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'''Early Access''', or ''EA'', is the funding and development model for games of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larian_Studios Larian Studios].
{{see also|:Category:Legacy Content|Cut and unimplemented content}}


'''Early Access''' is an ''unfinished'' and ''unpolished'' version of the main game. Players can help the development of the game by providing feedback or reporting bugs.
'''Early Access''', frequently abbreviated as '''EA''', is a funding and development model used by video games.


Larian Studios decided to follow this model for [[Baldur's Gate 3]] after seeing its continuous successes in their previous games: '''Divinity: Original Sin''' and '''Divinity: Original Sin 2'''.  
As like their two previous releases, ''Divinity: Original Sin'' and ''Divinity: Original Sin 2'', [[Larian Studios]] used the Early Access model for ''Baldur's Gate 3'', releasing an Early Access version of the game's [[Act One|first act]] on October 6th 2020.


The first released Early Access version of '''Baldur's Gate 3''' was on October 6th, 2020. Since then, Larian has released multiple patches fixing bugs and changing or adding content depending on the users' feedback. Many playable [[Character_Creation#Playable_Classes|Classes]], [[Character_Creation#Playable_Races|Races]], [[Companions]] and [[Quest]]s are not available in Early Access.  
Players could help with development by providing feedback or reporting bugs in-game.


Early Access version of Baldur's Gate 3 costs 60 US Dollars and will remain the same price on full release. Early Access buyers '''do not''' have to pay for the game again on full release.
Larian released multiple patches for Early Access, fixing bugs and changing or adding content, sometimes based on community feedback.
 
Updates of Early Access consist of '''Hotfixes'''; which are updates that focus on fixing a certain amount of usually game-breaking bugs or crashes, and '''Patches'''; which are updates usually surpassing 50 GB in size and added or vastly modified content and improved stability.


== Timeline ==
== Timeline ==
''Main page: [[Patch notes]]''
=== 2020 ===
=== 2020 ===
* '''February'''
* '''February'''
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'''23''': Release date for the full game is announced. Baldur's Gate 3 is planned to release on August 31, 2023. PS5 is also announced as one of the platforms, with this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-KF9iueE0&ab_channel=LarianStudios trailer].
'''23''': Release date for the full game is announced. Baldur's Gate 3 is planned to release on August 31, 2023. PS5 is also announced as one of the platforms, with this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-KF9iueE0&ab_channel=LarianStudios trailer].
* '''June'''
'''29''': The PC release date is moved to August 3, 2023 instead of August 31, while the PS5 date is delayed to September 6. The level cap is announced to be 12; [[Dragonborn]], [[Half-Orc]], and [[Dwarf#Duergar|Duergar]] are announced as playable races; [[Monk]] is announced as a playable class, and multiclass is confirmed; [[Karlach]] is announced as a [[Companions|Origin Character]] while [[Halsin]] and [[Minthara]] are promoted to [[Companions]]; new difficulty levels, [[Spells]], [[Feats]], and all release subclasses are announced.
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