Baldur’s Gate 3 Will Come to Xbox, But Not Soon Enough Unfortunately

Published 08/01/2023, 8:15 AM EDT

Larian Studio’s much-awaited classic Baldur’s Gate 3 is almost around the corner. The series is considered to be one of the finest adaptations of the Dungeons & Dragons Universe. While PlayStation fans are preparing for the giant’s release, Xbox fans are still in the dark. Ever since Baldur’s Gate 3 launch announcement, the makers have struggled with its Xbox release. Microsoft fans are again left disappointed after Larian Studio’s chief gave an update on the game’s release on the Microsoft console.

From the beginning of Baldur’s Gate 3 marketing campaign, fans have been waiting for an official Microsoft release date. The game is set to release for PlayStation and PC next month. But the constant issues with Series S seem to be taking a bit longer than anyone expected. Now, in a series of tweets, the publishing director broke some bad news. The latter has briefed on the sustained technical issues with Baldur’s Gate 3 release for Microsoft. Moreover, players might have to even wait until 2024 to experience the game on Xbox.

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Michael Douse, the publishing director of Larian Studios, took to his Twitter to update the gaming fans on the delay. According to his briefing, the game is still not ready to have a release on Series S. The director denied the rumors of an intentional pause. The technical issue is being subjected to the cause of constant delays. The reports suggest the split screen feature is the only hurdle for an Xbox launch.

We have quite a few engineers working very hard to do what no other RPG of this scale has achieved: seamless drop-in, drop-out co-op on Series S. We hope to have an update by the end of the year.
— Very AFK (@Cromwelp) July 31, 2023

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Although the split screen works perfectly well on the Xbox Series X, it still has issues with Series S. Moreover, the makers are in no mood to compromise with the gameplay of Baldur’s Gate 3. And when Xbox won’t allow specific Series releases, the game is in a tough spot.“We have quite a few engineers working very hard to do what no other RPG of this scale has achieved: seamless drop-in, drop-out co-op on Series S. We hope to have an update by the end of the year”, the latter wrote on Twitter.

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Estimating a release date for the game on Xbox seems hard after the update. Even if everything is figured out in a few days, it would still take months for implementation. Thus, the news might be one big bummer for Xbox fans in a comparatively magical year. Hopefully, Microsoft console owners would be able to dodge the spoilers until then.

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