Baldur’s Gate 3’s original Early Access release date is being pushed back but just by one week. Larian Studios made the decision early September 23 and revealed why the development team decided to delay the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons sequel. There are a few issues the team is running into, according to a statement posted to social media. One of which is stability problems with language translations. Of course, they are also fixing a few bugs and glitches too but they didn’t go into detail on what they were.
We’re nearly there but we had a few unexpected delays, and we still have some stability issues we’re sifting through. Because of the delays, our translations are also later than expected and we want to ensure localization for the announced Early Access languages is strong enough for our international fans to have a good time.
Thankfully, a week’s delay (to October 6th) is all we expect to need to triple check stability, and triple check localization.”
Larian is also running through the Baldur’s Gate 3 with a speedrunning program they call the “World Tester”. It’s like an actual speed runner but it doesn’t skip important parts, doorways, or cutscenes to get to the end.
We say “expect” because the game still has to pass the World Tester”. The World Tester is a sort of AI super-gamer that plays through the game at incredible speed, stress testing everything and pushing it to its limits. The super-gamer is currently playing through, and the results are looking good but not perfect yet. We know that if the super-gamer doesn’t break the game, there’s less chance you will. Not that we have any illusions you won’t try!”
It appears this is the only delay to Baldur’s Gate 3 as the end of the statement promised that “It is. It really is.”. Baldur’s Gate 3 is shaping up to be quite a large game and we also now know the PC specifications to run it.
MINIMUM:
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i5-4690 / AMD FX 4350
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 70 GB available space
RECOMMENDED:
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i7 4770k / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX580
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 70 GB available space
October 6th can’t get here soon enough. Are you excited to jump into the world of Baldur’s Gate 3? Let me know in the comments!