Baldur's Gate 3 Final Patch Brings Cross Play 2v64f Photo Mode and More as Larian Moves on to Next Project

Larian Studios confirmed Patch 8 would be the game’s final update that adds story content or makes major changes to story and characters. 20v13

Written by Manas Mitul | Updated: 16 April 2025 16:07 IST

Baldur's Gate 3 Final Patch Brings Cross Play, Photo Mode and More as Larian Moves on to Next Project

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Baldur's Gate 3 won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023

Highlights

The final Baldur's Gate 3 patch will add Split Screen to Xbox Series S
Larian Studios said the game will no get any more story content
Baldur's Gate 3 sold over 15 million copies

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Xbox Series S. In the patch notes published Tuesday, Larian said Baldur's Gate 3 would not receive new content as the studio shifted its focus on the next project.

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“This is it. Our final major game patch for Baldur's Gate 3,” Larian said in the patch notes, addressing the Baldur's Gate 3 community.

“You've helped us make BG3 a bigger success than any of us could've ever hoped for, and that ion could keep us tweaking things and making changes until the end of time. But then we'd never be able to create something new,” the studio said.

Larian confirmed Patch 8 would be the game's final update that adds story content or makes major changes to story and characters. Patches that fix minor bugs, however, may still be rolled out.

“Outside of minor bug fixing, Patch 8 will be the last game patch to introduce new content. That means we won't be adding any new narrative content or significant changes to storylines, Origin characters, or companions,” Larian said. “We've told our stories the way we needed to tell them, and tried our best to make them impactful and engaging, and we're continuing to get better at handling our own chaos so that we can continue to create more chaos in the future.”

Baldur's Gate 3 released on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X in 2023
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Patch 8 adds a final round of in-game content to Baldur's Gate 3, in addition to a host of bug fixes and improvements. The highlights include 12 new subclasses featuring new abilities, animations, VFX and more; full cross play across delayed the launch of Baldur's Gate 3. Larian faced issues with getting the split screen feature to run on the underpowered Xbox Series S.

The patch also brings a host of bug fixes, updates to modding tools and a wide range of gameplay improvements.

Larian said its focus was now firmly on its next project as updates for its acclaimed RPG come to an end.

“From the start, your has been incredibly important to us, and will continue to shape our future projects. As Swen said during the Baldur's Gate 3 retrospective at PAX West in August of last year, it's time for the team to go back to our cave and hang the armour on the wall while we focus on bringing you our next project,” the studio said.

Baldur's Gate 3 released on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X in 2023. The RPG was met with widespread critical acclaim and sold over 15 million copies. The game won several year-end awards and was crowned Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023.

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REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Deeply thought-out writing
Highly reactive world
In-depth character customisation
Charming characters; stellar voice acting
Combat that rewards creativity
Flexible navigation around the map
Stunning cinematics
No microtransactions or always-online requirement

Bad
Performance issues in Act 3

Read detailed Larian Studios Baldur's Gate III review

Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5), PC: Windows, PC: macOS

Modes Single-player, Multiplayer

Series Baldur's Gate

PEGI Rating 18+

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