Baldur's Gate II

Baldur’s Gate Original Edwin Portrait Revealed

The latest post on Beamdog’s official blog, the Beamblog, is mostly dedicated to talk about Fantasy Grounds, an application designed to help players of tabletop role-playing games play their campaigns online. What’s of interest to us, however, is the fact…

Why Are RPGs so Hard to Classify and Evolve?

Felipe Pepe, driving force and editor behind the upcoming CRPG Book, has shared an editorial/rant (by his own admission) on Gamasutra. In the article, Pepe traces a brief history of role-playing video games to explain why the genre is so…

Minsc and Boo to Make Another Appearance… in Ravenloft

It’s hard to imagine our friends Minsc and Boo living out their eternal friendship in anywhere but The Forgotten Realms, but according to Jim Zub’s announcement of a new Dungeons & Dragons comic book series, they’re about to be drawn…

The Familiar CRPG Industry Magazine Launches

The team at Beamdog let us know that they’ve launched a new digital magazine called The Familiar, which will focus articles, interviews, game content, fiction, and more for the increasingly popular CRPG industry. The first installment is available for free…

The 50 Most Important PC Games of All Time

Starting in 1962 and running the gamut all the way to present day, the editors at PC Gamer have cranked out a list of what they feel are “the 50 most important PC games” to ever grace the platform. The…

Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear Interview

On page five of the fifth installment to Wizards of the Coast’s digital Dragon magazine, we hear from Beamdog’s Trent Oster and Amber Scott about their upcoming Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear expansion pack, from its original conception to its…

Eight of the Greatest RPG Franchises of All Time

Mass Effect, Fallout, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Pokemon, Baldur’s Gate, Final Fantasy, Ultima, and The Elder Scrolls round off The Escapist’s list of “The Greatest RPG Franchises of All Time”. There are some glaring absences, but I…