Baldur’s Gate 3, a role-playing game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, will finally leave early access on Windows PC on August 3, 2023, with the PlayStation 5 release over a month later (September 6, 2023). The full launch will add a ton of new content, giving both newcomers and those who played all of early access reason to dive in.
Read on to find out when Baldur’s Gate 3 is released in your time zone.
What time is Baldur’s Gate 3 coming out on PC?
Baldur’s Gate 3 launches globally on PC Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 11 a.m. EDT. Here’s when it will be released in your time zone:
- 8am PDT off the west coast of North America
- 11 a.m. EDT off the east coast of North America
- 12 hours BRT for Rio de Janeiro
- 4pm BST for the UK
- 5 p.m. CET for Western Europe / Paris
- 11:00 PM MYT for Kuala Lumpur
- 12 noon JST on August 4, 2023 for Tokyo
- 1 a.m. CET on August 4, 2023 for Sydney
- 3pm NZST on August 4, 2023 for Auckland
What’s new in the full release of Baldur’s Gate 3?
Baldur’s Gate 3 will add many new features with the full release. Here are some of the major additions coming with the launch of 1.0:
- Two new varieties — Half Orcstough creatures that refuse to descend and deal tons of damage on a direct hit, and Dragonbornsonce enslaved creatures that can spit elemental breath from their mouths depending on their sub-race.
- New class – The Monk is a new addition with the full release and comes with three subclasses.
- More subclasses — Each class available in the early access period will have at least one new subclass at launch. Some classes such as the Cleric and Wizard receive multiple subclasses.
- Multiclasses — Your character can now level up in a new class that you didn’t choose during character creation. However, your max character level is 12, so you won’t be able to get 12 in one class if you decide to play with multiple classes.
- The rest of the game — If you’ve played early access, you’ll know you’ve only played a little bit Baldur’s Gate 3 has to offer, but that smidgen certainly gave a lot. Act 2 and Act 3 will be available to play, as well as some new content in Act 1.