Baldur's Gate 3 director meant to announce the Xbox version at The Game Awards, but completely forgot

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Swen Vincke paid tribute to a Baldur's Gate 3 dev who passed away

Larian CEO accepts an award for Baldur's Gate 3 while wearing armor
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Baldur's Gate 3's game director was meant to announce the Xbox version's release date last night at The Game Awards 2023, but he plum forgot.

Last night, Baldur's Gate 3 lead Swen Vincke was in Los Angeles to accept the Game of the Year award on behalf of all the developers at Larian. Apparently, Vincke was supposed to announce that the RPG was out on Xbox right then and there, as he was accepting the award, but by his own admission, he just plain forgot.

That's right - Larian's RPG was stealth-launched for Xbox Series X/S consoles yesterday, December 7, as a complete surprise. We had no idea the huge game would be released then and there, but we knew Larian was slated to make some big announcement about the port at the awards ceremony.

What Vincke did do with his acceptance speech, though, was pay tribute to Larian cinematics director Jim Southworth, who sadly passed away earlier this year. There are a few people in the responses to Vincke's tweet above praising the Baldur's Gate 3 director for paying tribute to Southworth in his acceptance speech.

A fair few people are incredibly frustrated at The Game Awards ceremony itself. Vincke was seemingly ushered offstage by a countdown, being told on a monitor only visible to those on stage to "wrap it up" after the countdown timer had concluded. Many people wish the organizers behind the ceremony had given Vincke more time for his speech.

Vincke said in his acceptance speech that he "didn't expect" the win. Baldur's Gate 3 took home the grand prize award over other games like Alan Wake 2 and Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

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Hirun Cryer
Hirun Cryer
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Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.