The developer of Baldur’s Gate 3 is teasing some long-awaited news about boxed copies and the game coming to Xbox Series X/S.
It’s already been a big week for Baldur’s Gate 3, in terms of The Game Awards nominations – with the game up for eight different awards, including Game of the Year.
We won’t know how many it wins until the awards ceremony next month, but developer Larian Studios is promising some major news this week, with an unsubtle clue about the game coming to Xbox Series X and getting a long-awaited physical edition.
The game was never meant to be a PlayStation console exclusive but because of Microsoft’s policy that all games should have the same features on Xbox Series X and S, Larian had to delay the game because they couldn’t get its split-screen mode working on Xbox Series S.
This week’s announcement should make it clear what compromises they’ve made for the Xbox Series S but it’s expected that the Xbox version will be released this year. Since there’s not much of this year left there’s even the chance of a shadow drop.
It’s less clear what’s going on with the physical edition as, again, not having one wasn’t really a conscious decision on the part of Larian, but because they’ve self-published the game it’s not something they’ve had much experience with.
Since people already know they like the game this would be one of the few times a loot-filled collector’s edition would make sense, although it’s unknown if that’s what’s being planned.
Update: Larian has confirmed that the Xbox release date will be announced at The Game Awards on December 8. Obviously, that means there’s no chance of the game being released before that, although it could possibly be a shadow drop on the night.
Update 2: Larian has unveiled the Baldur’s Gate 3 Deluxe Edition. It’ll cost €79.99 (£70) and contains a variety of merch including posters, patches, and a world map. There’s no giant statutes or anything though, which is why the price is relatively low, but then in this case it’s the physical edition itself that’s the real novelty (although there is also a digital equivalent).
By coincidence, Alan Wake 2, which also got eight nominations at The Game Awards, also doesn’t have a physical edition, although given it’s published by Fortnite maker Fortnite there’s less excuse for why they didn’t make the effort.
What also links the two games is that neither are showing up in the sales charts, in the UK because it’s physical only and in the US because neither company is signed up give their data to the NPD. Which means we’ll possibly never know how much either has sold.
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