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MeizMeiz Registered User regular
edited September 2012 in Social Entropy++
Something is happening over here:
http://www.baldursgate.com/

Pre-order link:
http://www.beamdog.com/products/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition

The site has sprung to life again.

A single quote is found on the site along with the iconic logo:

"The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny, chaos will be sown by their passage."
So sayeth the wise Alaundo


Beamdog with Trent Oster, one of BioWare's former veterans, had little to say other than there will be an announcement soon

http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/107098-baldurs-gate-website-surfaces-announcement-coming-soon.html

Kotaku reports there is something interesting in the web's code:

\Shadowy Figure- Raise Dead : Infinity Engine
For years, I clung to the memory of it. Then the memory of the memory.
And then... it returned. Better than it was before.

http://kotaku.com/5889146/baldurs-gate-website-lurches-to-life-is-a-new-game-rising

So it seems like they may be resurrecting the Infinity Engine for further adventuring. Perhaps with a new D&D rule set?

Another thing I found out from all this is that the classic games will be coming to Steam. I'm wondering if they will offer some multiplayer.

Are you intrigued?


UPDATE: (Release date has changed)

There's a bunch of shit added on the site, check it out.

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
For Windows
November 30th
$19.99 USD


Pre-Purchase Now!
•Save $2 off the regular price of $19.99
•Receive a special forum badge.
•Pre-load the game to get it first.

Since its initial release in 1998, Baldur's Gate has entertained millions of fans around the globe, and has received countless awards. This classic saga of mystery, intrigue, and adventure has set the standard for Dungeons & Dragons™ computer role-playing games ever since.

Running on an upgraded and improved version of the Infinity Engine, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition™ includes the entire Baldur's Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion pack, and never before seen content including a new adventure, and three new party members: The Calishite Monk Rasaad yn Bashir, Neera the Wild Mage, and Dorn Il-Khan, the evil blackguard.

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for Windows contains the following enhancements:

•New Adventure: The Black Pits
•New Character: Dorn Il-Khan
•New Character: Neera the Wild Mage
•New Character: Rasaad yn Bashir
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•A new collection of player character voice sets
•Native support for high resolution widescreen displays
•Over 400 improvements to the original game
•Improved multiplayer support, with connectivity between all platforms
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for Windows will be available as a direct download from Beamdog, with no client install necessary. Pre-purchasing will allow you to preload the game, so you can access it immediately after release.



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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    BioWare will never stop trying to take my money, will they?

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    I regret not completing all of the Baldur's Gate games. I think I'm going to have to track down I, II and whatever else you people recommend.

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    Oh my goodnesssss

  • RetabaRetaba A Cultist Registered User regular
    I will never stop giving Bioware my money, will I?

    :P

  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    yes

    yes yes yes

    yesssssssss

  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    ...for the eyes...

  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    It's not a new Baldur's Gate.

  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    I

    LOVE

    BALDUR'S GATE

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    yes yes yes

    the infinity engine games were the best things to come out of bioware

    I'm guessing an app-store version for tablets

    but I'm hoping for a HD PC remake

    but I'm secretly wishing for a glorious singleplayer CRPG sequel that's as big as BG1+BG2+ToB that's just as deep and big and complex with a full six player party and designed from the ground up to use the mouse and still from an isometric perspective with loads of quests and text and oh god oh ogog oghgdfdsfhsduahuagaulaghagluaghagagau

  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    Dream scenario : BG3. Same engine. Same mechanics. New story. New environments.

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited February 2012
    Langly wrote: »
    I

    LOVE

    BALDUR'S GATE

    YOU ARE WRONG

    I

    ROLO

    AM THE BIG BALDUR'S GATE FAN

    BEHOLD MY VAST LET'S PLAY SERIES

    WITH CLASSIC SINGLE PLAYER AND CUSTOM MULTIPLAYER PARTIES FOR ALL TASTES



    Brolo on
  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    I am disappointed when any game is not baldur's gate.

    My main complaint with DA2 was that it became less baldur's gate than the first game, and so I hated it.

  • RetabaRetaba A Cultist Registered User regular
    Rolo wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    I

    LOVE

    BALDUR'S GATE

    YOU ARE WRONG

    I

    ROLO

    AM THE BIG BALDUR'S GATE FAN

    BEHOLD MY VAST LET'S PLAY SERIES

    WITH CLASSIC SINGLE PLAYER AND CUSTOM MULTIPLAYER PARTIES FOR ALL TASTES



    Do you... do you actually have this? I would be interested in watching.

  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Rolo wrote: »
    yes yes yes

    the infinity engine games were the best things to come out of bioware

    I'm guessing an app-store version for tablets

    but I'm hoping for a HD PC remake

    but I'm secretly wishing for a glorious singleplayer CRPG sequel that's as big as BG1+BG2+ToB that's just as deep and big and complex with a full six player party and designed from the ground up to use the mouse and still from an isometric perspective with loads of quests and text and oh god oh ogog oghgdfdsfhsduahuagaulaghagluaghagagau

    STOP ROLO YOU'RE JINXING IT

  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    It's not a new Baldur's Gate.

    Trent said this:
    "We're not related to the Steam complete edition, I can tell you that much. Other than that, we're hoping to announce something soon."

    So, independant former BioWare producer, stating they're not related to the complete edition and they will be saying something about it soon.

    That's all we have for now.

  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    time stop
    improved alacrity
    dragonbreathmeteorabidhalzims

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    I am

    interested in this

    I missed the Baldur's Gate train the first few times around

    Looking forward to catching it this time, whatever it is

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Dream scenario : BG3. Same engine. Same mechanics. New story. New environments.

    yes scarab yes

    let's just hug each other now and dream

    dream of an impossible future

  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    My dream scenario for this: Arcanum sequel. Just wanna rol up in that world again

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Rolo wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    I

    LOVE

    BALDUR'S GATE

    YOU ARE WRONG

    I

    ROLO

    AM THE BIG BALDUR'S GATE FAN

    BEHOLD MY VAST LET'S PLAY SERIES

    WITH CLASSIC SINGLE PLAYER AND CUSTOM MULTIPLAYER PARTIES FOR ALL TASTES


    NO ME

    I AM THE BIGGEST BG FAN

    Oh my god I <3 it so much

    Still no other game comes close
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    I regret not completing all of the Baldur's Gate games. I think I'm going to have to track down I, II and whatever else you people recommend.
    All of it

    But mainly I, II and Throne of Bhaal

    Tales of the Sword Coast I never completed mainly because just by playing the first game I always maxed out my level, and it doesn't add to the story in the way ToB does

  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    I don't want to wake up. You can't make me.

    cBY55.gifbmJsl.png
  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    lostwords wrote: »
    My dream scenario for this: Arcanum sequel. Just wanna rol up in that world again

    You know what made me sad? Learning that Troika planned to do a VTM: Bloodlines-esque FPSRPG set in the Arcanum universe

    And by sad I mean I actually looked skyward and screamed

    cBY55.gifbmJsl.png
  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    Edcrab wrote: »
    I don't want to wake up. You can't make me.

    Stand.

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    They'd have to work reaaaaally hard to make a story as great as being a child of Bhaal and growing through being a useless teenager to almighty powerful god-like creature though

    oh man they'd be so much better at party characters now though

    also can I please have a planar sphere again

    and my own keep of which I am lord

  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    KalTorak wrote: »
    time stop
    improved alacrity
    dragonbreathmeteorabidhalzims

    wizard 4 lyfe

  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    Hm, are these available on Steam?

  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    Hm, are these available on Steam?

    They're on GOG, with no DRM, IIRC.

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    I should commission a Bhaal themed beanie for your baby, Rachel

    the tiniest lord of murder

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited February 2012
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Edcrab wrote: »
    I don't want to wake up. You can't make me.

    Stand.

    You will suffer!

    You will ALL suffer!

    Edcrab on
    cBY55.gifbmJsl.png
  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    Edcrab wrote: »
    lostwords wrote: »
    My dream scenario for this: Arcanum sequel. Just wanna rol up in that world again

    You know what made me sad? Learning that Troika planned to do a VTM: Bloodlines-esque FPSRPG set in the Arcanum universe

    And by sad I mean I actually looked skyward and screamed

    This just ruined my day. Goddamn that would have been amazing. And buggy as shit. But amazing nonetheless

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Also Throne of Bhaal has Watcher's Keep

    best

    dungeon

    ever

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular

    Janson wrote: »
    They'd have to work reaaaaally hard to make a story as great as being a child of Bhaal and growing through being a useless teenager to almighty powerful god-like creature though

    oh man they'd be so much better at party characters now though

    also can I please have a planar sphere again

    and my own keep of which I am lord

    yeah they can't possibly continue the ToB storyline given how it all goes down at the end

    but damn I'd love to have my power team back

    Viconia
    Korgan
    Edwin
    Keldorn
    Sarevok
    My PC as a Monk/Assassin/Archer/Swashbuckler

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    This has me wanting to play BG again

    My heart is still broken from my savegame that I'd imported from BG1 and was about 3/4ths of the way through BG2 being lost, though.

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    I need to actually try and do a whole playthrough

    the remastered BG1 is rather tempting

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    I regret not completing all of the Baldur's Gate games. I think I'm going to have to track down I, II and whatever else you people recommend.

    For real.

    Great news if they're coming to Steam, too.

    Shit I didn't even make it thought Planescape and I feel bad because everybody says Planescape is so good.

  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    Also Forgotten Realms is cool as fuck and I loved the Godswar series of novels that set up Baldur's Gate's story like whoa.

  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited February 2012
    Janson wrote: »
    Also Throne of Bhaal has Watcher's Keep

    best

    dungeon

    ever

    I wish they had adapted the original Tomb of Horrors for BG at some point

    But Watcher's Keep was basically the closest we got, and it was soooo gooood

    Solar on
  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    so this is an iphone port or

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    I regret not completing all of the Baldur's Gate games. I think I'm going to have to track down I, II and whatever else you people recommend.

    For real.

    Great news if they're coming to Steam, too.

    Shit I didn't even make it thought Planescape and I feel bad because everybody says Planescape is so good.
    I didn't make it through Planescape either, not a fan of the setting or premise

    Baldur's Gate is an immensely playable series; sure, the writing may not be as great, and the dialogue seems pretty cheesy at times, but it has a fantastic learning curve (IMO) and you really get to grow with your character.

  • LegbaLegba He did. Registered User regular
    Oh man. Looking forward to whatever this is!

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