SKYBOUND GAMES AND BEAMDOG BRING CLASSIC DUNGEONS &
DRAGONS COMPUTER ROLE-PLAYING GAMES TO CONSOLES THIS FALL
Physical
and Digital Enhanced Editions of Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate: Siege
of Dragonspear, Baldur’s Gate ll, Planescape: Torment, Icewind
Dale, and Neverwinter Nights Coming to PlayStation®4, Xbox One and
Nintendo Switch
LOS ANGELES – May 31, 2019 – Skybound Games and
Beamdog announced today that enhanced editions of several classic Dungeons
& Dragons fantasy role-playing videogames – including Baldur’s Gate,
the Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear expansion, Baldur’s Gate II,
Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights –
will be available on consoles this fall and for the first time on both
PlayStation®4 and Nintendo Switch.
Physical editions of Neverwinter Nights:
Enhanced Edition will arrive at major retailers on Dec. 3, 2019, in North
America and Dec. 6 in other territories, while the other titles will arrive
earlier, on Sept. 24, 2019, in North America and Sept. 27 in other territories.
All physical editions will be released for the PlayStation®4 computer
entertainment system, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch™. Available for $49.99 each,
these special boxed editions include:
- The
Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition Pack: Celebrating the
series’ 20th anniversary, the original Baldur’s Gate:
Enhanced Edition and its sequel, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition,
return 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.
- Planescape:
Torment: Enhanced Edition / Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition: 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.
- Neverwinter
Nights: Enhanced Edition: The 2002 Computer RPG of the
Year and all its DLC deliver 10 standalone D&D-based adventures
featuring co-op and online multiplayer.
Tailored for a natural gameplay experience on
consoles, these enhanced editions give longtime fans and newcomers alike the
opportunity to play these critically acclaimed adventures from a golden age of
RPGs in a whole new way. Beamdog has upgraded all of the above titles 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 complete breakdowns of the content available with each title, visit: https://www.skybound.com/dnd-enhanced-editions
“It’s such a pleasure to celebrate the 20th
anniversary of one of the most legendary RPGs of all time, the original Baldur’s
Gate, as well as the iconic games it inspired, by bringing these special
enhanced editions to a new generation of players and platforms,” said Skybound
Games CEO Ian Howe.
“It’s been nearly two decades since Baldur’s
Gate was born from a D&D campaign between me and the game’s
co-creators,” said Trent Oster, Beamdog CEO. “The longevity of this series and
the games that followed has been both humbling and rewarding. Our team is
thrilled to continue that tradition by finally making this wealth of amazing
storytelling and gameplay available to everyone on modern consoles.”
Each game will also be available to purchase
for digital download individually upon release through the PlayStation®Store,
Xbox Games Store and Nintendo eShop.
About Skybound Games
Skybound Games is a division of Skybound
Entertainment that publishes videogames and tabletop games, focusing on unique
and exceptional independently developed IP. Skybound Games expanded into the
videogames space in 2018, led by CEO Ian Howe. The current slate of games
includes Slime Rancher by Monomi Park, Skullgirls by Lab Zero
Games, and Death’s Gambit with Adult Swim Games and White Rabbit.
Skybound Games also took ownership of Telltale’s The Walking Dead in
October 2018.
Tabletop games include The Grimm Forest
with James Hudson and Druid City Games, Pitchstorm with Ben Kepner, and Superfight
and Red Flags with Jack Dire.
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.
