BG3 will release 7pm CET, 1pm EST, 10am PST on August 3rd. That means Asia will get BG3 very late on the 3rd and Eastern Australia 3am August 4th.
The reason is that Steam are located in PST and can only support the release from the morning their time. I guess they expect server download issues they have to address immediately.
Larian wanted the release during the morning in Europe and midnight US east coast, but that would be 9pm in Bellevue near Seattle on the west coast where Steam is located. I guess nobody at work when a 150 GB game releases is a recipe for disaster. So Larian wisely decided to postpone the release a few hours.
I've purchased on GOG. Any idea what time this will launch there? They are Europe based so I guess they wouldn't have a problem launching in the morning CET?
