Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access Release Delayed by 6 Days

Larian has had to postpone the launch of the Baldur's Gate 3 early access build by six days in order to allow further testing and translation work. The new release date is now October 6, which the studio is - in a change from earlier dates - adamant that it will hit. In a statement on Twitter, Larian explained that the live development of Baldur's Gate 3 has meant that just under a week of extra preparations need to be made in order for this early access build to be ready for players. "We're nearly there but we had a few unexpected delays, and we still have some stability issues we're sifting through," says the statement.

We have bad news, and good news. But first, the bad news! We're delaying to October 6, by a week. We'll be back later today with the romance & companionship update to pick you all up again. pic.twitter.com/j2NOEk4jAi

— Baldur's Late (@larianstudios) September 23, 2020

Because of those unexpected delays, the game has been sent for translation later than expected. Larian wishes the localisation to be strong enough for "international fans to have a good time", and so extra time is needed to get that work done, too. The game also has to pass the World Tester, which Larian describes as a "sort of AI super-gamer that plays through the game at incredible speed, stress testing everything and pushing it to its limits". While there's still work to do, Larain has - for the first time in regards to a date for Baldur's Gate 3 - set the release in stone. "Early Access is going to launch on October 6th on Stadia, Steam, and GOG. It is. It really is," the statement reads. No 'maybe' in sight. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/18/baldurs-gate-3-intellect-devourer-gameplay-clip"] In addition, Larian has also published the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for Baldur's Gate 3. The developer notes that the requirements may decrease over the early access period as performance is improved. Minimum:

• 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:

• 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

For more, check out our recent interview with the game's senior writer about how Baldur's Gate 3 is honoring and evolving the classic series, and several things we've learned from one of the recent gameplay reveals. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writers.