Baldur’s Gate will be released on August 31 for PC, Mac and PlayStation 5. Belgium-based Larian Studios has announced the release date and posted a new trailer.

trailer f Release date announcement It was part of Sony’s State of Play presentation. Larian Studios announced at the end of last year that Baldur’s Gate 3 would be released in August, but did not say an exact release date at the time. The trailer states, among other things, that there will be support for co-op via the two-player split-screen function and up to four players can play together online. Moreover, saved games can be exchanged between PC, Mac and PS5 so that progress is synced.

In the trailer, it is revealed, among other things, that players will have to deal with three enemies, including General Keithrick Thorne, who is “nearly invincible”. necromancer Who leads an army of undead to the city of Baldur’s Gate. This character was played by the American actor JK Simmons, known for the films Whiplash and Spider-Man. The other two opponents will be announced in the coming months.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has been available as an Early Access title since October 2020, and Baldur’s Gate 2 was released 23 years ago. Baldur’s Gate is a series of role-playing games set in the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons universe. The first games in the series were made by BioWare; Baldur’s Gate 3 is the first title in the series for which Larian Studios is responsible.