Baldur's Gate takes you back to the Forgotten Realms campaign setting in a dazzling role-playing adventure, one that brings to life the grand tradition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game through intricately designed graphics, sound and play balancing. Immerse yourself in this quintessential medieval fantasy world, where nations hang in the balance of your actions, dark prophesies test your resolve, and heroic dreams can be fulfilled at last.
How often do you end up buying a bundle just for one or two games, despite already owning the four others included? I'm quite certain that I've bought Machinarium twice and World of Goo no fewer than three times, thanks to the curious nature of bundles constantly including games that have been bundled before -- so this Dungeons & Dragons bundle, which allows you to choose what to add from a list of specified games, is actually pretty damned cool. Read More »
Update: Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition will include "new original content in the spirit of the original game."
On February 28, a cryptic teaser site featuring the burning-eyed skull logo of Baldur's Gate appeared, sending old school RPG fans into a tizzy. Then yesterday, a countdown timer began ticking away to 3 p.m. EST -- just moments ago. Behold! The secret of the Baldur's Gate teaser countdown is: Your connection has timed out! Er, that can't be right. Hmm. After crashing repeatedly, the site is back up with nothing new save for another message in the source code: It is coming. Read More »
If GameSpy were a print publication I would yell, "Stop the presses!" Why? A new top story has emerged that's sure to get your PC gaming juices flowing: it appears a new Baldur's Gate game is on the way. Hit the jump for details. Read More »
Attention PC gamers still seething from BioWare's consolization of the Dragon Age franchise: the studio's seminal RPG experience, Baldur's Gate, is back and better than ever courtesy of of the BiG World Project, a comprehensive collection of the best mods ever created for the trilogy that allows gamers to relive the adventure on today's technology. Read More »
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: Released
Publisher: Interplay
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: Unreleased
Publisher: Interplay
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: Released
Publisher: Interplay
Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 24, 1998
Publisher: Interplay
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: Released
Publisher: Atari
Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 24, 1998
Publisher: Atari
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: Released
Publisher: Atari
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: Released
Publisher: Atari
Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 24, 1998
Publisher: Interplay
Expansion packs related to this game:
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (PC)
Pentium 120
Windows 95
16 MB RAM
200MB hard disk space
Pentium 200MMX
32MB RAM
8X CD-ROM
600MB hard disk space
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