It's official – Baldur's Gate 3 definitely won't get a full release until 2023

Baldur’s Gate 3 definitely won’t release this year.

That’s according to a new developer update from Larian Studios, which has now definitively confirmed that the highly-anticipated game won’t leave early access until 2023, affirming what Swen Vincke, founder of Larian and creative director of BG3, intimated to Eurogamer earlier this year.

You can watch the cheeky presentation right here:

Baldur’s Gate 3 – The Journey So Far | D&D Direct Watch on YouTube

In the brief three-minute video – broadcast as part of 2022 D&D Direct and entitled “Baldur’s Gate 3 – The Journey So Far” – the team looks back at progress to date for Baldur’s Gate 3, which it says “continues to get better and better”. It also finally puts any lingering hope that the full game may have released in 2022.