Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access Release Date and System Requirements Revealed

Larian Studios has announced that the Early Access phase for Baldur’s Gate 3 will begin on September 30th. According to the developers, the game will have over 45k dialogues and over 590 characters in Early Access.
The Steam page has also revealed the hardware that PC players will need to run the game.
Minimum requirements include an Intel i5-4690 or AMD FX 4350 along with 8 GB memory and an Nvidia GTX 780 or AMD Radeon R9 280X. The recommended requirements include an Intel i7-4770K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X with 16 GB of RAM and an Nvidia GTX 1060 with 6 GB VRAM or an AMD RX580. In both cases, players will need 70 GB of available hard disk space.
One important thing to note is that the minimum requirements may become even lower over time with improvements to performance. 
Minimum:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• Processor: Intel i5-4690 / AMD FX 4350
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 70 GB available space
• Additional Notes: The minimum requirements might decrease over the course of Early Access, as performance improves.

Recommended:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• Processor: Intel i7 4770k / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX580
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 70 GB available space
• Additional Notes: The recommended requirements might decrease over the course of Early Access, as performance improves.