Larian Studios has deployed another crucial update for their critically acclaimed RPG, Baldur's Gate 3, targeting persistent technical issues reported by the game's dedicated community. Despite having moved on to new projects, the developer maintains its commitment to the 2023 Game of the Year winner, ensuring its longevity through regular maintenance updates.

Following the substantial Patch 8 release in April 2025, Larian Studios has shifted focus to new intellectual properties, though support for Baldur's Gate 3 remains active. The game continues to demonstrate remarkable staying power, with monthly peak concurrent players consistently above 100,000 and lifetime sales surpassing 15 million copies worldwide. While no additional story content is planned, these quality-of-life updates ensure the Dungeons & Dragons adventure remains stable for both new and returning players.

The latest hotfix addresses several technical concerns across all platforms, with Larian providing detailed patch notes on Steam. This maintenance update primarily focuses on resolving crashes, including issues that occurred when changing input modes during multiplayer sessions or when suspending the game during region transitions on Xbox. The patch also improves stability for split-screen players using DLSS on Vulkan and addresses a cross-play configuration bug. Interface improvements include the removal of developer placeholder text from certain tooltips.

As multiplayer games dominate the market, Baldur's Gate 3 stands as a testament to the enduring appeal of single-player narratives. Game director Swen Vincke recently challenged the notion that single-player experiences are declining, asserting that quality storytelling and gameplay will always find an audience - a principle demonstrated by the game's continued success alongside other 2025 single-player hits.

While fans hoped for story expansions, Vincke has confirmed no planned DLC for Baldur's Gate 3. The franchise's future remains uncertain as Larian won't develop Baldur's Gate 4, though publisher Hasbro has expressed interest in continuing the series with other studios. This leaves the gaming community curious about who might next helm this beloved RPG franchise.

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch Notes for Hotfix #32 (May 20, 2025)

MODDING

Toolkit

The update to the toolkit will begin rolling out later today

• Fixed a potential crash caused by entering invalid control characters when renaming or creating resources.

GAME

Crashes and Performance

• Fixed a crash when changing input mode while launching a multiplayer game.
• Fixed a crash on Xbox cross-play when suspending the game while transitioning between regions.
• Fixed a crash when playing on split-screen with DLSS on Vulkan.
• Fixed some potential crashes and performance issues as a result of auras trying to apply themselves to items that can't have auras.

New Subclasses

• Fixed a bug causing Starry Forms to be removed by the Shadow Curse.

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug on multiplayer where the client's avatar would appear invisible until they moved around.
• Fixed a bug causing the game world and the Main Menu background to appear black after you return to them from Character Creation.

Cross-Play

• Fixed a bug letting you enable cross-play and invite players while running a non-cross-play session. If you want your friends to join you in an existing campaign, you'll need to make sure the save you want to use has cross-play enabled.

UI and Tooltips

• Fixed some developer text appearing on the Upcast Bonus tooltip when upcasting Shadow Blade.
• Fixed a bug causing the latest savegame to get deleted instead of the currently selected one if you quickly spam the delete button.
• Fixed the 'Enable' button being greyed out in the Mod Verification window while using a controller.
• Made sure the Direct Connect option doesn't show up in the cross-play settings, where it is not possible to use.

Art

• Half Plate Armour +2 having missing material for male halflings and causing clipping on female gnomes.