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author: Jacob Blazewicz

Early Access and Preload to Ease Pain of Waiting for Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5 - Schedule [Update]

We already know when Baldur's Gate 3 will be available to download (and play) on PlayStation 5. Some players will start playing even before the official release.

Source: Larian Studios.
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Update

As announced, all purchasers of Baldur's Gate III can now download the game on PlayStation 5. Players who purchased the Deluxe edition started playing on that console as recently as last week, but other PS5 owners will have to wait until Wednesday, September 6.

Original news (August 16)

Not long after its debut on PC, the new game by Larian will begin conquering the PlayStation 5. Thanks to today's announcement, Sony console owners know when exactly they will be able to download Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5 and start playing on that platform

The team announced (via X/Twitter) that preload of the game for owners of the Deluxe edition will begin on August 31 at 6 p.m. CET (those who chose the standard version will wait four days longer). Formally BG 3 will be made available even a week later, but purchasers of this edition will get access to the game already on September 2, similarly at 6 p.m. CET.

Early Access and Preload to Ease Pain of Waiting for Baldurs Gate 3 on PS5 - Schedule [Update] - picture #1

Preload Baldur's Gate 3 for PS5 will launch in two weeks.Source: Larian Studios.

Funnily enough, the new Baldur's Gate will appear in early access right after Starfield and both games will debut for everyone on the same day. So the two titles will compete, as it were, for the attention of RPG fans. Unfortunately, many console gamers will not be able to check out both titles. BG 3 is only heading to PlayStation 5 for now, while Starfield will arrive exclusively on Xbox Series X/S (and, of course, PC).

Either way, Bethesda's work will have a tough battle. The third Baldur is currently the biggest bestseller on Steam, and one of the most popular games on that platform, despite being primarily a single-player adventure (albeit with a co-op mode). Arguably, this huge success and the ubiquitous praise for the developers (and not only them) made Baldur's Gate III one of the best-selling upcoming games on PS5.

Baldur's Gate 3 will be released on September 6 on PlayStation 5, exactly four days after the start of early access.

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Jacob Blazewicz

Jacob Blazewicz

Graduated with a master's degree in Polish Studies from the University of Warsaw with a thesis dedicated to this very subject. Started his adventure with GRYOnline.pl in 2015, writing in the Newsroom and later also in the film and technology sections (also contributed to the Encyclopedia). Interested in video games (and not only video games) for years. He began with platform games and, to this day, remains a big fan of them (including Metroidvania). Also shows interest in card games (including paper), fighting games, soulslikes, and basically everything about games as such. Marvels at pixelated characters from games dating back to the time of the Game Boy (if not older).

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