Larian Studios ran out of time, so the Belgian studio decided to push the Early Access launch of Baldur’s Gate III back a bit.

In the video below, you can see some new gameplay of Baldur’s Gate, and Larian also has a bit of a roundtable talk. Swen Vincke, the CEO of the dev team, says that this delay isn’t because of the coronavirus. Instead, he wants to provide the developers more time to properly optimize Baldur’s Gate III, as its development is progressing nicely. Therefore, you should look for the Early Access version of Baldur’s Gate III from September 30 on Steam, GOG, and Google Stadia. The game will be incomplete, but that’s expected.

In the video below, you can also see a living brain that Lae’zel, one of our party members, rips it out of a skull (at 56:00 if you are interested in lobotomy). There’s also the extended opening cinematic at 29:15. In the Early Access version of the game, you can play up to level 4, engage in 80 combat encounters, encounter 596 NPCs, unleash 146 spells and other actions, and get in on 4-player online action. There will be twice as much content as in Divinity: Original Sin II’s early access version. The five playable characters are Astarion (Elf / Vampire Thief), Gale (Human Magician), Lae’zel (Githyanki Warrior), Shadowheart (Half-Elf Cleric), and Wyll (Human Sorcerer).

Let’s see the system requirements:

• Minimum system requirements:
• A 64-bit processor and operating system required
• Operating system: Windows 10 x64
• Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 or AMD FX-4350, or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon R9 280X, or better
• DirectX: DX11
• Storage: 70 GB available space

Recommended system requirements:

• A 64-bit processor and operating system required
• Operating system: Windows 10 x64
• Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, or better
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (with 6 GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon RX580, or better
• DirectX: DX11
• Storage: 70 GB available space

So Baldur’s Gate III becomes publicly available from September 30 in Early Access.

Source: WCCFTech

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