Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios is keenly conscious of the mods that exist for the Dungeons & Dragons-based role-playing recreation. They’re all unofficial, in fact, residing within the mod financial institution that’s Nexus Mods—however not for lengthy. The studio mentioned that official mod assist is coming to the critically acclaimed recreation, although exactly when remains to be up within the air.
Larian Studios’ director of publishing Michael Douse took to the positioning that we nonetheless name Twitter on February 22 to share the information. He mentioned that though there’s no pinned-down date for official mod assist proper now, the “strong” modding system will come out later this yr and can work throughout platforms. Take that, PC gamers. (I child.)
“We usually don’t discuss issues til they’re prepared, however as you could have learn, we’re making an exception,” Douse tweeted. “We’ve been engaged on a sturdy, cross-platform plan for mod assist to be launched later in yr. We love our modding group and we wish to assist them. It’s coming.”
Douse adopted up this publish with one other one, saying that the staff has a system in place for mod assist proper now however that it “must be examined and nonetheless requires work.” That mentioned, Douse reiterated Larian Studios’ love of the modding group, clarifying that group managers will begin “speaking with and looping in [the] modding group” to make sure that issues don’t break when mod assist arrives.
In response to Eurogamer, Larian Studios’ senior group strategist WombatMedic mentioned within the Baldur’s Gate 3 Discord that the staff is working diligently to make sure that mods work even after patches get utilized to the sport by “farming a staff to assist mod curation.” Some mod assist concepts on Larian Studios’ docket embrace “issues like lessons, UI, customization, spells, and sure property and recreation mechanics,” WombatMedic mentioned, with the present plan being to introduce the “preliminary phases of modding assist in our subsequent large patch.” This, although, remains to be a methods away, so don’t maintain your breath simply but.
Baldur’s Gate 3 has been a runaway success for Larian Studios because it totally launched on PC in August 2023 after spending almost three years in Early Entry. It’s since shimmied over to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S, promoting like gangbusters and snatching up a bevy of accolades, together with a number of Recreation of the Yr awards. With official mod assist coming, the recognition of this recreation doubtless isn’t dying out anytime quickly.
