Baldur’s Gate III advances its release to August 3 on PC and delays the PS5 version to September 6

Larian Studios has announced that the role-playing game Baldur’s Gate III set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe will arrive four weeks earlier than expected on PC, while the PlayStation 5 version is delayed a few days. Originally, the title was scheduled to launch on August 31 on both platforms.

The PC version of Baldur’s Gate III, which is currently in Early Access, is moving forward with its release date and will be available on August 3. Larian Studios has decided to execute this move to move away from Starfield, the sci-fi role-playing game from Bethesda Game Studios that will go on sale on September 6 for Xbox Series and PC, and the Phantom Liberty expansion of Cyberpunk 2077, which will arrive on September 26 to PS5, Xbox Series and PC. The Belgian study affirms that the game is practically finished and considers that August 3 is a good time to launch the version of the title for PC.

Regarding the Baldur’s Gate III version for PS5, Emily Gera, project manager at Larian Studios, explains that “this small change will give us the opportunity to achieve our goal of getting the game to perform at 60 FPS […]”. Swen Vincke, founder of Larian Studios, adds that the development team does not want to compromise the quality of the game, and says that “it would be a shame to drop to 30 FPS or make other concessions to meet the arbitrary date.” Baldur’s Gate III for PS5 places it on the same day as Starfield.

Players who purchase the Baldur’s Gate III Collector’s Edition will receive the code to start playing on September 3, right at the beginning of the 72-hour early access period included with the deluxe edition.

On the other hand, Larian Studios has also commented that when Baldur’s Gate III reaches version 1.0 on PC and is available on PS5, it will offer 12 Dungeons & Dragons classes, including: Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Warrior, Monk, Paladin , Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard, with a total of 11 races and 46 subclasses. Players will be able to specialize or create a hybrid class with multiclassing. As for customization, it is possible to create a unique character or use an Origin character, which are already created playable protagonists, each with their own stories, desires and alignment.