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Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 was released on Steam Early Access in October 2020. Only one act of the game's three acts has been playable there. BG3 will be released in full on PC first, on 3rd August, before heading to PS5 on 6th September, and then Xbox Series S/X a…

Baldur's Gate 3 was released on Steam Early Access in October 2020. Only one act of the game's three acts has been playable there. BG3 will be released in full on PC first, on 3rd August, before heading to PS5 on 6th September, and then Xbox Series S/X after that. The Xbox versions are being held up by a split-screen issue with Series S. Larian hopes to solve the issue and release them before the end of the year.

Platforms

PC
PS5
Xbox Series X/S

Initial release Aug. 3, 2023

Developers

Larian Studios

Genres

Action Adventure
Fantasy
Romance
RPG
Story Rich
Strategy

Publishers

Larian Studios

Franchise Dungeons & Dragons

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Baldur's Gate 3 Spotlight

Review | Baldur's Gate 3 - a critical success, with critical failures

Front-loaded dice.

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Xbox Insiders can now use cloud streaming on their consoles to play "select" owned games

Game Pass Ultimate required.

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The 20 best RPGs to play right now

From the biggest open worlds to the most thought-provoking stories across PC and consoles.
Feature | The world is ending but here's a side quest - will RPGs ever solve their urgency problem?

It's about time.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Feed

Promotional artwork for Game Pass showing an Xbox Series S, controller, and a variety of games.

News

Xbox Insiders can now use cloud streaming on their consoles to play "select" owned games

Game Pass Ultimate required.

Dec. 11, 2024 Matt Wales

An image taken using Baldur's Gate 3's photo mode showing a lizard reclining sexily while other characters look on admiringly. Stickers in the shape of lipstick and hearts have been plastered on top and the whole thing is surrounding by a garish red photo frame.

News

Baldur's Gate 3 getting new subclasses, cross-play, and more next year

Public testing starts soon.

Nov. 27, 2024 Matt Wales

Lae'Zel and Shadowheart kiss in Baldurs Gate 3

News

Baldur's Gate 3 mammoth success drives Larian to bumper £207m pre-tax profit for 2023

Come Lae'zel or high water.

Nov. 25, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

A heavily armoured angel from Baldur's Gate 3, with a patchwork face. It's Dame Aylin, or Nightsong.

News

Baldur's Gate 3 restricts consoles to 100 mods per save because they "can only juggle so many files at once"

"Who plays with more than 100 mods in a single save? As it turns out, there's a handful of you."

Nov. 24, 2024 Vikki Blake

The Witcher 3 wild hunt Geralt on horseback

Feature

The world is ending but here's a side quest - will RPGs ever solve their urgency problem?

It's about time.

Nov. 24, 2024 Robert Purchese

Wyll in Baldur's Gate 3

News

Baldur's Gate 3 has more players this year than its actual launch year

Wyll you look at that.

Nov. 21, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Baldur's Gate 3 header image showing a goblin-like character in a fetching hat

News

Here's what you can expect from Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5 Pro

Good Wyll hunting.

Nov. 7, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Withers in Baldur's Gate 3

News

Baldur's Gate 3 modders really want to change Withers' name to Bone Daddy

Skeleton crew.

Oct. 31, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Dragon Age: The Veilguard screenshot showing three companion characters posing with weapons.

News

Baldur's Gate 3 exec praises Dragon Age: The Veilguard, calls it the "first Dragon Age game that truly knows what it wants to be"

"In a word, it's fun!"

Oct. 28, 2024 Matt Wales

Bertie's long blonde-haired Paladin is being told by the narrator that he doesn't remember who he is. He's splattered in blood, too - he'll become very accustomed to it.

News

Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix 28 available now, improves load times for mod users

And a crash "when going full disco" using the DualSense lightbar.

Oct. 16, 2024 Tom Phillips

A close-up of a huge brain-like, tentacled mind flayer face in Baldur's Gate 3.

News

Larian's director of publishing calls out Baldur's Gate 3 CE scalpers for "making people sad"

"Hate scalpers, man."

Oct. 13, 2024 Vikki Blake

Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3

News

Larian says Baldur's Gate 3 console mods "smashing records" just a week after release

1.7m mods downloaded in 24 hours.

Oct. 4, 2024 Matt Wales

A screenshot from The Curse of Monkey Island showing hero Guybrush Threepwood presenting a gigantic diamond ring to the camera - to Elaine. He is all smiles and blonde hair. Little does he know that the ring is cursed.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Rings

A weekly Gollum.

Sept. 25, 2024 Robert Purchese

Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3

News

Baldur's Gate 3 takes a step closer to real-time with pause combat thanks to "very rough" early mod

But you'll have to wait for the "pause" bit.

Sept. 23, 2024 Matt Wales

A screenshot from a dialogue moment in Baldur's Gate 3, in which the old and heavily armoured villain Ketheric Thorm points at lithe and more scantily clad villain Orin, whose back is turned, revealing her long, plaited hair.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Hair

Follicle suggestions, plus one.

Sept. 18, 2024 Robert Purchese

A screenshot from a cinematic moment in Baldur's Gate 3. We see the bottom half of a slender character from behind as they walk through city street lined with floating corpses, whose blood is pooling on the floor beneath.

Feature

Supporters | Let's get evil in Baldur's Gate 3 - The Finale

It's all come to this.

Sept. 14, 2024 Robert Purchese

The elven character Astarion face to face with a bear - Halsin - in Baldur's Gate 3. Things are about to get naughty.

News

Baldur's Gate 3's developer mode already unlocked

Interest gate.

Sept. 9, 2024 Vikki Blake

Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot showing four party members with a sword raised, on a ledge overlooking a forest

News

"Modding is pretty big" says Baldur's Gate 3 director as over 1m mods are installed in less than 24 hours

"Just ticked over 3m installs and accelerating," adds ModDB founder.

Sept. 7, 2024 Vikki Blake

Baldur's Gate 3 image showing a reptilian character looking at their bloodied hands in the moonlight

News

Here's a look at Baldur's Gate 3 patch 7's new evil endings

Demons are forever.

Sept. 6, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Astarion kissing a female Tav with white braided hair in Baldur's Gate 3

News

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 out "next week" on PC, bringing modding support and more evil endings

UPDATE: Patch available now.

Sept. 5, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

A close-up of a huge brain-like, tentacled mind flayer face in Baldur's Gate 3.

Feature

Supporters | Let's get evil in Baldur's Gate 3: The beginning of the end

Part 9.

Aug. 11, 2024 Robert Purchese

A screenshot from 7 Days to Die, showing a first-person perspective of a person holding a hunting knife as a bulbous rotten zombie charges towards them. There's a feminine zombie nearby with their arms outstretched as if hungry for brains. Perhaps they are.

Feature

What we've been playing - games that refuse to die, superb interactive fiction, and The End

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Aug. 9, 2024 Robert Purchese

A huge, spiny, tusked, toothed monstrosity faces the camera. Facing it and looking up from beneath is a small, top-hatted character with pointy ears. It's Baldur's Gate 3's demon butler looking upon the Slayer.

Feature

The making of the Dark Urge in Baldur's Gate 3

How Larian honoured BioWare's story while creating its "most heroic" playthrough yet.

Aug. 8, 2024 Robert Purchese

The elven character Astarion face to face with a bear - Halsin - in Baldur's Gate 3. Things are about to get naughty.

News

197K Baldur's Gate 3 players banged Halsin in bear form, reveals Larian's anniversary stats

Ursine of the times.

Aug. 7, 2024 Matt Wales

Horned tiefling bard Alfira from Baldur's Gate 3.

News

Baldur's Gate 3 developer initially started work on a follow-up as it was "the obvious thing"

"It's something that you all would have liked."

Aug. 5, 2024 Tom Phillips

Baldur's Gate 3 Gallery

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