A public service announcement here for anyone taking this Thursday off work to play Baldur’s Gate 3 on its PC launch – beware that the game is a hefty download, and there’s no pre-loading available.
On PC, at least, Baldur’s Gate 3 weighs in at 122GB. It’s global launch time is 4pm UK on the 3rd August – that’s 5pm CET, 11am Eastern or 8am Pacific.
If you’ve been playing via Early Access, your saves won’t carry over – but “so much has changed that it’s really worth it to start afresh”, developer Larian has said.
From here on out, though, it should be plain sailing with save files – with cross-save possible as soon as Baldur’s Gate arrives on PlayStation 5 (on 6th September) and Mac (at a later date).
As a reminder, Larian isn’t talking too much about the game’s Xbox version yet – with work still to be done to get its Series S version up to scratch.
Larian’s latest blog post states that Baldur’s Gate 3 is still on track to be Steam Deck Verified at launch. Split-screen will be disabled, however.
There’s detail, too, on the game’s mind flayer abilities – which you willl be able to tap into (at a cost). A hidden skill tree lets you power up the parasites in your brain after tracking them down throughout the Forgotten Realms.