Baldurs gate: timer finished, aaaaand guess what!!

[Seraj]

http://baldursgate.com/

Site getting a lot of traffic.....

 

[Seraj]

hmmm..... above picture courtesy of tbreak.

 

[Seraj]

So does this mean a HD remake or what?

Cause I would love a HD remake.

I was expecting a kickstarter announcement. But I'm cool with a HD remake.

Captcha: Think twice

 

[Seraj]

Hey....

If any of you guys inspected the HTML you would have noticed the following:

 

[DustyDrB]

I've heard on a podcast or 30 that this is a certain Escapist staff member's favorite game. Wonder what he's thinking...

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Didn't we already get an HD remake? HD fan mods have been out for this game since...forever. My girlfriend recently played through it at 1600x1050.

Little underwhelming, tbh.

 

[Seraj]

I have my doubts that it is a HD remake... If it was a HD remake surely it would be Baldur's Gate HD or something with HD in the title?

I'unno... personally, from the HTML I found I think its a little more.

 

[Aisaku]

Excellent! Does it say which platform is this going to be on?

 

[Pearwood]

This is good news.

 

[Seraj]

Didn't we already get an HD remake? HD fan mods have been out for this game since...forever. My girlfriend recently played through it at 1600x1050.

Little underwhelming, tbh.

So does this mean a HD remake or what?

Cause I would love a HD remake.

UPDATE: We still don't know much, but a Beamdog rep has told Joystiq that the new game will be more than just a graphical overhaul. "This is the Enhanced Edition, it's not a repackage," the rep said. "We have the original source code and are doing a significant update."

"Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition is going to have new content for the game you love," Beamdog chief and Baldur's Gate veteran Trent Oster tweeted following the announcement, "made by some of the original team members."


Yeh, I stole this, so what? ; )

 

[veloper]

If this enhanced edition is an accurate transition to 4th edition D&D, I might be interested.

 

[Lilani]

Replace "Murder" in that poster with "Mordor" and you've got the premise of the Lord of the Rings.

 

[Seraj]

http://baldursgate.com/news/2012/03/15/announcing-baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition/

Basically it's a totally rebuilt graphics engine:

"Overhaul Games has assembled a talented team of artists, programmers and designers to enhance this timeless classic. To remain true to the psirit of the game, the team includes original Baludr's Gate developers.

Relive the most epic story ever told - BD:EE will feature a re-forged version of the Infinity Engine with av ariety of modern improvements."

Found this on reddit/r/games

Can't comment in the article because captcha isn't working for me... but feel free to share.

Thanks Wolfram!