Baldur’s Gate 3 PC Digital Deluxe owners won’t get a 72-hour head start

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Larian Studios is nearing a moved-up launch date for its massive RPG Baldur’s Gate 3. But while the adventure is arriving sooner than announced, it comes with a caveat that PC owners won’t get an extra-extra head start.

Originally, Larian had planned to give a 72-hour head start to everyone who picked up the Digital Deluxe Edition of Baldur’s Gate 3. This Early Access would allow a head start on Act 1, the same area already in the current Early Access build, but in the 1.0 version. It would’ve been a lot of players too, as Larian upgraded everyone who bought the Early Access of Baldur’s Gate 3 to the Digital Deluxe Edition.

With the release date for PC moving up almost a month, though, there was some curiosity about what would happen to the head start. In a recent community update, Larian confirms there won’t be a head start for PC owners.

“The PC Digital Deluxe Edition does not include a 72 hour head start, which would have essentially made the game’s release date July 31st. Shifting the release date – and thus communication around the Digital Deluxe Editions across PS5 and PC – came with a few complexities that we didn’t manage to communicate very well, so we thought it best to clarify it here, given that a 72 hour head start on PC wouldn’t have been plausible.”

PlayStation 5 Digital Deluxe owners will still get a head start though. So those who are waiting on the console version will get a little bit of catch-up time on PC players on September 3, rather than its September 6 launch date.

It’s a bit of a bummer, but to put a glass-half-full spin: we’re essentially getting the RPG a month earlier anyways, so three extra days isn’t too drastic. The appeal of a head start in Baldur’s Gate 3 would, at least in my eyes, be