Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian is revamping its patch deployment process after a recent hiccup. The studio had to retract Hotfix 4 due to crashes, temporarily locking players out of saves made during the update.

Addressing the situation, Larian conveyed in an update on Steam, "We recognize the frustration caused by this and want to apologize. That's why we're changing things up… Hotfix 4 went through a rigorous QA pipeline and was confirmed for release. However, a last-minute version number change led to compiler corruption, causing unexpected crashes."

To prevent future incidents, the studio pledged, "Any change to future versions will undergo our comprehensive QA pipeline, including in-house QA, automated and unit testing, and save-game compatibility testing."