Baldur’s Gate 3 gets new PC release date, delayed PS5 version

Baldur’s Gate 3, developer Larian Studios’ role-playing game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, is coming sooner than expected on Windows PC, but later than planned on PlayStation 5.

Larian is now launching the game on September 20th, in an attempt to distance it from the hectic fall release schedule. Baldur’s Gate 3The PC version will be released on August 3 instead of Aug. 31 as originally planned. On Sept. 6, the PS5 version of this game will release one week after originally scheduled. There’s still no word about the in-progress Xbox version.

“Reaching a technical bar that matches our design ambitions [on PS5] felt like the right move, while holding back the PC version when we knew we’d be ready felt like the wrong move in such a busy launch period,” said Michael Douse, Larian’s director of publishing, in a press release.

Larian’s last major release, “The Last Major Release”, was released in 1997. Divinity Original Sin 2, In 2017, Baldur’s Gate 3 The game was initially released as early access, in 2020. Since then, new chapters, characters, features, and abilities were added intermittently. According to today’s press release, players who have played the game throughout its early access period have only seen “less than a quarter of what BG3 has to offer.”

Although the fall release season doesn’t get truly Chaos until Mid-OctoberAssassin’s Creed Mirage, Alan Wake 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Cities: Skylines 2Then, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 will all be released within two weeks of one another), the late-August/early-September window kicks off with some big names: Rubicon Fires Armored core 6 The film is scheduled to release on August 25, 2018. StarfieldThe game will be released on September 6th (the day after the release of Baldur’s Gate 3’s PS5 version).