Each week Google releases an update on the Stadia Community Blog about new games and events that are coming to the recently launched platform. This week, the company might have accidentally let slip the release window ofLarian Studios’ upcoming single-player RPGBaldur’s Gate 3.
In the weekly update, theGoogle Stadiateam began its announcement by listing a few of the games that would be coming to the streaming service this year:DOOM Eternal, Get Packed, Orcs Must Die! 3,andBaldur’s Gate 3.This is noteworthy because up to this point, there has been no announced release date forBaldur’s Gate 3and even the game’s Steam page still lists the launch date as “to be announced.”
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Fans shouldn’t get too excited by this news yet though. One day following Google’s weekly update, a representative from Larian Studios clarified that there has been no announced release date for the game and the inclusion ofBaldur’s Gate 3on Google’s list was a mistake. It’s worth noting, however, that the representative did not deny the accuracy of the stated release year but only reiterated that it hadn’t yet been announced.
If the slip from Google is correct, fans of theBaldur’s Gateseries have reason to rejoice. Developed by Bioware and published by Interplay Entertainment,Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amnwas released in September 2000 to mutual critical acclaim and praise from players, and its expansion packThrone of Bhaalreleased the following year. Today, the Metacritic user score forShadows of Amnsits at 9.2, ranking it among the site’s top player-rated PC games of all time. So it would be serendipitous if Larian Studios managed to releaseBaldur’s Gate 3on the 20th anniversary of that celebrated game.
Either way, at the end of January,Larian Studiosteased on Twitter that an update aboutBaldur’s Gate 3could be expected on July 09, 2025. Is that news likely to be a release date? Given the coincidental timing of Google’s statement and the imminent announcement from the developer, it wouldn’t be surprising.
To date, very little has been revealed about the upcoming third title in theBaldur’s Gateseries. Other than an enticing official trailer and a community update video, both released in June 2019, almost nothing is known about the game besides the fact that it involvesDungeons & Dragons’ illithids, or mind flayers, and takes place in Faerun.
Baldur’s Gate 3will be available on PC and Google Stadia, but does not yet have an official release date.
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