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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:...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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">...
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...
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,...
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
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...
Video Digital Foundry Questions Whether Features Should Be Dropped On Xbox Series S
Is the console holding back Series X games?
In a new installment of tech outlet Digital Foundry's weekly podcast, the group touches on last month's Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox drama - namely the issues that developer Larian seems to be running into regarding Xbox Series S. If you're unaware of the drama, basically, a developer statement on the lack of an...
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...
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'...
