Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition Announced

[Squidbot]

In January this year fans of Bioware's seminal Dungeons and Dragons adaptation; Baldur's Gate, were excited by the appearance of a new Baldur's gate website.

The rumour mill has been churning ever since, but now Atari and Wizards of the Coast have cast some light on what to expect.

Atari, Wizards of the Coast, and Overhaul Games are pleased to announce work has begun on the Enhanced Edition of Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II.

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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 roleplaying games ever since

RE-FORGED BY OVERHAUL GAMES
Overhaul Games has assembled a talented team of artists, programmers and designers to enhance this timeless classic. To remain true to the spirit of the game, the team includes original Baldur’s Gate developers.

RELIVE THE MOST EPIC STORY EVER TOLD
Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition™ and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition™ will feature a re-forged version of the Infinity Engine with a variety of modern improvements.

THE GREATEST ROLEPLAYING GAME OF ALL TIME, ENHANCED
For all information regarding Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition™ visit www.baldursgate.com, for press inquiries contact baldursgate@beamdog.com.

This is potentially a controversial move, as what exactly will be enhanced is not yet known, and the apparent lack of involvement by Bioware themselves is bound to be a divisive issue given fan response to their latest release.
More about miniature giant space hamsters as we get it.

Source: http://www.baldursgate.com/

[Philonious]

Then again Beamdog is made up of former Bioware people and, I believe, Trent Oster was one of the original devs. The also did the HD polish of MDK2.

[SonofSeth]

I love this news. I tried playing Baldurs Game last year because I missed it when it was big and I just couldn't get over the graphics. I hope this includes HDfication so I can enjoy it.

[Narradisall]

I will have to buy this, probably my favourite RPG of that time. I do hope they add the late patched dev improvements to the end of Throne of Baal

[SilentScreams]

Just fix the pathfinding and I'm happy. I've never seen worse pathfinding than BG 1&2.

[Chris_D]

I think the interface needs some modernising but I would be interested in this, BG2 being one of my absolute favourite games of all time.

[Khrymsyn]

Go for the eyes, Boo! GO FOR THE EEEEEEYES!!!!

[Squidbot]

Thank you, Khrymsyn, I was waiting for that.

[Narradisall]

I love when you tried to move him in the inventory.

"Squeek!"

[Gorvi]

I'm looking forward to this as I never played the games when they were out originally. This looks like a nice opportunity to make up for that.

[Chris_D]

Shame on you! But, seriously, they were some of the best times I had during university. Really!

[Illuminus]

Originally Posted by SilentScreams

Just fix the pathfinding and I'm happy. I've never seen worse pathfinding than BG 1&2.

THIS! A year ago i attempted my first play through... didn't mind the graphics, but the path finding.. the horror!

[Chris_D]

I found it worse in BG1. It felt like they realised by BG2 that making dungeons consist of a lot of narrow passages was a bad idea.

[Panthera]

You know you can increase the pathfinding in options for faster CPUs, right? Though it won't totally stop the party shuffle-dance.

[MosBen]

I'm sorry to say that I bought BG 1 & 2 and Planescape when they came out, played a few hours of each, but then got distracted. By the time I came back to them years later, I didn't like the interface and the graphics were bothersome. I read somewhere else yesterday that they're adding new content to the games, which is nice, but I really hope they do more than just as a bit of spit polish to the engine.

I do, however, really like that we're starting to see more remakes/HD editions of older games, and I hope it continues with more classic games.

[Exodus]

I can't wait to see what they do!

[MagGnome]

I really enjoyed the first Baldur's Gate, although I never played the sequel.

I've seen rumors elsewhere that this could be released on iOS or even Facebook. I hope neither of those is true, eep!

[Gorvi]

Originally Posted by MagGnome

I've seen rumors elsewhere that this could be released on iOS or even Facebook. I hope neither of those is true, eep!

This trend really needs to stop.

[Xydarc]

Cautiously optimistic about this. Heavy on the bottom cautious.

Sent from my mobile. Forgive, or don't, any spelling/grammar errors.

[Exodus]

Originally Posted by Gorvi

This trend really needs to stop.

Yeah I really don't see what the problem is exactly. It's petulant.