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It’s been 17 years since the release of Baldur’s Gate, which, of course, makes this the perfect time for an expansion pack.
Last night, the folks at Beamdog—best known for releasing Enhanced Editions of the two Baldur’s Gate games—announced Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, a new entry in the series that’s set place between BG1 and BG2. Siege of Dragonspear will run on the Infinity Engine, they say, and it’ll tell a new story after the death of Sarevok but before the rise of Irenicus.
In case you’re not familiar: the Baldur’s Gate games are top-down isometric RPGs that follow strict D&D rules and let you pause during combat. They’ve held up really well today, especially BG2, which remains one of the greatest games ever made.
And now we’re getting a new one, developed by some ex-BioWare folks who have spent the past few years porting and enhancing those old Infinity Engine games. Says Beamdog:
The events between Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition are at last revealed in this exciting new expansion to the original game.
Though Sarevok is dead and his plan for war averted, peace eludes the citizens of Baldur’s Gate. A crusade marches in the north, seizing supplies, forcing locals into military service, and disrupting trade along the Sword Coast. A charismatic warrior known as the Shining Lady leads this army, her background shrouded in mystery. Can the rumors be true—is she, like you, the child of a god?
The closer you get to the Shining Lady, the more you realize your father, the dead Lord of Murder still casts a long shadow upon your path. Baldur’s Gate has put its faith in you, but you must determine whose interests you truly serve before you face the Shining Lady among the ruins of Dragonspear Castle…
Isometric RPGs sure are making a comeback, huh? There’s no firm release date yet, but the folks at Beamdog say Dragonspear will be out relatively soon for PC/Mac/Linux and then later this year for iOS/Android too. Hopefully it will be a worthy addition to the franchise.
Sega have registered the website domain www.dawnofwar3.com, presumably in advance of a new Space Channel 5 game announcement.
OK, so it might well mean a sequel for Relic’s muscular strategy game is on the cards—Company of Heroes 2 was a while ago, after all. Whois Lookup states that the domain was registered back in 2011 by Sega of America, and updated on March 26th of this year. Meanwhile, the registrant’s email address appears to be that for Relic’s IT department.
While Sega could just be registering the domain to protect it from squatters, a couple of years ago Relic did say that a new entry in the series was a “strong possibility”. If you’re wondering why you should be excited about a third Dawn of War, then you should grab the first and second games on STEAM while they are on sale.
Xbox One is getting a completely redesigned dashboard later this year, featuring a vertical design separated into four different tabs, including a new Quick Menu, Home, Community and Store.
Cortana will also be introduced with the new dashboard, allowing players to find friends and start parties using their voice and if you are interested, Avatars are also coming back with a new modernised look for Xbox One.
At 5pm British Time today (15th June), gaming’s biggest event of the year, E3, officially kicked off for 2015. Half an hour later, it was Microsoft taking the stage for the first Press presentation of this year’s expo.
The Redmond-based company started their 90-minute session this year with some big guns, in a World Première showcasing game-play footage of Halo 5: Guardians. Microsoft are bigging this up as the first Halo title to be exclusive to XBox One, and for the next five minutes we were treated to a sample of the kind of guns blazing action we can expect from the title. Courtesy of Kotaku, we bring you the footage of the entire five-minute playthrough:
Halo 5: Guardians will be in stores from October 27, 2015.
