Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Says Microsoft Working to Fix Xbox Deleted Save Bug
The developer of Baldur’s Gate 3 has issued an update on the deleted save bug that’s affecting the recently released Xbox version of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
The issue causes saves to disappear after a crash, which for a game as involved and long as Baldur’s Gate 3 is a significant concern.
Yesterday, December 11, Larian issued a small update to Baldur’s Gate 3 that included stability fixes, but players reported it failed to stamp out the bug. This morning, December 12, Michael Douse, the Director of Publishing at Larian, tweeted to say the developer is working with Microsoft on a second fix “that should hopefully solve it”.
“It’s looking optimistic,” Douse continued. “Not as simple as just patching the game itself, so kudos to the green team for being so on top.”
In the meantime, Douse referred Xbox players to Microsoft's recommendations to “help limit” the possibility of running into the problem.
“Good news is it shouldn’t be present on the Xbox retail version,” Douse said, “so long as your Xbox firmware is up to date.”
Baldur’s Gate 3 launched on Xbox Series X and S last week over four months after it came out on PC and three months after it launched on PlayStation 5. Larian worked with Microsoft to help get the game running well enough on the less powerful Xbox Series S, which had caused issues. The concession: Xbox Series X consoles have the split-screen feature, but Xbox Series S does not.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the biggest games of 2023, and took home the top prize of Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023.
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