Baldur's Gate 3 dev praises engineers for cross-play after Patch 8: "You should be able to play the same game with your bros no matter which major platform they pick"

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Baldur's Gate 3 Minthara, a drow with pale purple skin and light blonde hair, smirks as her face is covered in blood splatter
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Following months of stress tests and anticipation, Larian Studios has finally released Patch 8 for Baldur's Gate 3 – and among all of the final update's features, cross-play might just be one of the biggest.

Larian publishing director Michael "Cromwelp" Douse would probably agree, taking to a celebratory post to honor the skilled developers responsible for the game's newly integrated cross-play support accompanying Patch 8. "I wanna give a special shoutout to our engineers and backend team because cross-play is not trivial," writes Douse, "but in this increasingly eco-system driven world more important than ever."

Douse concludes with a statement I'd argue most fans of multiplayer experiences would agree with, that "you should be able to play the same game with your bros no matter which major platform they pick." He isn't the only person at Larian to think so, either, judging by the most recent animated short on the studio's official YouTube channel. Near the end of the video, a modern-day spin on the Baldur's Gate 3 companions play together on different devices.

Cross-play isn't the only big addition to come to Baldur's Gate 3 with Patch 8, though. There's plenty to look forward to from the massive final update, from its 12 new subclasses, such as the Circle of Stars Druid, to the unexpected surprise drops like special Steam backgrounds, badges, emoticons, and trading cards. As for what's in store now that the last patch has come, there's a lot to look forward to from both Larian and Dungeons & Dragons.

The Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity studio previously revealed that it's cooking up its own "two very ambitious RPGs" in the meantime, with one of the mysterious projects being codenamed Excalibur – potentially pointing to an Arthurian game of sorts. On the other hand, D&D stans will also be eating good as Hasbro is "talking to lots of partners" about the next Baldur's Gate game already and working on a separate new D&D game, too.

As Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 arrives and resolves some of the D&D RPG's more NSFW bugs, fans are declaring the game "literally unplayable"

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Anna Koselke
Anna Koselke
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After spending years with her head in various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she's not frantically trying to form words into coherent sentences, she's probably daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she's spending a thousand (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur's Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you'll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.

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