Baldur’s Gate’s massive patch 7 went dwell yesterday, including a slew of recent content material, enhancements, and built-in mod assist. However that is not the tip of the story, as Larian says it nonetheless has extra to return.
We known as patch 7 the “last main replace” for Baldur’s Gate 3, an outline largely impressed by Larian’s personal phrases within the patch notes. “We’ve nonetheless received a number of extra patches up our sleeve for Baldur’s Gate 3—which can embrace each crossplay and photograph mode, alongside different fixes and updates,” Larian wrote. “However ultimately all tales should come to an finish.
“As Swen stated throughout final week’s PAX West panel in Seattle—our last dwell panel for Baldur’s Gate 3—it’s time for the crew to return to our cave and cling the armour on the wall whereas we concentrate on bringing you our subsequent venture.”
However shortly after the story went dwell, Larian clarified that it is not totally completed with the sport simply but.
Okay, a pensive pingu is not the clearest clarification ever, however Larian shortly clarified the clarification with a brief followup message: “Patch 7 will not be our last replace. Crossplay continues to be being labored on!”
Larian publishing chief Michael Douse additionally weighed in, tweeting, “Excellent news youngsters it is not the ultimate replace.”
“We ain’t gonna speak about what’s coming for the sport as a result of it places undue strain on the devs,” Douse wrote, “however there are issues we’ve stated we’ll do which might be nonetheless coming, and the cooks should prepare dinner.”
Larian communications director Luke Karmali emphasised the “not speaking about it” angle in his personal tweet, and was additionally apparently able to throw palms over the entire thing.
(For the file, I do not suppose Luke was really ready to do violence over this, however I do benefit from the psychological picture of him packing a blade and hopping a airplane for PC Gamer HQ like a personality from Kill Invoice.)
Regardless of that reluctance to speak, we all know of no less than a number of issues which might be within the oven, as a result of, nicely, Larian already stated so: Crossplay, a photograph mode, and people “different fixes and updates” talked about in the latest patch notes. Does that depend as “main?” With the ability to go adventuring together with your console buddies is a reasonably large deal, and there is lots of potential to do enjoyable issues with images, however in comparison with significant gameplay updates like the brand new endings we received in patch 7—a few of them apparently fairly wrenching—I must say “no.”
Maybe Larian disagrees (put the knife down, Luke), or possibly there are larger issues in retailer than we understand. Tales of the Sword Coast 2, anybody? No, most likely not, however at this level, with all Larian has plowed into Baldur’s Gate 3 since its launch greater than a yr in the past, I am not discounting something.
Talking of reductions, Larian at present has each RPG it ever made on sale on Steam, that means you may snag all the pieces from Divine Divinity to Divinity: Unique Sin 2 for simply over 30 bucks. Belief me, that is a deal.