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Baldur's Gate and Planescape Enhanced Editions Announced
Oct. 15,
in the year of our Lord 2019 (Los Angeles, Calif.) –
Skybound Games and Beamdog today announced that enhanced editions of
several classic Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing videogames –
including Baldur’s Gate, the Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
expansion, Baldur’s Gate II, Planescape: Torment, and Icewind Dale –
are now available on modern consoles for the very first time.
Available today globally these boxed versions can be purchased at
major retailers for $49.99 each on the PlayStation®4 computer
entertainment system, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch:
Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition Pack: Celebrating the series’ 20th
anniversary, the original Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition and its
sequel, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition, return with all DLC and
restored quest content, as well as the Baldur’s Gate: Siege of
Dragonspear expansion, featuring new original content developed by
Beamdog to bridge the two games.
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition / Icewind Dale: Enhanced
Edition: Two must-play games and all their DLC in one package – the
chilling Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, plus its expansions, and
the enhanced edition of 1999’s RPG of the Year, Planescape: Torment.
These titles are also now available for digital download on the
PlayStation®Store, Microsoft Xbox One Store, and Nintendo eShop.
Tailored for a natural gameplay experience on consoles, these
enhanced editions give longtime fans and newcomers alike the
opportunity to play these critically acclaimed adventures from a
golden age of RPGs in a whole new way. Beamdog has upgraded each
title with support for high-resolution widescreen displays, controls
optimized for console controllers, new content, new characters and
classes, expanded character creation options, redesigns of the UI
and UX, bug fixes, balance changes and more.
Skybound Games and Beamdog will also release fellow all-time classic
RPG Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on consoles on December 3,
2019.
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