Website Teases New Baldur's Gate ... Something - UPDATED

[Quellist]

Seeing as Bioware are just whores for EA now, i cant see how this is likely to be good in any way. Baldurs Gateark Alliance 3 perhaps?

Or Baludurs gate 3 in the style of Dragon Age 2? perhaps Baldurs gate the FPS with RPG elements?

Either way count me nonplussed until i see more evidence this isnt going to be some kind of horrible cash in.

*Edit* Read its not bioware, *Whew* i'll leave the bleak predictions there for shits and giggles but now i know its ex-bioware employees i'm hesitantly hopeful

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

If it is a sequel they better not use 4.0e rules for their stats! DOWN WITH 4-OH!

I hadn't even considered that side of things before you mentioned it...

Baldur's Gate with 4th Ed rules...

...

*shudder*

It ... it ... it's just too horrible to imagine.

That possibility is lodged in my brain now. You're a bad person.

 

[Thoric485]

BioWare don't even own the Baldur's Gate rights, Atari does.

It would be great to see Obsidian make a true Baldur's Gate III and snag the whole of BioWare's old fanbase, but it's probably just a HD remake.

Honestly, I've been around the internet for awhile now, and yet how or why people do things like check the HTML source code for a website promoting a game from 1998 is still beyond me. Still, I can't say that I'm sad someone took the time. Almost any Baldur's Gate news is good news, at least in my book.

Yeah, what was found out so far, I was thinking about making a Post on the forums yesterday but didn't:

http://www.chromewhois.com/domain/baldursgate.com

8707 99 Ave.
Edmonton, AL T5H 4N5
Canada
Registered through: Go Daddy
Domain Domain Name: BALDURSGATE.COM
Created: 27-Oct-11
Expires: 27-Oct-13
Updated: 05-Jan-12
Administrative Contact:
Oster, Trent

http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,52489/

Trent Oster started in the game industry in 1994 and worked the majority of his career at BioWare. Through that period he has worked as a Development Studio Owner, an Artist, Programmer, Project Director and Director of Technology. After working at on the titles Shattered Steel and Baldur's Gate he led the development of Neverwinter Nights from concept to completion.

Following NeverWinter Nights, Trent completed two expansion packs and moved into the Project Director role on the next generation BioWare Eclipse Engine. Following the initial feature completion on the Eclipse Engine Trent moved on to doing a new, unannounced project which was cancelled in 2009 by EA. Trent left BioWare in 2009 and started up a digital distribution portal called: Beamdog. Trent is currently the co-owner, Creative Director and Director of Business Development at Beamdog.

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Trent had previously made MDK2 HD: http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/10/more-damn-kharacters-overhaul-games-trent-oster-on-putting-the-hd-into-mdk2-hd/

Also Trent tweeted that it ain't related to Baldur's Gate on Steam: http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/107098-baldurs-gate-website-surfaces-announcement-coming-soon.html

We're not related to the Steam complete edition, I can tell you that much. Other than that, we're hoping to announce something soon.

Also... this ain't likely related to anything BiowEAr, so stop fawning about them, they'll continue to make TPS-Shooters and to be honest I want Nu-Bioware that made Dragon Age 2 as far away as possible from this...

Quoted for truth.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

Knowing BioWare lately, it will be Baldur's Gate 3, but it will be a hack and slash with emo characters and we'll have to pay £30 for day one DLC for each party member.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

I don't want a graphically enhanced Baldur's Gate 1 and 2. I have those games already. I don't give a fuck about graphics. I want a new Baldur's Gate game.

 

[Candidus]

If they do a reboot, I'll be skeptical but open.

Unless the Hamburger Helper is involved. In which case, I'll know that it's sub-fanfiction quality garbage way ahead of time, and will avoid it like the black death.

 

[CoL0sS]

Well I never tried mods for BG games so I can't comment on necessity of HD re-release. However I'd be curious to see how they plan to make a 13 year old game look fresh. I'll patiently wait for more news. Prospects are too beautiful to contemplate.

 

[ChadSexington]

I posted this thread fairly recently: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.351701-Rumors-of-a-new-Baldurs-Gate-game#13924879

I stand by what I said, I'm very excited.

 

[ChadSexington]

This is not Bioware.

1) This is being handled by Beamdog. That means that at best, this is a port.

2) Bioware does not have a license to do any more D&D work. They don't even own any of the characters or any IP outside of the actual engine used to create Baldur's Gate. The game name is a registered trademark of Wizards of the Coast. I think the only thing EA is allowed to do is port the existing game to other platforms, like what they've done previously.

3) I find it hard to believe people in this day and age still think Faerun, D&D, etc, are owned or controlled by Bioware. Bioware can't make any kind of Baldur's Gate sequel without getting a license--that's why they created Dragon Age, they simply don't own that property and want to own their own IP.

I'm also amazed by those same people. Seriously a quick google search will find that. Bioware themselves have said they don't have the licence. It's like all those people who jump on silicon knights for not making Eternal Darkness, a game they don't have the license to. Also thanks for pointing out it's from Beamdog. I just googled them and found 3 different news articles about this.
http://www.vg247.com/2012/02/29/baldurs-gate-announce-incoming-from-beamdog/
http://www.gamespot.com/news/baldurs-gate-project-in-the-works-at-beamdog-report-6354851
http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/107098-baldurs-gate-website-surfaces-announcement-coming-soon.html
Considering they are made of ex Bioware employees that makes sense. Still wondering what their project is supposed to be. Though not having played Baldur's Gate myself (couldn't get any mods working) I don't know anything about it but I at least like RPGs and since Dragon Age Origins was basically Baldur's Gate (from what I've been told) I suppose I might like this as long as it's done right.

This is just an opinion before I get told off (though I doubt I will) but Dragon Age had nothing on Baldurs Gate. Nothing. So yeah, if you like RPG's Baldurs Gate is up there as one of the best in my opinion.

 

[D Moness]

Knowing BioWare lately, it will be Baldur's Gate 3, but it will be a hack and slash with emo characters and we'll have to pay £30 for day one DLC for each party member.

Ah based on the 4th edition of D&D then


If it is going to be a reboot please don't be based on the 4th edition >.> we already have WoW games and clones enough

 

[Knight Templar]

If they do a reboot, I'll be skeptical but open.

Unless the Hamburger Helper is involved. In which case, I'll know that it's sub-fanfiction quality garbage way ahead of time, and will avoid it like the black death.

Did you ever even play DA:O?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

So your move everyone who said they would boycott Bioware/EA after ME3

*cries*

It's not fair!!!

Dammit, I will stay strong.

 

[tmande2nd]

Ah yes the moans of the offended masses screeching about something that came out a while back like it will somehow change things. Much like after the release of Episode 1 really.

Correct me if I am wrong, but EA owns Bioware, and EA does not release anything on Steam anymore.
Or does someone else hold the rights to Baulders Gate?

Probably it will be an HD re-release, but I would not be shocked if its BG3.
Though I would prefer a Jade Empire 2 first.

 

[Candidus]

If they do a reboot, I'll be skeptical but open.

Unless the Hamburger Helper is involved. In which case, I'll know that it's sub-fanfiction quality garbage way ahead of time, and will avoid it like the black death.

Did you ever even play DA:O?

Yeah, as a matter of fact I did. And its disastrous sequel, which like most victims of it I quite regret. DA:O was an alright game viewed in isolation, but it isn't the equal of Baldur's Gate in terms of scale, quantity or quality of content, voice work or script and narrative by a long, long, long way.

Bioware is not a company with writers capable of repeating that standard at the moment. I'd love for the truth to be different, I'm just willing to accept the abundant evidence that it isn't.

The idea of that Twilight worshipping buffoon working on a Baldur's Gate successor makes me violently ill. With good reason.

 

[Fappy]

If it is a sequel they better not use 4.0e rules for their stats! DOWN WITH 4-OH!

I hadn't even considered that side of things before you mentioned it...

Baldur's Gate with 4th Ed rules...

...

*shudder*

It ... it ... it's just too horrible to imagine.

That possibility is lodged in my brain now. You're a bad person.

It had to be said! D:

 

[chiefohara]

I've played Baldurs gate 1, and loved it, can't quite get into Baldurs gate 2 but after i finish Mass Effect 3 i may try again to do so.

Im not sure what to make of this to be honest, If there was a Baldurs gate 3 i'd be open minded enough to support it, but from what i've been told the Ending for 2 was perfect, and beautiful closure for a well beloved series is a rare thing indeed.

 

[Ramith]

All the logic in the world will not stop me from wanting a new Baldur?s Gate game.

You can tell me it can?t possibly stand up to BG2.

I don?t care.

I want it.

But it?s looking like it?ll be some kind of snazzy re-release, which doesn?t mean much to me. My BG2 is modded to the hilt. I couldn?t go back to playing vanilla.

 

[cidbahamut]

Baldur's Gate has concluded. I wouldn't want to see its serene slumber disturbed. Nothing good can come of this.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

If it is a sequel they better not use 4.0e rules for their stats! DOWN WITH 4-OH!

I hadn't even considered that side of things before you mentioned it...

Baldur's Gate with 4th Ed rules...

...

*shudder*

It ... it ... it's just too horrible to imagine.

That possibility is lodged in my brain now. You're a bad person.

It had to be said! D:

Well, there is that. But even by (rightly) opposing 4th Ed, one must bring up 4th Ed.

[sub]And someone from Bioware could be listening...[/sub]