Larian Studios has officially announced its long-awaited physical edition, coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X in Q1 of 2024.
The physical Baldur’s Gate 3: Deluxe Edition be priced at 79.99 £/€, and notably, it'll be playable-on-disc - although it'll take a few discs to support such a chonky game. The PS5 version will sport two discs, while the Xbox version will come with a whopping three discs. The PC version, meanwhile, hosts a custom installer and comes with a Steam key.
“This experiment is what we feel the future of physical media looks like, at least for us at Larian,” Michael Douse, Larien's Director of Publishing, said in a statement with the announcement. “We spent the last few months learning how to do it from scratch, and put everything we learned from the Collector’s Edition into what we hope is unbeatable value for what we’re considering our standard physical version going forward. If it works out, we’ll keep doing it this way.
"We understand the value of physical media, and while there are clearly increasingly significant challenges when it comes to the archiving of games, we truly believe it’s worth experimenting, even if it means a fuck ton of discs."
It'll be sold exclusively on the Larian store, where it's currently available for pre-order. The studio notes that it's not a Collector's Edition - so don't panic if you can't get your hands on it right away.
In addition to all existing Digital Deluxe content, the physical Deluxe Edition will also include the following:
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