Funding" and Head Count
9:19 The Current State of Triple-A

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