While Baldur’s Gate 3 has released to massive success on PC and Playstation platforms, the game still yet to make its way to Xbox – and, despite a leak pointing towards a set, confirmed date for the port’s release, word from developer Larian Studios has quickly debunked the leak. First fully released on PC on August 3 after a lengthy early access period spanning multiple years, Baldur’s Gate 3 would later go on to receive its PS5 port just over a month later, on September 6, leaving the Xbox as the game’s final major platform still awaiting a port, over two months later.
While fans of the game and those looking forward to playing it may have thought that BG3 had console exclusivity to Playstation, the game is set to come out on Xbox as well. Despite the lack of platform exclusivity, however, the wait for an Xbox version of Baldur’s Gate 3 has been considerably longer than the month-long delay that ended up occurring for the PS5 port, and a set release date has yet to be officially announced. Although a recent leak pointed towards a set release date near the end of 2023, Larian Studios has refuted the claim.
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A recent leak points to December 6 as the set release date for the Xbox version of Baldur’s Gate 3, but was quickly de-confirmed by Michael Douse, the Director of Publishing at Larian, on his Twitter @Cromwelp. Although there’s still no set release date, Douse went on to say that the port was still planned for release “before the end of the year” and that Larian is focused on delivering “a really good version that Xbox fans deserve.” Especially with regard to features, performance, and bugs, creating a functioning port for both versions of the Xbox – Series X or S – has posed a significant challenge for the studio.
Although Baldur’s Gate 3 already has a PS5 release which addresses many of the potential problems that a port of heavily mouse-and-keyboard oriented game like BG3 might have on consoles, the current Xbox generation has presented another, particularly difficult-to-solve problem – the difference in power between the two versions. The Series S is notably less powerful than the Series X, but also makes up a majority of the Xbox’s sales for the current generation, which created a significant problem for Baldur’s Gate 3 in particular.
2023-11-10 04:00:09
Original from screenrant.com
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