Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition to feature new content from ex-BioWare team
Jeremy Peel March 15, 2012 - 9:25 pmNews: Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, announced this evening, is to feature new content from members of the BioWare team who made the original game.
Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition is a technically remastered version of the classic ’90s RPG, and features new content put together by members of the original BioWare team. What’s more, the team have plans for a Baldur’s Gate 3.
The Enhanced Edition comes from Overhaul Games – the development wing of Beamdog, the digital distribution service headed by ex-BioWare man Trent Oster.
The game will run on the 2D, isometric Infinity Enhanced – an upgraded version of the engine which also powered Planescape Torment and the Icewind Dale series – and will include the original’s expansion, Tales of the Sword Coast.
A Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition is also in the works, which will incorporate Throne of Bhaal, the sizeable expansion which concluded the series.
“We’re pulling in a few members of the original team to work on the title(s). We’ve had the code for a while,” Oster told BeefJack.
“We’ve been working on it for a while. Took me over a year to get all the people to the table to cut the deal.”
Said Oster on Twitter: “We want #BG3 as well. [The Enhanced Edition] is part of the master plan.”
The Enhanced Edition is slated for a Summer 2012 release date. It’s coming to PC via Beamdog, with other platforms to be confirmed on the official site on Thursday next week.
You can keep up with news on Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition here at BeefJack.
