Darren Monahan Interview

The Gamers Press had a chance to ask several questions of Darren Monahan, producer of the upcoming Playstation 2 game, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance. In the interview, Darren talks about the differences between the console game and its PC predecessors, among other things. Here’s a snippet:

Was Dark Alliance developed completely separate from the PC Baldur’s Gate games? If not, could you please let us know how experience with the PC titles helped (or hindered) development on Dark Alliance. Can any PC code actually be used for a PS2, or did you have to start from scratch?

Yes it was, and it was also developed by a different company. The Baldur’s Gate games on the PC were developed by BioWare Corp, while Dark Alliance is being developed by Snowblind Studios. Since the game is completely different in terms of interface, layout and design, everything was built from the ground up on Dark Alliance.