Completing Baldur's Gate 3: Solving a Five-Year-Old Leak

Baldur's Gate 3's release date was displayed in a public place several years before the game's launch, but „no one found it”

Baldur's Gate 3 launched in August 2023, but - as it turns out - the release date was made public long before the official announcement. And not in documents or files, but... on a bottle of whiskey.This info Baldur's Gate 3's release date was displayed in a public place several years before the game's launch, but „no one found it” was first published on Gamepressure.com 10 July 2025.

Completing Baldur's Gate 3: Solving a Five-Year-Old Leak

Five years ago, before Baldur’s Gate 3 was officially released, Larian Studios’ publishing director, Michael ‘Cromwelp’ Douse, had a few too many drinks at a bar and wrote the release date on a whisky bottle. It would have been a strange leak if someone had discovered it, but no one did. According to GamesRadar+, Douse thinks it’s lucky that this careless act slipped by, as it could have led to problems for him and the studio. He tweeted, “In re…

Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Leaked Release Date Five Years Ago, But No One Noticed

Having trouble viewing the text? You can always read the original article here: Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Leaked Release Date Five Years Ago, But No One Noticed Larian Studios, the team behind Baldur’s Gate 3, has surprised fans with a strange story about the release of their successful RPG. Almost two years after the game was officially released in August 2023, one of the developers shared that the release date had actually been right in front of eve…

Baldur's Gate 3 dev secretly wrote the D&D RPG's release date on a whiskey bottle in a bar 5 years ago, but somehow "nobody found it" and it "never leaked"

"Maybe I did it again? Who knows"