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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnSeptember 1, 2016

A Thorough Look at the Baldur’s Gate Series

Videogame critic and YouTube Noah Caldwell-Gervais — who some of us remember for his for the most part excellent video essays and retrospectives that are unfortunately often marred by low production values — has published a thorough look of the…

ByBuckGB
OnJuly 30, 2016

BioWare Forums to be Shuttered

A post on the official BioWare blog brings word that the EA-owned developer intends to shutter their long-running forums on August 26th of this year. I can’t say that I spent more than a brief period of time on the…

ByBuckGB
OnJune 30, 2016

Baldur’s Gate Infinity Collection Bundle Now Available on Steam

I highly doubt that anyone reading this very newsbit right now hasn’t played at least one of the Infinity Engine games, and it wouldn’t surprise me if everyone here already owns most of the games within the classic RPG collection,…

ByBuckGB
OnJune 11, 2016

Beamdog Hiring for Unannounced Dungeons & Dragons CRPG

Thanks to a tweet by David Gaider, we now know that Beamdog is actively recruiting for “an upcoming (and currently unannounced) CRPG in the Dungeons & Dragons universe.” Does that mean we’re in store for an enhanced edition of Icewind…

ByBuckGB
OnMay 22, 2016

Sidequests and Other Distractions: The Erosion of Meaning in CRPG Quests

This recent and lengthy editorial points to the way in which quest design and execution have been handled in virtually every CRPG since the 1990s, in particular how dozens of even hundreds of side quests have caused us to neglect…

ByBuckGB
OnMay 18, 2016

Baldur’s Gate Series and Infinity Engine v2.2 Patch Released

The team at Beamdog has released another extensive patch for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition, Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, and the Infinity Engine as a whole, bringing the entire Forgotten Realms-based RPG series up to…

ByBuckGB
OnMay 1, 2016

Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate II, and Icewind Dale Definitive Editions Debut

There doesn’t seem to be any indication that the Enhanced Editions over on Steam are going to get the same treatment and include the original games, but an update to the previous announcement on GOG alerts us to the fact…

ByBuckGB
OnApril 15, 2016

Baldur’s Gate Series and Infinity Engine v2.1 Patch Released

While the newly released v2.1 patch includes a significant number of fixes and gameplay tweaks for Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, the patch notes also outline the many other enhancements it brings to the table for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, Baldur’s Gate…

ByBuckGB
OnApril 7, 2016

Beamdog Issues Statement Regarding Siege of Dragonspear Controversy

Whether or not you support or are dismayed by the content that’s bubbled up into an apparent controversy following the release of Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, it’s pretty easy to well up a substantial amount of respect for a developer who listens to…

ByBuckGB
OnApril 5, 2016

Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear’s Social Themes Incite Controversy

Nearly 18 years after the original Baldur’s Gate debuted, you would think that everyone would be celebrating the fact that it just received a new expansion pack in Siege of Dragonspear. But not everyone is quite so pleased with the…