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Friday15th Dec 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Update Includes New Xbox Fixes, But Deleted Saves Persist
Here are the patch notes for the latest Hotfix
This is another good news, bad news situation! The good news is that Baldur's Gate 3 has received a new update featuring various Xbox fixes, but the bad news is that players are still having issues with the game deleting their saves. This BG3 update, known as Hotfix #14, is around 1GB in size and...
Tuesday12th Dec 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Gets 18GB Xbox Update, Dev Responds To 'Disappearing Saves' Issue
Update: "We’re working with Microsoft on a second fix"
Update (Tue 12th Dec, 2023): As you may have noticed, the Xbox system update didn't go live yesterday as planned, but Larian and Microsoft seem on top of it! Larian's Director of Publishing has taken to Twitter to report that the two parties are still working together to try and solve the...
Sunday10th Dec 2023
PSA Baldur's Gate 3 Has A Worrying Issue With Corrupted Saves On Xbox
Update: Larian has responded to the issue!
Update (Mon 11th Dec, 2023): Hopefully we won't have to put up with this for too long! Xbox is pushing out an update today to target the saving issue in BG3, while Larian's 18GB update addresses some "stability" issues. We've covered this in more detail elsewhere on Pure Xbox: <related ids="159572">...
Friday8th Dec 2023
News Here's A First Look At Baldur's Gate 3 Running On Xbox Series X & S
Seems like good first impressions!
One of the big surprises last night at The Game Awards 2023 was the reveal that Baldur's Gate 3 was available immediately on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, launching at a price of £57.99 / $69.99 on the Xbox Store. It's still early days in terms of getting some performance analysis from these two new versions...
News It's Finally Time! Baldur's Gate 3 Is Available Now For Xbox Series X|S
It was a shadow drop after all!
It's finally time for Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox! The game has shadow dropped on the Xbox Store as part of The Game Awards 2023, and you can now purchase it for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S at a price of £57.99 / $69.99! <products id="25792"> You can check out the new Accolades Trailer above, which also...
Tuesday28th Nov 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3's Massive 'Patch 5' Will Be Included On The Xbox Disc
"Which is really good news"
We're still counting down the days until the release of Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S - the release date for which will be revealed at The Game Awards 2023 - and bits of new info are still coming out in the meantime. A couple of weeks ago, pre-orders went live for the physical Deluxe Edition o
Thursday16th Nov 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Is Getting A Gorgeous Three-Disc Deluxe Edition For Xbox
And you can pre-order it right now!
Another day, another bit of Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox news! Today's reveal is that Baldur's Gate 3 is getting a physical Deluxe Edition for Xbox, PS5 and PC, which is available for the pretty fantastic price of $79.99 and live for pre-order right now on the official Larian Studios website. This includes a three-disc...
Wednesday15th Nov 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Release Date To Be Revealed At TGA 2023
"The game is on track for a December release"
It feels like we're getting news about Baldur's Gate 3 for Xbox on a near-daily basis at the moment, and the latest statement from the team at Larian Studios confirms we'll be hearing about a release date at The Game Awards 2023. The team says the game is "on track" for a December 2023 release on Xbox...
News Larian To 'Push Many Boundaries' With Next Big Game After Success Of Baldur's Gate 3
Larian CEO: "I'm very excited about it"
Following a Baldur's Gate 3 update earlier this week, Larian CEO Swen Vincke has shared some insight about what's next for the Belgian video game developer. In response to the Baldur's Gate 3 Game Awards nomination, he mentioned how he was excited to "push many boundaries" with the company's "next big game"...
Monday13th Nov 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3's Xbox Reveal Seems Imminent As Developer Shares New Update
"It's going to be a busy week"
Larian Studios has once again shared an update on the progress of Baldur's Gate 3 for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S today, and it sounds like we could be hearing about a release date very soon - maybe as soon as this week! In a message posted on Twitter, the company told Xbox fans (and fans of physical media) to...
Friday10th Nov 2023
Poll Will You Be Buying Baldur's Gate 3 For Xbox Series X|S?
Is it in the plans?
We're getting closer and closer to the arrival of Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and it feels like the most recent breakthrough with the Series S version means we'll hopefully still be playing it before the end of 2023. Xbox is late to the party though, and both PC and PS5 owners have had the chance to enjoy...
Wednesday8th Nov 2023
News Larian Achieves Breakthrough With Baldur's Gate 3 On Xbox Series S
"I think this will benefit all platforms too"
We're still waiting on that all-important release date for Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that it's not too far away at this point - especially after today's news. Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke took to Twitter a few hours ago to reveal the BG3...
Monday6th Nov 2023
News BG3 Dev Responds To Latest Xbox Release Date Leak: 'News To Me'
"The plan is still before the end of the year"
Over the past few days, there was a supposed "leak" via eXputer revealing Baldur's Gate 3 would be arriving on Xbox Series X|S systems on 6th December. Larian's director of publishing Michael Douse has now responded. Taking to social media, he mentioned how this was the first he had essentially heard...
Wednesday1st Nov 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Release Still On Schedule For 'This Year', Larian CEO Confirms
Release date to be announced when it's "done"
Baldur's Gate 3 is still expected to arrive on the Xbox Series X and Series S before the end of 2023. The team at Larian Studios has already reassured Xbox fans on a number of separate occasions, and the latest update comes from studio founder and CEO Swen Vincke. In a post on social media, Vincke gave...
Monday23rd Oct 2023
News BG3 Is Still Planned For Xbox Before End Of 2023, Confirms Developer
"This has been said a few times"
We know that so many Xbox fans are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Baldur's Gate 3 on Series X and Series S in the near future, and Larian Studios is continuing to suggest it'll be with us before the end of 2023. Just a few days ago, Larian's Director of Publishing, Michael Douse, advised that it's still the...
Friday29th Sep 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Producer Joins Fable Team At Xbox's Playground Games
"Looking forward to working with everyone"
The Fable team over at the Xbox-owned Playground Games just a got a little bit stronger over the past few days, as former Baldur's Gate 3 producer Ryan Clark has officially joined the team as a Senior Producer. Clark made the announcement on LinkedIn earlier this week, where he had the following to say:...
Wednesday20th Sep 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Reacts To Suggestion That Xbox 'Misjudged' The Game's Potential
"In their defence, so did everyone else"
Baldur's Gate 3 has been one of the biggest success stories of 2023, and while the game is definitely coming to Xbox Series X|S in the near future, it's been suggested that Microsoft perhaps "misjudged" the game's potential. This all comes from a Polygon report about the big Xbox leak yesterday, with the...
Monday28th Aug 2023
News Xbox Is Working With Larian To Bring Split-Screen To Baldur's Gate 3 'Post Launch'
The Series S version won't ship with local co-op
There's been plenty of discussion surrounding Baldur's Gate 3's delayed Xbox launch as of late, with the team recently confirming a 2023 arrival for the Xbox Series X and S version. The new launch window confirmation comes as Microsoft allows the developer to drop local co-op support on Series S,...
Friday25th Aug 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Will Feature Cross-Saves Between Xbox, PS5 & PC
Great news for BG3 fans
It was officially announced this week that Baldur's Gate 3 would be coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in 2023, and now it's also been confirmed that the Xbox version will support cross-saves with PC and even PlayStation! As mentioned by Larian Studios director of publishing Michael Douse, the reason for this is due...
Thursday24th Aug 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Confirmed For Xbox In 2023, Series S Version Ditching Local Co-Op
"We’ve found a solution"
Well, we didn't see this one coming! Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke has announced today that Baldur's Gate 3 will still be releasing on Xbox in 2023, and the team is ditching local co-op support for the Xbox Series S version. In a couple of tweets, Vincke explained that Larian came to this decision after meeting with Xbox...
Wednesday23rd Aug 2023
News Phil Spencer Gives His Thoughts On Baldur's Gate 3's Xbox Series S Issues
"It's a game I want to see on the platform"
Update: Larian Studios has now confirmed that it has worked with Phil Spencer and the Xbox team to bring Baldur's Gate 3 to Xbox in 2023, and split-screen support for the Xbox Series S version is officially being dropped. You can read about it elsewhere on Pure Xbox: <related ids="154529">...
Thursday10th Aug 2023
News As Work On Xbox Version Continues, Baldur's Gate 3 Is Now The Highest-Rated Game Of 2023
According to Metacritic
It's impossible to get away from the huge success that is Baldur's Gate 3 at the moment! It's now been exactly a week since the game launched on Steam, and it's since wracked up over 65,000 ratings leading to an "Overwhelmingly Positive" score, while the critics' impressions have resulted in an unprecedented 97 rating on...
Thursday3rd Aug 2023
News Remedy Dev Reckons There's 'Nothing Surprising' About Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Series S Debacle
"I feel Larian's pain on Series S"
Lots of attention has been brought upon Xbox Series S development as of late, especially when it comes to Baldur's Gate 3 and the reasons behind its Xbox Series X|S delay. In light of these new developments at Larian Studios, a member of the Alan Wake 2 dev team has commented on current console development,...
Tuesday1st Aug 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Version Seemingly Pushed To 2024 Due To Series S 'Technical Hurdle'
"We hope to have an update by the end of the year."
There's been lots of Xbox-related drama involved with Baldur's Gate 3 since work began on the console version of the game. Early this year, developer Larian Studios confirmed that it had run into technical issues, while
Thursday29th Jun 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Aiming For 2023 Xbox Release, But Series S Version Still Needs More Work
Microsoft is providing support
You may have seen today that Baldur's Gate 3 has received a PC release date of August 3rd and a PS5 release date of September 6th, but there's been no sign of an Xbox date. There's a good reason for that - the game's not ready yet! Speaking to IGN, developer Larian explained that the Xbox Series S version of Baldur's...
Saturday25th Feb 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 For Xbox Has 'Run Into Some Technical Issues'
Splitscreen co-op is causing problems
One of the highlights at Sony's 'State of Play' event yesterday was the confirmation Baldur's Gate 3 would be coming out this August. Unfortunately, an Xbox announcement was nowhere to be seen, even after the broadcast. While Larian Studios has already confirmed with our colleagues at Push Square that the third...
Friday24th Feb 2023
News Baldur's Gate 3 Devs 'Aren't Playing The Exclusivity Game' With PlayStation
Despite yesterday's 'State of Play' trailer
Update: It turns out the Xbox version of Baldur's Gate 3 has run into some technical issues during development, which is why it hasn't been announced as of yet. We've covered this story elsewhere on Pure Xbox: <related ids="145700"> Original story: One of yesterday's biggest 'State of Play'...
