Baldur’s Gate 3 Console Release: When BG3 Is Coming To PS5 & Xbox
Baldur’s Gate 3 is now available for PC players to experience. Here is when the new turn-based RPG is arriving for PS5 and Xbox consoles.
Baldur's Gate 3
Developed and published by Larian Studios, Baldur's Gate 3 is an upcoming role-playing game set to release in August of 2023. Players will create a character to embark on a large-scale journey and can do so solo or cooperatively with a friend. Combat is a turn-based style this time around.
- Franchise:
- Baldur's Gate
- Platform:
- macOS, Microsoft Windows
- Released:
- August 31, 2023
- Developer:
- Larian Studios
- Publisher:
- Larian Studios
- Genre:
- RPG
- Multiplayer:
- Larian Studios
- ESRB:
- M
- How Long To Beat:
- 22h 21m
- Prequel:
- Baldur's Gate 2
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Summary
Baldur's Gate 3 is a long-anticipated sequel to Baldur's Gate 2, released in 2000 from BioWare and now being handled by Larian Studios. Set 120 years after the events of Shadows of Amn, Baldur's Gate 3 puts players in the role of a customizable protagonist who has been captured and infected with a parasite that will turn them into a mind flayer. Before the process is complete, the ship they are on crashes, leaving them on a quest to cure themselves as they meet up with other survivors. Gameplay is turn-based and can be played co-operatively online or tackled alone in a single-player campaign with NPC allies.
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