Xbox has issued a one year ban to a player for capturing gameplay clips from Larian Studios’ role-playing game, Baldur’s Gate 3.
The Xbox player in question, who goes by the name of Daddy-Vegas on Reddit, shared that they received a ban for recording three gameplay clips during their session with Baldur’s Gate 3. Each of the clips included footage from a camp scene involving nudity and sexual interactions between the game’s characters.
The Reddit user pointed out that, by default, Xbox uploads all captured gameplay clips to its server for easy access and sharing. Each clip that had been uploaded counted as a different infraction, and Xbox ended up issuing a one year ban to their account. They have since turned to the appeal process, hoping that the decision to ban their account can be reversed upon inspection. As of now, they can’t play any game that requires a network connection. They mentioned that they had invested a lot of time and money in Call of Duty over the last 6 months, and the continued ban would make it all worthless.
It does appear that the content uploaded via the player’s Xbox account was erroneously flagged as inappropriate, and the likely scenario is for them to be unbanned. However, it remains to be seen whether this will be the case.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is based on the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop fantasy role-playing system. Initially released in early access for macOS and Windows in October 2020, the game saw its full release for Windows in August 2023. Subsequent releases for PlayStation 5, macOS, and Xbox Series X/S followed later that year. Players can choose to play solo or team up online with others, forming a party with one of their characters.
The game features a versatile quest system that offers multiple approaches to resolving most quests. Players have the freedom to eliminate almost any non-player character, irrespective of their significance to the narrative, and still progress through the game. Divided into three acts, each set in a distinct region of the world, the game adopts an open-world format within these acts. This allows players to tackle quests in virtually any sequence.