Game News Baldur's Gate 3 Community Update #33: Patch 8 Stress Test Now Live

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Tags: Baldur's Gate 3; Larian Studios

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If you want to stay in the loop on all our news and updates, we’re now shouting into the void from even more corners of the internet. You might have noticed our slumbering BlueSky account is dusted off and now active. Then our Community Team took the next most natural step and joined Tumblr - because if the gang are going to star in a thousand slow-burn romance fics, we might as well be there to see it.

In other news, some of you on PS5 might have accidentally stumbled into Patch 8 a little early - whoops! If you’re one of the few wondering what the heck is going on, don’t worry. You can roll back to Patch 7 by deleting and reinstalling the game. Full details here, click away. Think of it as a time-travel mechanic.

And with that, the Patch 8 stress test is in fact now live for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC!

If you’ve registered to take part on either PlayStation or PC, look out for an email from us with your game code and details on how to access the stress test.

If you’ve registered through the Xbox Insider Programme, the Baldur’s Gate 3 Stress Test application is now live in the Xbox Insider Hub, for you to download! For more details on this, please click here.

To learn more about how to set up a cross-play lobby and discover the bug fixes arriving in Patch 8, please read on!

Patch 8 Highlights
While some of you will get to try out Patch 8 for yourself, starting today, here’s just some of what you can expect with Patch 8 once it is ready for release!

• Photo mode
• 12 new subclasses
• Cross-play
• Xbox Series S split screen

Reporting Bugs During The Stress Test
Internal playtesting has been ongoing for several weeks now, and thanks to the introduction of photo mode in Patch 8, our playtesters have discovered new means to highlight some interesting issues.

While we don’t expect you to showcase every unexpected bug you run into (please, don’t do that), we would be grateful if you could report any issues you experience in the Patch 8 stress test using the existing bug reporting form. Please make sure to state “Patch 8” in the Game Version field!

Sharing Your Experience
We want to know how you get on with Patch 8, so we have created a short form for you to share your experience with us. If you’ve been accepted into the stress test, look out for the link in your access email!

And with that, we’ll catch you next time.​

 

[Larianshill]

A stress test for a patch, imagine that.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

I wonder if they fixed a single bug from my playthrough a year ago. I doubt it.

 

[mindx2]

I wonder if they fixed a single bug from my playthrough a year ago. I doubt it.

But... but, you can take a selfie!!

 

[La vie sexuelle]

The twelve subclasses are a nice addition though.

 

[Old Hans]

A stress test for a patch, imagine that.

for some reason it annoys me very much they do these stress test beta patches that you need to sign up for like its a World of Warcraft Alpha

 

[lightbane]

Odd, wasn't this done already, or is this a second stress patch for another patch?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Patch 7 had a "beta test" that they also talked about for a while (probably mostly because of the toolkit and mod manager). This one is mainly about crossplay.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Odd, wasn't this done already, or is this a second stress patch for another patch?

These "community updates" for Baldur's Gate 3 are so unremarkable that one seems much like another.

 

[lightbane]

Still waiting for the Game of The Year edition with all of the patches. For supposedly not having DLCs, it sure takes a long time for the former to happen...

 

[Barbarian]

Still waiting for the Game of The Year edition with all of the patches. For supposedly not having DLCs, it sure takes a long time for the former to happen...

I'm not sure they will add anything worthwhile when that happens. This is allegedly the last major patch.

Maybe they will throw transmog in or make some mods "official" a lá Bethesda.