Developer- and Publisher-specific Articles: Baldur’s Gate

Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition to launch for OS X this week

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Beamdog and Overhaul Games’ updated and beefed-up Baldur’s Gate re-release, Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, will be available for OS X on February 22. This initial release date is only for Beamdog.com, with the Mac App Store launch slated for a later, unspecified date. The Enhanced Edition adds the Black Pits, an arena challenge, new party members, new dialog, and various tweaks.

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(PC Review) Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition

(PC Review) Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

“In attempting to create a version of Baldur’s Gate playable on all modern systems with a minimum of fuss, Overhaul Games has unfortunately succeeded only in half-measures.”

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Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition launches on Beamdog for PC

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Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, the Overhaul Games-developed update of BioWare’s landmark RPG, has launched on Beamdog. The $19.99 update features chanced graphics, tweaked menus, new allies, new quests, new Black Pits arena challenges, and the ability to co-op multiplay across all supported platforms.

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Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition begins pre-loading, trailer released

Overhaul Games has announced that pre-loading is officially a go for their updated version of Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition. The Beamdog exclusive will launch on November 28 for $19.99, offering players a chance to experience BioWare’s 1998 role-playing classic in a whole new light with updated graphics and menus, as well as new allies, new quests, new Black Pits arena challenges, and the ability to co-op multiplay across all supported platforms—Android, iPad, Mac, and PC.

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GOG.com launches Dungeons & Dragons stacking promo

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PC gamers in the market for some classic role-playing games on the cheap would do well to check out GOG.com’s latest stacking promo for Dungeons & Dragons titles. As with prior similar sales, the discount increases with each game purchased—buy one to save 30% or all nine to save 65%. The discount also applies for games previously purchased.

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Overhaul Games to update Baldur’s Gate I and II

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Overhaul Games will be following up their recent MDK 2 HD re-release with another from BioWare’s library. And not just one, either, but two: Baldur’s Gate I and II. The studio, founded by BioWare alumni, will be releasing updated versions of both titles, dubbed Baldur’s Gate I: Enhanced Edition and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition. Both versions will feature a “re-forged” version of the famous Infinity Engine, offering “a variety of modern improvements,” and will be handled by some of the team members behind the original series.

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