Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity Original Sin - Beta When the game actually release?

Once features stop changing significantly, it will be much less likely that any updates will break saved game compatibility. Also, for any post release patches, if the save format is changed Larian would be able check the save version when loading and make adjustments if required; during the alpha it is not practical to maintain filters for previous save formats, which would need to deal with things like Abilities being changed or removed, equipment requirements being changed, etc.