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It seems that Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 is joining the ranks of PS5 Pro Enhanced titles for Sony’s new console. Alongside games like Helldivers 2 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the game appears set to receive some form of enhancement for the new Sony console.
Baldur’s Gate 3 PS5 Pro support
While unconfirmed by developer Larian Studios, multiple fans have noticed a “PS5 Pro Enhanced” label for Baldur’s Gate 3 on the PlayStation Store.
With only a couple handfuls of games confirmed for PS5 Pro support, this supposed update should be exciting for customers of the very first pensive games console.
While Baldur’s Gate 3 very likely won’t be able to hit the heights of 8K rendering seen in Gran Turismo’s update, it’ll be great to see any update to the game.
Due to the console’s large CPU bottleneck, Larian’s Pro enhancements may not solve framerate issues in NPC heavy areas, but the added GPU power should fix some heavy drops during effects-heavy scenes.
Whatever the case, even a small boost in visual fidelity will be great to see for Larian’s breakout RPG. However, it’s worth noting that the game already looks spectacular on the base machine.
More updates on the way
Alongside the alleged PS5 Pro update, Larian is still working on additional patches for Baldur’s Gate 3. As the studio moves to the early stages of development for its next title, BG3 isn’t being left behind with new features—such as a photo mode—still being worked on.
Larian Studios’ next game isn’t expected to release until 2028 at the earliest, but the team may take even longer. With the game planned to be even bigger than
For more content surrounding Larian’s brilliant RPG, read about the cut content mod bringing scrapped scenarios back to the game. For something a bit more whacky, there’s also a mod that spreads a pandemic across the Sword Coast, or another that adds functional Pokeballs to the role-playing game.
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Baldur’s Gate 3
- Platform(s): macOS, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox Series X
- Genre(s): Adventure, RPG, Strategy
