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 issue with deleted saves in BG3 on Xbox.
The team over at Xbox Support have also provided a few suggestions while we wait for that upcoming fix:
Original story (Mon 11th Dec, 2023): That was quick! Following reports of stability issues and disappearing saves in Baldur's Gate 3 for Xbox over the weekend, developer Larian Studios has today pushed out an 18GB update to target the stability problems specifically.
Meanwhile, the saving issue is apparently something that's been targeted by Xbox as part of a system update.
In terms of that last bit, we've just checked for a system update and can't find anything as of yet, so it's possible this tweet jumped the gun a bit. When does it eventually arrive, here's what you'll need to do in order to update:
- Go to the Settings app on your Xbox
- Select "System"
- Go down to "Updates"
- If an update is available, you should see a prompt to activate it in here
It sounds like this is going to be pretty important to do, as we've seen an awful lot of reports of save files being deleted in Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox so far. As for the 18GB update, there are no patch notes to go with it, but we're assuming it addresses issues with Larian accounts, along with some progression bugs that players have experienced.
Have you downloaded the update yet? Found the Xbox system update? Tell us down below.
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Good on them getting a hot fix out within 24hrs.
Larian really do try.
Fair play to them. I know I've griped about BG3 at bit but I believe in Larian to get whatever's needed fixed.
There is a reason why those that know Larian, respect them greatly, and this kind of response is it. They do not sit on their laurels. They listen to their community, and respond quickly and decisively.
In my opinion, Larian are hands down the very best developer out there. I greatly admire Swen, and have absolute faith in Larian...
The steps are the update the Xbox itself. And the post says it is it is from Xbox.
This fix was 100% Xbox's doing. Which wouldn't surprise me as Xbox has had some cloud save issues for awhile.
@PsBoxSwitchOwner @Fiendish-Beaver @ParsnipHero
This was Xbox, not Larian.
It happens, it’s a big complex game. After I started playing it on PS5 I got into the habit of leaving the console on standby because there were so many patches and hotfixes coming in! Hopefully everything will stabilise now, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find more updates down the line.
18GB!!! that's not a small update, haha!
looking forward to playing this game but going to wait a bit til the updates finish...
@BBB Per the tweet from Larian their patch was only stability fixes.
The Xbox patch address long standing cloud issues, of which affected BG3.
Article has been updated with a message from Larian's Director of Publishing about a "second fix" that's apparently in the works.
@Savage_Joe
They do when you have 1gbps or faster internet
@Savage_Joe
Modern Video Games may not be for you then
And this is the exact reason I no longer buy games on day one. Frankly most games aren't worth buying until the end of year one.
It is sad that when you buy a game now-a-days, at best it is a beta. And at worst it wouldn't pass as a beta for at least another year.
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