Larian Studio was going to confirm the surprise release of Baldur's Gate 3 for Xbox at The Game Awards 2023. However, the announcement was made once the event was over for a reason: its developers forgot to make it after winning the Game of the Year award.

Larian forgot to announce Baldur's Gate 3 for Xbox after winning the GOTY

Swen Vincke, Larian's creative and director of the RPG, confessed after the award that he forgot to announce the release of Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox. The original plan was that, if they won the GOTY award, they were going to announce the game's surprise debut on Xbox Series X|S.

However, the developer agreed that he completely forgot about the announcement while giving his speech. Vincke not only forgot about the announcement because of the excitement of winning, but also because he decided to take time to make a tribute at the event.

The creative mentioned and highlighted the work of Jim Southworth, Larian's creative who passed away earlier this year. It was an emotional moment for all the studio's developers, who dedicated the award to their colleague. The community celebrated Vincke's gesture regardless of the lack of a stellar Xbox announcement.

"I had one job and that was to announce this if we won an award - sorry all but happy it's out there!" said Vincke in reference to the RPG's release on Xbox.

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Baldur's Gate 3 for Xbox was going to be a star announcement for TGA 2023