The Bard’s Tale: Remastered and Resnarkled Now Available

While we still don’t know if Olde Skuul’s remastered editions of the original The Bard’s Tale trilogy will ever surface yet, we can at least enjoy inXile’s newly released “Remastered and Resnarkled” version of their 15-year-old action RPG of the same name. And if you already own the game on Steam, you’ll automatically receive the updated version at no cost:

Hi everyone, as part of our 15th Anniversary Celebration, we’re updating The Bard’s Tale with a new Remastered and Resnarkled Edition. This will be the new standard edition of the game. For those of you who already own The Bard’s Tale, no worries! Your version will be updated automatically for free!

The Bard’s Tale Remastered & Resnarkled features the following updates:
Updated splash screen and app icon.
Runs at highest desktop resolution by default without bringing up the Graphics settings app.
Graphics settings app updated to no longer incorporate legacy language settings. Instead, the Steam specified language is used which is the preferred method.
Full Steam overlay support (Shift + Tab).
Steam achievements & trading cards.
Additional language support for Italian.
64 bit OS’s no longer crash at startup.