Baldur’s Gate 3 will release on Xbox “between September and November”, according to Swen Vincke
There’s not long to (Baldur’s) wait
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Larian Studios' CEO and the director ofBaldur’s Gate 3, Swen Vincke, has revealed that the RPG will be launching on Xbox Series X|S before December, as the team is “actually very close” to having the game ready.
Last week, Vincke confirmed that “we’ve found a solution that allows us tobringBaldur’s Gate 3to Xbox players this year”, after the title’s release on the two consoles was initiallypushed back due to technical hurdles. It was also revealed that the Xbox Series S version will no longer include split-screen co-op at launch.
In a newinterviewwith IGN, Vincke revealed that now this solution has been found, “it shouldn’t take that long” to get the enormous RPG out and in Xbox users’ hands: “It’s 2023. And 2023 is narrowing, so it’s already pretty precise in my book,” Vincke said. “Between September and November… So, as fast as we can honestly.”
Before Larian Studios’ full focus is put on the Xbox release, however, the team is going to keep its center of attention on the upcomingPS5version, and then shift over to patches for the game on PC. However, Vincke clarified that “theXbox Series Xversion was already in good shape last time I looked at it”.
“There’s a bunch of stuff that needs to happen to finalize it,” he explained. “But I think from a content point of view and from a technical point of view, we’re actually very close.”
He continued: “It was running already before, so it shouldn’t take that long. It doesn’t mean that we are not going to try to make it work also in split-screen, because I mean as I said, the team continues to optimize for all platforms because we really want to hit 60fps across the board on everything.”
For now, fans will just have to stay tuned to see exactly whenBaldur’s Gate 3will be released for Series X|S, but by the sound of it, we won’t be waiting much longer.
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