Larian Studios Responds to Questions About Baldur's Gate 3 Crossplay on PS5 and PC
Baldur's Gate 3 is out on PlayStation 5 today, finally giving console owners a chance to see what the fuss is all about with Larian Studios' critically-acclaimed RPG. Many are eager to play with their friends on PC, but Baldur's Gate 3 does not currently support crossplay… at least not right now.
In a new interview with Eurogamer, Larian Studio's confirmed that Baldur's Gate 3 crossplay is "on the roadmap" for a future release. Larian has been working diligently to fix various bugs and performance problems since its release last month, which has kept the studio very busy.
"It was always in the planning," director of publishing Michael Douse says, "but we knew it wouldn't be for launch. It's in the roadmap, and though we have an idea of when we'd like to get it ready for, we don't want to put a date on it until we're sure."
When crossplay does arrive, it'll enable Baldur's Gate 3 fans to experience its excellent co-op play alongside their friends. Baldur's Gate 3 currently allows multiplayers to create characters and play together via split-screen and online multiplayer. Split-screen multiplayer in particular has been challenging for Larian, with the studio ultimately having to drop support for the mode on Xbox Series S in order to launch on the platform in 2023.
It was always in the planning, but we knew it wouldn't be for launch
We praised Baldur's Gate 3 in our original review, calling it a "landmark moment in the genre."
"I waited 14 years for the stars to align again so that we could get the ideal mix of crunchy, tactical, old-school RPG combat, an epic and well-written story with complex characters and lots of meaningful choices, and a level of polish and cinematic presentation that let me see the sweat and the sorrow on characters' faces in their darkest hours," we wrote.
PlayStation 5 owners just now getting into Larian's RPG can check out our full Baldur's Gate 3 walkthrough among other resources. As for
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