Baldur’s Gate III – Early Access Later This Year

In a few days, we’ll get a chance to watch some gameplay from Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate III and learn what this highly-anticipated CRPG is all about. And according to this Bell of Lost Souls article that cites a recent Hasbro investor event, we’ll be able to get our hands on a playable version of the game sooner than we might have anticipated. Barring any delays, Baldur’s Gate III should be going into early access later this year.

Here’s a bit more on that:

One of the big things Hasbro had to say is that they want to emphasize D&D in 2020. With D&D going strong after six years of growth and showing up everywhere from Stranger Things to articles in the New York Times or the Guardian, it makes sense that they’d want to develop it. And, as was revealed back in their Q4 conference call, Wizards of the Coast is currently working on developing a bunch of new video games.

Specifically there are 7 games in development: Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dark Alliance are the two that have already been announced, but according to Hasbro, we should be seeing at least one new D&D video game every year from now until 2025. And while there was no mention of the newly opened Archetype Entertainment, the WotC owned game studio working on its own sci-fi project, it was revealed that Baldur’s Gate 3 is scheduled for Early Access later this year, so players will be stepping into the world of mind flayers and Minsc a lot sooner than you might have thought.