I have honestly no idea how do you missed news of BG3 entering early access if you were paying any degree of attention to anything gaming-related in that timeframe, because that thing didn't exactly go unnoticed.
Gaming sites talked about it extensively, youtube channels drummed the news, the game was a top seller on Steam since day one of EA, etc.
I extensively watch several gaming news channels... Not once did I get mention of EA.
The game release? Sure, that was everywhere. But the EA? Not a peep.
Literally, I just went back through their videos and not a single one exists about BG3's EA. The time it was a thing, the news was all about the PS5 launch disaster. With the actual game news being dominated by Black Myth Wukong and Ghost of Tsushima.
Not even Steam promoted it to me.
The first time I personally heard about the EA was when the release date was announced and news sites picked up on this, then when manually checking the store page for it seeing it had EA.
Will EA and other testing phases be limited? If so, where can I check to find out the most up to date info on how to sign up?
Last I checked Larian EA's aren't limited. You just buy the game during EA and you get to play (Act 1 only).
As for keeping up to date, as soon as it's on Steam you can wishlist it and you'll get an announcement when EA goes live.
