Baldur’s Gate 3 has a lot going for it but it’s missing one feature that players are undoubtedly wanting and that’s cross-play. Because gaming with friends tends to be a lot of fun. Luckily, it seems Larian’s latest masterpiece of a video game is indeed going to have cross-play. Eventually.
Technically the game launched years ago for PC in an early-access state and was available via Steam. It’s “official” launch was last month on August on 3 for PC players. And as of today, September 6, PS5 players can finally dive in. The unfortunate thing is that cross-play between PC and console is not currently a thing in Baldur’s Gate 3. Even though the game is not primarily intended to be a multiplayer experience, co-op gameplay is available. And soon you won’t be required to play on the same platform as your friends.
In a report with Eurogamer recently, director of publishing at Larian Studios Michael Douse confirmed that cross-play was on the development roadmap. And that integrating it was always planned. It just wasn’t possible to have done for the official launch of the game. Douse says it was “one thing too many to have ready for launch.”
Baldur’s Gate 3 cross-play support doesn’t currently have a release date
The good news, is that cross-play has now been confirmed. Which means at some point, PC players and PS5 players (and Xbox Series X players when the game comes out) will be able to wander the forgotten realms together. Having said that, there’s no current timeframe for release. At least not one Larian is willing to mention publicly.
Douse says that the feature is in planning and on the roadmap. There’s even an internal idea of when they would like the feature to be ready. However, Larian doesn’t want to give a specific date breath because it wants to be absolutely sure cross-play is in working order for players. Basically, it’ll be ready when it’s ready. And that’s just fine. Because the last thing cross-play needs is to stumble due to bugs.
Players have already waited several years for Baldur’s Gate 3. And all that extra time in development has made the game all the better. What’s a little more time waiting for Larian to ensure cross-play can be rolled out without problems?
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