Baldur’s Gate 3 is getting cross-play, photo mode and 12 new subclasses in Patch 8

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Baldur’s Gate 3 will be getting full cross-platform multiplayer and progression, a big new photo mode and a new subclass for all 12 character classes in the game – including a Drunken Master Monk! All of this will be arriving with Patch 8 sometime in 2025, though Larian will open the floodgates for a stress testing phase before then to try and iron out as many issues as possible.

Stress testing Patch 8 will hopefully begin in early January, with more details to come in their next Community Update post and a sign-up process. This will hopefully avoid rapid hot fixes after the update’s release.

We’re a few months on from the last patch for Baldur’s Gate 3, and while Larian said at the time that they would move away from big feature updates to their smash hit RPG, there were still a good few things left on their to-do list. Cross-platform multiplayer and photo mode were stated at the time, but new subclasses are a real surprise.

Cross-platform multiplayer – AKA cross-play – will allow all players across PS5, PC, Mac and Xbox to party up using the Larian Network that was established for Divinity: Original Sin 2. The bonus to this is that it will also introduce full cross-platform progression as well, so you can bounce back and forth between console and computer. Lovely!

Then there’s a proper Photo Mode coming in Patch 8 that will basically let you do whatever the heck you want. You can toggle this from the HUD by the minimap or with F9 on PC, or by clicking in both sticks on a controller, at which point you can then set the stage with character positioning, funny poses, switch up your party, and even include summons and Wild Shapes.

Photo Mode will have lens settings for FoV, exposure, depth of field and focus; scene settings to toggle characters on and off, so you can remove NPCs, and to select from 40 static and animated poses, each with variations and facial expressions; post-processing for colour-grading, contrast, saturation, highlights, brightness and vignette; frames