{
  "id": 147209,
  "title": "Almost 10,000 people have played Baldur's Gate 3 in a portrait aspect ratio, so join me in figuring out why they'd commit such sacrilege",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/almost-10-000-people-have-played-baldurs-gate-3-in-a-portrait-aspect",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-04T20:31:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/almost-10000-people-have-played-baldurs-gate-3-in-a-portrait-aspect-ratio-so-join-me-in-figuring-out-why-theyd-commit-such-sacrilege"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The amount of time I spend thinking about aspect ratios would potentially be a cause for concern if it wasn't, admittedly, an unquestionably dull thing to think about for most people. Yet I continue to do so as the way we choose to frame any kind of image is an important one, as there are all manner of connotations to such a choice. In video games, we're even sometimes able to make that choice…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "The maker of the Baldur's Gate 3 over-the-shoulder camera mod has gone to great lengths to demonstrate it's not like other third-person viewpoint solutions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/the-maker-of-the-baldurs-gate-3-over-the-shoulder-camera-mod-has-gone",
        "published": "2026-08-02T06:32:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Polygon",
        "title": "10 best games like Baldur's Gate 3",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/10-best-games-like-baldurs-gate-3",
        "published": "2026-08-02T10:00:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
        "title": "Making Baldur’s Gate 4 would be \"a great challenge\" for Rogue Trader devs Owlcat, co-founder says, as the studio reiterate their commitment to CRPGs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/making-baldurs-gate-4-would-be-a-great-challenge-for-rogue-trader",
        "published": "2026-08-03T11:52:09.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}