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Baldur’s Gate 3 special leave request is actually getting approved

Sometimes all you have to do is ask

Marco Wutz

Baldur’s Gate 3 special leave request is actually getting approved
Baldur’s Gate 3 special leave request is actually getting approved /

Happy Baldur’s Day, everyone! That’s right, Baldur’s Gate 3 launches later today – and early tomorrow in some places around the world – and that’s an occasion to be celebrated. That’s why developer Larian Studios has provided a template for a “Request for Special Leave Baldur’s Day Dispensation” on its website, which players can fill out and send to their bosses for approval in the hopes of getting the day off.

You might say that this is simply a silly marketing stunt and that this would never actually work, right?

Well, sometimes all you have to do is ask. Aarik Dorobiala, a senior community manager at Obsidian Entertainment, filled out the template and filed it with his supervisor Mikey Dowling, who promptly approved the request and stated that he’d have his stamp “ready and waiting” for further requests.

Obsidian, of course, is itself known for making epic RPGs such as The Outer Worlds, Pillars of Eternity, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, so it’s no wonder that the studio can appreciate the massive importance of Baldur’s Day for Larian and the world.

Baldur's Gate 3 special leave request.
Anyone can download and file the request thanks to Larian's template / Larian Studios

Larian better approve similar leave requests for the release of The Outer Worlds 2 in the future.

Baldur’s Gate 3 releases on August 3, 2023, on PC and will launch on PS5 on September 6, 2023. The Xbox Series X|S version is still in development.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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