This 2023 Fantasy Video Game Was the First Masterpiece To Win All 5 Major Game of the Year Awards

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Between Stranger Things, programs like Critical Role and Dimension 20, and 2023's Baldur's Gate 3, one can argue that Dungeons & Dragonshasn't reached this level of cultural prominence since its original heyday in the 1970s and '80s. The video game, in particular, did considerable heavy lifting once it exploded into a global phenomenon with the blazing gusto of, say, a wizard casting Fireball. Admittedly, the third major installment in the wildly acclaimed video game series of the same name secured eyeballs before its debut. The D&D-inspired title floundered following 2000's Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, despite several resurrection attempts. Thus, Baldur's Gate 3 making any credible progress after that lengthy interval attracted cautious curiosity, especially with noted developer Larian Studios (Divinity: Original Sin) at the helm.

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