Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 8
“This is it. Our ultimate main sport patch for Baldur’s Gate 3,” Larian mentioned within the patch notes, addressing the Baldur’s Gate 3 group.
“You’ve helped us make BG3 an even bigger success than any of us may’ve ever hoped for, and that zeal may maintain us tweaking issues and making adjustments till the tip of time. But then we might by no means be capable to create one thing new,” the studio mentioned.
Larian confirmed Patch 8 could be the sport’s ultimate replace that provides story content material or makes main adjustments to story and characters. Patches that repair minor bugs, nonetheless, should still be rolled out.
“Outside of minor bug fixing, Patch 8 would be the final sport patch to introduce new content material. That means we can’t be including any new narrative content material or important adjustments to storylines, Origin characters, or companions,” Larian mentioned. “We’ve instructed our tales the way in which we wanted to inform them, and tried our greatest to make them impactful and interesting, and we’re persevering with to get higher at dealing with our personal chaos in order that we will proceed to create extra chaos sooner or later.”
Baldur’s Gate 3 launched on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X in 2023
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Patch 8 Details
Patch 8 provides a ultimate spherical of in-game content material to Baldur’s Gate 3, along with a bunch of bug fixes and enhancements. The highlights embrace 12 new subclasses that includes new skills, animations, VFX and extra; full cross play throughout PC, Mac, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X; an in depth picture mode; help for Steam Trading Cards; and break up display screen help on Xbox Series S. The latter has been a long-requested function, one which delayed the launch of Baldur’s Gate 3. Larian confronted points with getting the break up display screen function to run on the underpowered Xbox Series S.
The patch additionally brings a bunch of bug fixes, updates to modding instruments and a variety of gameplay enhancements.
Larian mentioned its focus was now firmly on its subsequent mission as updates for its acclaimed RPG come to an finish.
“From the beginning, your suggestions has been extremely vital to us, and can proceed to form our future initiatives. As Swen mentioned through the Baldur’s Gate 3 retrospective panel at PAX West in August of final yr, it is time for the staff to return to our cave and dangle the armour on the wall whereas we deal with bringing you our subsequent mission,” the studio mentioned.
Baldur’s Gate 3 launched on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X in 2023. The RPG was met with widespread vital acclaim and offered over 15 million copies. The sport gained a number of year-end awards and was topped Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023.
