There were several reports of Steam outages yesterday, following the release of one of the most highly-anticipated games of all time.Baldur’s Gate IIIwas officially released forPCplayers yesterday, prompting thousands to start the stupidly large download and finally get their begin their 200-hour playthroughs.Take a look at the official trailer forBaldur’s Gate IIIbelowThere’s been an extraordinary amount of hype for the game, so much so that the developersoffered out sick notesfor players hoping for some time off to play the game.AdvertThe game’s download size has been a major talking about, as it’s absolutely enormous, rounding off at a ridiculous 122GB. Unless you’ve got a top-tier internet provider, it’s safe to assume you had a long wait ahead of you until the game was finally installed on your system.Some had to wait slightly longer though, as the thousands of downloads seemingly proved too much forSteam, resulting in crashes for a lot of people. Taking a look at theDown Detectorfor yesterday, it shows a massive spike of reported problems from 4pm-5pm, coincidentally whenBaldur’s Gate IIIwas made available to download.Baldur’s Gate IIIdidn’t allow pre-installs, so everybody being forced to download the game at once was presumably the cause of the issue, especially given the file size.Thankfully, the problem seemed to quickly resolve itself, allowing players to finally sink some hours into one of the most highly-anticipated RPGs ever made.AdvertWhile PC players have been having a blast with the game, console players have a slightly longer wait on their hands.PlayStationusers will be receiving a port of the game in September following a small delay. AnXboxversion is also on the way, but Baldur’s Gate’s developers, Larian Studios, have said they don’t know when it’ll be ready for release.Luckily, there’s new evidence to suggest Xbox players will soon have access tothe first two Baldur’s Gate gamesthroughXbox Game Pass.Baldur’s Gate IIIis available right now on PC via Steam.Featured Image Credit: Larian Studios/SteamTopics:Steam,PC,Xbox,PlayStation
There were several reports of Steam outages yesterday, following the release of one of the most highly-anticipated games of all time.Baldur’s Gate IIIwas officially released forPCplayers yesterday, prompting thousands to start the stupidly large download and finally get their begin their 200-hour playthroughs.Take a look at the official trailer forBaldur’s Gate IIIbelowThere’s been an extraordinary amount of hype for the game, so much so that the developersoffered out sick notesfor players hoping for some time off to play the game.AdvertThe game’s download size has been a major talking about, as it’s absolutely enormous, rounding off at a ridiculous 122GB. Unless you’ve got a top-tier internet provider, it’s safe to assume you had a long wait ahead of you until the game was finally installed on your system.Some had to wait slightly longer though, as the thousands of downloads seemingly proved too much forSteam, resulting in crashes for a lot of people. Taking a look at theDown Detectorfor yesterday, it shows a massive spike of reported problems from 4pm-5pm, coincidentally whenBaldur’s Gate IIIwas made available to download.Baldur’s Gate IIIdidn’t allow pre-installs, so everybody being forced to download the game at once was presumably the cause of the issue, especially given the file size.Thankfully, the problem seemed to quickly resolve itself, allowing players to finally sink some hours into one of the most highly-anticipated RPGs ever made.AdvertWhile PC players have been having a blast with the game, console players have a slightly longer wait on their hands.PlayStationusers will be receiving a port of the game in September following a small delay. AnXboxversion is also on the way, but Baldur’s Gate’s developers, Larian Studios, have said they don’t know when it’ll be ready for release.Luckily, there’s new evidence to suggest Xbox players will soon have access tothe first two Baldur’s Gate gamesthroughXbox Game Pass.Baldur’s Gate IIIis available right now on PC via Steam.Featured Image Credit: Larian Studios/SteamTopics:Steam,PC,Xbox,PlayStation
There were several reports of Steam outages yesterday, following the release of one of the most highly-anticipated games of all time.Baldur’s Gate IIIwas officially released forPCplayers yesterday, prompting thousands to start the stupidly large download and finally get their begin their 200-hour playthroughs.Take a look at the official trailer forBaldur’s Gate IIIbelowThere’s been an extraordinary amount of hype for the game, so much so that the developersoffered out sick notesfor players hoping for some time off to play the game.AdvertThe game’s download size has been a major talking about, as it’s absolutely enormous, rounding off at a ridiculous 122GB. Unless you’ve got a top-tier internet provider, it’s safe to assume you had a long wait ahead of you until the game was finally installed on your system.Some had to wait slightly longer though, as the thousands of downloads seemingly proved too much forSteam, resulting in crashes for a lot of people. Taking a look at theDown Detectorfor yesterday, it shows a massive spike of reported problems from 4pm-5pm, coincidentally whenBaldur’s Gate IIIwas made available to download.Baldur’s Gate IIIdidn’t allow pre-installs, so everybody being forced to download the game at once was presumably the cause of the issue, especially given the file size.Thankfully, the problem seemed to quickly resolve itself, allowing players to finally sink some hours into one of the most highly-anticipated RPGs ever made.AdvertWhile PC players have been having a blast with the game, console players have a slightly longer wait on their hands.PlayStationusers will be receiving a port of the game in September following a small delay. AnXboxversion is also on the way, but Baldur’s Gate’s developers, Larian Studios, have said they don’t know when it’ll be ready for release.Luckily, there’s new evidence to suggest Xbox players will soon have access tothe first two Baldur’s Gate gamesthroughXbox Game Pass.Baldur’s Gate IIIis available right now on PC via Steam.
There were several reports of Steam outages yesterday, following the release of one of the most highly-anticipated games of all time.
Baldur’s Gate IIIwas officially released forPCplayers yesterday, prompting thousands to start the stupidly large download and finally get their begin their 200-hour playthroughs.
Take a look at the official trailer forBaldur’s Gate IIIbelow
There’s been an extraordinary amount of hype for the game, so much so that the developersoffered out sick notesfor players hoping for some time off to play the game.
Advert
Advert
The game’s download size has been a major talking about, as it’s absolutely enormous, rounding off at a ridiculous 122GB. Unless you’ve got a top-tier internet provider, it’s safe to assume you had a long wait ahead of you until the game was finally installed on your system.
Some had to wait slightly longer though, as the thousands of downloads seemingly proved too much forSteam, resulting in crashes for a lot of people. Taking a look at theDown Detectorfor yesterday, it shows a massive spike of reported problems from 4pm-5pm, coincidentally whenBaldur’s Gate IIIwas made available to download.
Baldur’s Gate IIIdidn’t allow pre-installs, so everybody being forced to download the game at once was presumably the cause of the issue, especially given the file size.
Thankfully, the problem seemed to quickly resolve itself, allowing players to finally sink some hours into one of the most highly-anticipated RPGs ever made.
Advert
Advert
While PC players have been having a blast with the game, console players have a slightly longer wait on their hands.PlayStationusers will be receiving a port of the game in September following a small delay. AnXboxversion is also on the way, but Baldur’s Gate’s developers, Larian Studios, have said they don’t know when it’ll be ready for release.
Luckily, there’s new evidence to suggest Xbox players will soon have access tothe first two Baldur’s Gate gamesthroughXbox Game Pass.
Baldur’s Gate IIIis available right now on PC via Steam.
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