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As Baldur's Gate turns 20, we remember why it was great

For he's a Gorion fellow!

Baldur's Gate is 20-years-old. The influential role-playing game came out on 21st December 1998.

Decorated designer James Ohlen retires from BioWare after 22 years

Oh no, not another one.

Another of BioWare's old-guard has left the building. This time it's James Ohlen, lead designer of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age: Origins, and director of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Ohlen leaves BioWare after a staggering 22 years.

Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear is out now

Classic RPG receives DLC 18 years on.

Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, the new official DLC to an 18-year-old RPG, has just launched on Steam for �14.99 / $19.99.

Baldur's Gate remade in 3D as a free Neverwinter Nights 2 mod

It only took seven years, the slackers.

Forget enhancing it - some glorious people have remade Baldur's Gate in 3D! And it's free!

BioWare's "increasingly toxic" forum repels Dragon Age writer David Gaider

"Perhaps there is something to be said about whether the games BioWare makes still satisfy our core fans."

David Gaider has worked at BioWare for 14 years. He first helped make Baldur's Gate 2 and now he's lead writer of the Dragon Age series of games. He's a part of the old BioWare and the new.

Planescape: Torment for $3.50 in GOG.com D&D sale

Icewind Dale! Baldur's Gate! Neverwinter Nights! TOEE!

The Dungeons & Dragons PC role-playing games that started it all have been discounted to dirt-cheap on GOG.com.

New Black Isle intends to make triple-A RPGs based on Interplay's IP

"It really feels like getting the band back together."

The newly resurrected Black Isle Studios intends to make triple-A role-playing games based on Interplay's intellectual property, it's said.

The writer who left BioWare: Eurogamer interviews Drew Karpyshyn

On poor fiction, text versus graphics, KOTOR, the Mass Effect 3 ending and Children of Fire.

Drew Karpyshyn not only resembles Commander Shepard facially - he created him. Drew Karpyshyn was one of BioWare's greatest ever writers. He was lead writer of cherished Star Wars role-playing game Knights of the Old Republic, and he was lead writer of Mass Effect 1, 2, and all the books in-between (not Deception). Along the way, Karpyshyn also influenced Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire and massive storied MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic - a job that meant he couldn't be a part of Mass Effect 3.

Forgotten Realms writer joins Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition team

Gross, Dave.

Dave Gross, a writer steeped in Dungeons & Dragons history, has joined the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition team.

Baldur's Gate 3 is "our long-term goal", says Beamdog

Former BioWare devs considering Kickstarter funding.

The developer behind the forthcoming Enhanced Editions of the first two Baldur's Gate titles eventually hopes to get a third game in the classic RPG franchise off the ground.

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition announced

UPDATE: Powered-up Baldur's Gate 2 coming as well.

UPDATE: The reveal website is now up and running and adds that an Enhanced Edition of Baldur's Gate 2 is also in the works.

"Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition will feature a re-forged version of the Infinity Engine with a variety of modern improvements," reads the official blurb.

ORIGINAL STORY: Classic '90s BioWare RPG Baldur's Gate gets a new Enhanced Edition this Summer, developer Beamdog has announced.