Baldur’s Gate 3 countdown: Exact start time and date

Baldur’s Gate 3 is releasing on Aug. 3 and fans of the RPG franchise are hyped as ever to dive into the new game.

Many fans, however, are confused about the exact start time and date for the full release of Baldur’s Gate 3. The start time and date are usually informed in time zones such as BST or PT, but players from different time zones also want to know when they’ll be able to play Baldur’s Gate 3.

To make it clear once and for all what is Baldur’s Gate 3‘s exact start time and date, we’ve brought to you the exact start time in a handful of timezones and the countdown below.

What time does Baldur’s Gate 3 release?

Larian Studios has published the official start time for Baldur’s Gate 3, which is a global release and will be available to players around the world at the same time. Release times can be seen below:

• 8am PDT (Los Angeles)
• 11am EDT (New York/Quebec)
• 12pm BRT (Rio De Janeiro)
• 4pm BST (London)
• 5pm CST (Berlin)
• 1am, Aug. 4 (Sydney)
• 3am, Aug. 4 (Auckland)

Related: How to delete Baldur’s Gate 3 save files

The Baldur’s Gate 3 countdown below tells you exactly how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds you have to wait until the full game releases.

Does Baldur’s Gate 3 have a preload option?

Developer Larian has recommended players who have taken part in early access uninstall their game and delete their save files to avoid issues at launch. Unfortunately, players will have to wait until the release time to start their download of the full game as a Baldur’s Gate 3 preload is not available. The game is also quite large, over 100 GB, so make sure you give yourself plenty of time to download it before you start playing.

When will Baldur’s Gate release for Xbox?

One of the saddest parts of the launch of Baldur’s Gate 3 is that we will be leaving our gaming brothers and sisters on Xbox behind. PlayStation fans will get it on September 6, but there is currently no release date for Larian’s epic RPG on Microsoft’s console. The reason is not some kind of exclusivity deal or anything annoying like that, but just technical limitations. The developers need to get splitscreen cooperative play working on the Series S before they can release on the consoles according to Michael Douse, director of publishing at the studio.

As such, Xbox players will just need to exercise some patience when it comes to this title. The good news is that there seems to be a new RPG game hurtling toward that platform in September to keep us all occupied.