Larian seems to be cooking a Baldur’s Gate 3 holiday special for Patch 5

Withers’ Epilogue Party Extravaganza?
Larian seems to be cooking a Baldur’s Gate 3 holiday special for Patch 5
Larian seems to be cooking a Baldur’s Gate 3 holiday special for Patch 5 /

It’s no secret that Larian Studios wants to publish the fifth big update for Baldur’s Gate 3 this week. In fact, the Belgian developer has already announced some of the things players should expect to find in Patch 5, such as a fix for Astarion’s miserable attempts at kissing someone or an end to the performance problems caused by player crimes.

What Larian teased now, though, is new: It seems to be an invitation of sorts to an event called “Withers’ Epilogue Party Extravaganza” coming with Patch 5. The ticket features Withers’ head with an adorable party hat next to a speech bubble proclaiming “Fun is mandatory!” Oh, boy.

Baldur's Gate 3 Withers' Epilogue Party Extravaganza invite.
Yes, this is a thing / Larian Studios

What else does the ticket tell us? Bringing our living friends, huh? Alright, not attending this one in my Dark Urge playthrough, then. Reminiscing by the campfire? Again, not exactly going to be festive as Dark Urge, as all there is to remember is blood and gore. Dressing to impress? Now there’s something even the biggest murder hobo on the Sword Coast can do, presuming you picked up all those precious outfits you could loot along the way. Okay Withers, we’re in!

Why is Withers the one hosting a happy holiday feast? Hard to say, honestly. Does being undead mean that he’s very traditional? Did his unending wisdom bring him to the conclusion that what’s really important about this whole adventure has been the friends we made along the way? Doesn’t matter. We seem to be getting more content, and that’s all that counts.

Aside from the release of Patch 5, which Larian has stated to be quite substantial, it’s going to be a busy end of the year for Baldur’s Gate 3: It will finally come to Xbox Series X|S and is set as one of the big favorites to win some prestigious trophies at The Game Awards 2023.

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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