Baldur's Gate 3 file size is humungous, and you can't pre-install

Uh oh. Baldur’s Gate 3 has been confirmed to have a whopping file size - and you can’t pre-install it.

Last month, it was unveiled that the upcoming Baldur’s Gate 3 will take a very hefty 200 hours to complete according to Larian Studios. That is a full completion time so naturally, if you focus on the main objectives, you should be able to speed that up. Still, it’s hugely exciting to know we have such a massive world to dive into. On top of that, we also know that the game will boast over 17,000 endings. When you consider that last year, The Quarry caused a stir with its 186 endings, this is quite the upstaging. Of course, those 17,000 endings won’t all be drastically different. There’ll be variations included. Clearly though, so many of us are excited to dive into Baldur’s Gate 3 - but it’s going to take some time on release day before we can actually do that.

Take a look at the trailer for Baldur’s Gate 3 below.

Larian Studios have confirmed that Baldur’s Gate 3 has a 122GB file size, yikes. Not only is that going to cause a whopping dent in your device storage, you also won’t be able to pre-install the game. Yes, that means on release day, you’re going to have to patiently (or impatiently) wait for it to install.

As reported by PC Gamer, the announcement was made via a community update, which read, “Baldur's Gate 3 will launch on August 3 at 5pm Gent time, or your non-Belgian timezone equivalent as shown above. There will be no pre-loading of the game before then."

Other global launch times highlighted by Larian include: Dublin at 4PM, New York at 11am, Los Angeles at 8AM, Rio De Janeiro at 12PM, Quebec at 11AM, and Kuala Lumpur at 11PM. Tokyo players will gain access on August 4 at 12AM, while Sydney’s launch will take place at 1AM on the same day, as will Auckland’s at 3AM. Got all that?