Baldur’s Gate 3 promo artwork
A rumor was floating around that mammoth Dungeons and Dragons adventure game “Baldur’s Gate 3” was coming to the iPad — but that has since been squashed by the publisher.
Apple is doing what it can in hardware to attract AAA game developers to Mac, iPad, and iPhone. It has gone so far to develop a game porting kit, which has been co-opted by enterprising users to port just about anything that run on Windows to Apple Silicon, albeit unofficially.
And, rumors developed a few days ago that it was coming to iPad in early 2025. That rumor appears to have not passed its saving throw versus death, however, with the killing blow made by Larian Studios’ head of publishing himself.
System requirements are relatively modest, requiring only a M1 with 8GB to play — but a M1 Pro or better is recommended. Storage requirements are less modest, with the drive footprint hitting 150GB — and it must be SSD storage.
