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Baldur’s Gate 3is being released by Spike Chunsoft in Japan sometime later this year. The famous video game publisher will be teaming up with Larian Studios to localizeBaldur’s Gate 3in Japanese on the PS5.
Spike Chunsoft is a Japanese video game localization and development company that works primarily with RPGs, adventure games, and visual novels. It has developed or published many famousJRPGs including multipleDragon QuestandPokemon Mystery Dungeontitles, and has published many Western games in Japan, includingDivinity: Original Sin 1and2–two other CRPGs developed by Larian Studios.
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Now, Spike Chunsoft is bringingBaldur’s Gate 3to Japan as well. In a post on its official Twitter page, Spike Chunsoft revealed it is working on a PS5 version of the hit CRPG for its Japanese audience. This localization is currently planned to release sometime this year after Japan’s Computer Entertainment Rating Organization screens it, and promises more concrete details soon. Spike Chunsoft only announced aPS5 version ofBaldur’s Gate 3for the time being, though a PC release could theoretically happen sometime in the future.
Besides Divinity: Original Sin, Spike Chunsoft is responsible for bringing several other well-known games to the Japanese audience:
Many gamers in Japan are understandably thrilled thatBaldur’s Gate 3with its near-perfect review scoreis going to be localized there. That said, many players are holding their breath in hopes that a PC version might follow sometime afterward. Additionally, with the Xbox version ofBaldur’s Gate 3still a ways off, Japanese fans of the Microsoft console aren’t sure if they will be able to play the game yet either. Either way, getting the chance to play it in their native language is something many of these fans didn’t know they would be able to do at all–even if some of its more explicit content is cut by the CERO as it was in titles likeCyberpunk 2077.
Hilariously, Spike Chunsoft’s version ofBaldur’s Gate 3will be the only physical version of the game in existence right now. The release of Larian’s hit CRPG was entirely digital, with no hard copies available in actual stores anywhere else in the globe. Players who still like collecting physical boxes and discs will be able to do so withBaldur’s Gate 3soon, but they’ll have to get it shipped from Japan.
Baldur’s Gate 3is out now for PC with a PS5 version coming September 6. An Xbox version of the game is also in development.
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