Enhanced Editions of Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, Baldur’s Gate ll, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights Coming Later This Year to PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
June 27, 2019 (Los Angeles, Calif.) – Skybound Games and Beamdog today announced four new Enhanced Edition Collector’s Packs with exclusive physical bonuses for several classic fantasy role-playing video games inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. Celebrating the enhanced edition console debuts of the iconic Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear expansion, Baldur’s Gate II, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights later this year,these Collector’s Packs are available to pre-order now for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
Skybound Games has also released a new Enhanced Edition Collector’s Pack video hosted by DC Daily and Syfy Wire star Whitney Moore, featuring interviews with Beamdog CEO Trent Oster and voice artist Mark Meer (Alveus Malcanter and Baeloth the Entertainer), as well as Ivan Van Norman of Geek & Sundry and others:
Beamdog Enhanced Edition Collector’s Pack Details:
All four Collector’s Packs are now available to pre-order exclusively for Skybound Insiders for a limited time on Skybound.com. Pre-orders will open to the general public tomorrow, June 28, and will last until August 2 or sold out. Each Collector’s Pack includes enhanced editions of their respective games, as well as exclusive physical items unique to each game world.
- Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition Collector’s Pack ($99.99): Includes the original Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition and its sequel, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition, with all DLC and restored quest content, as well as the Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear expansion, featuring new original content developed by Beamdog to bridge the two games. Physical items include a Bhaalspawn Medallion, Set of 3 Pins, Engraved Metal Dice Set, Parchment Style Map, Faux Leather Journal featuring the Baldur’s Gate emblem and exclusive art, and 3 Hero Cards of Minsc & Dynaheir, Wilson & Imoen, and Viconia.
- Planescape: Torment / Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition Collector’s Pack ($99.99): Includes two must-play games and all their DLC in one package – the chilling Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, plus its expansions, and the enhanced edition of 1999’s RPG of the Year, Planescape: Torment. Physical items include a Lady of Pain Medallion, Set of 2 Pins, Engraved Metal Dice Set, Parchment Style Map, Faux Leather Journal featuring the Planescape Torment/Icewind Dale emblems, 3 Hero Cards of Lady of Pain, Morte and the Nameless One, and a Morte Squishy Stress Ball.
- Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Collector’s Pack ($99.99): The 2002 Computer RPG of the Year and all its DLC deliver 10 standalone D&D-based adventures featuring co-op and online multiplayer. Physical items include a Neverwinter Nights “Eye” Medallion, Set of 2 Pins, Engraved Metal Dice Set, Parchment Style Map, Faux Leather Journal featuring the Neverwinter Nights Eye emblem, and 3 Hero Cards of Deekin, Aribeth and Valsharess.
- Ultimate Enhanced Edition Collector’s Pack ($199.99): Includes Enhanced Editions ofBaldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, Baldur’s Gate ll, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights. Physical items include Engraved Metal Dice Set & Beholder Dice Tray, Morte Squishy Stress Ball, Parchment Style Map, Faux Leather Journal with Beholder emblem, Set of 2 Pins (Bhaalspawn and Lady of Pain), and 4 Lithograph Prints featuring fan-favorite characters from each game.
Tailored for a natural gameplay experience on consoles, these enhanced editions give longtime fans and newcomers alike the opportunity to play several critically acclaimed adventures from a golden age of RPGs in a whole new way. Beamdog has upgraded each title with native support for high-resolution widescreen displays, controls optimized for console controllers, new standalone content, new characters and classes, new voice sets, expanded character creation options, improved multiplayer functionality, redesigns of the UI and UX, bug fixes, balance changes and more.
For more information about the contents of each Collector’s Pack, visit https://www.skybound.com/dnd-enhanced-edition-collectors-packs.
In addition to the Skybound.com-exclusive Collector’s Packs outlined above, Skybound Games will release standalone boxed versions of Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition and Planescape: Torment/Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition at major retailers on Oct. 1, 2019, in North America and Oct. 4 in other territories. Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition will release Dec. 3, 2019, in North America and Dec. 6 in other territories for PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. More information about these standalone boxed editions can be found at https://www.skybound.com/dnd-enhanced-editions.
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About Skybound Games
Skybound Games is a division of Skybound Entertainment with the capabilities to license and produce tabletop and video games. The team works closely with creators to expand their unique and exceptional IP to new platforms. On the licensing side, they also work with the industry’s leading publishers, developers, and investors to extend Skybound’s library of IP across all gaming platforms.
Skybound’s The Walking Dead has been expanded across platforms including a mobile game with Scopely, a PC/console game with Telltale, and a card game titled The Walking Dead: Something to Fear coming in 2019. Additional projects on the video game slate include Slime Rancher, Baldur’s Gate, and Super Dinosaur. The current tabletop slate includes The Grimm Forest, Pitchstorm, and Superfight. Skybound Games can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
About Beamdog
Beamdog is a Canadian video games studio located in Edmonton, Alberta. Founded by veteran game developers Trent Oster and Cameron Tofer, Beamdog has grown into one of the largest game studios in Alberta. Beamdog creates compelling game experiences for our fans, wherever they choose to play. Since 2009, our team of artists, designers and developers have crafted original content and engineered enhanced editions of classic games. We’re best known for bringing beloved Dungeons & Dragons role-playing games like Baldur’s Gate and Planescape: Torment back to life on desktop and tablets. Visit our website, www.beamdog.com, for more details.
