Official Baldur’s Gate 3 Stream Gets Shut Down By YouTube For Sexy Times

Key Points:

• Before Baldur’s Gate 3 launched, developer Larian faced streaming bans due to explicit sex scenes, including a TikTok ban during a pre-release presentation involving a bear encounter with Halsin.
• On August 5, YouTube shut down one of Larian’s livestreams featuring a sex scene between the player character and Haarlep, an incubus, citing violations for “Body Exposure and Sexualized Behaviors,” despite efforts to censor explicit content.
• Larian continues weekly streams of a Dark Urge Baldur’s Gate 3 playthrough on Twitch and YouTube, but the recent YouTube stream was cut short and removed, pushing viewers to Twitch for the full content.
• The studio has expressed a professional approach to creating these scenes, with intimacy coordinators and closed sets during motion capture to ensure comfort and authenticity, as explained by performance director Greg Lidstone.
• Larian remains optimistic about continuing their streams despite platform restrictions, hoping Twitch will not follow YouTube’s lead in censoring the content.