Baldur's Gate 3 players collectively hallucinate a Valentine's Day release for Patch 6, despite Larian's chaotic Pingu posting

Patch 6 of Baldur's Gate 3 is releasing sometime this week—though if you asked the community around 24-48 hours ago, they'd say it's slated for Valentine's Day. Those of you with an eye on your calendar may notice that date is long-gone, with nary a patch note to be spied.

That's because Larian Studios never actually confirmed the date. Instead, the community simply hallucinated one based on what I can only describe as vibes. Now in fairness, the Baldur's Gate 3 Twitter account did tease us with the phrase «love is in the air in Faerûn», but still.

The great wheel of conspiracy was grinding a full day before that, however, when one dyingome on Twitter made a bold prediction that Patch 6 would hit on February 14. Larian Studios would later reply with a well-placed picture of beloved children's television mascot (and meme icon) Pingu the Penguin.

Pingu's second appearance occurs in a reply to SergeantDaynes, with Larian making use of a gif of the penguin staring dead-eyed towards the reader like a threat. Fittingly, the gif's origin comes from a video by Telepurte set to Mozart's Lacrimosa, which Google tells me is Latin for «weeping».

Larian did some pot-stirring itself over the course of the week, posting some previews of Patch 6's updated smooching animations. These included a slightly awkward pecking of the shoulder blades from Shadowheart (she has amnesia, it's not her fault) and an Astarion scene that's so chemically engineered towards a certain kind of person that it's weapons-grade. Not that I'd know anything about that.

I suppose you’ve earned it