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I thought it was a hint toward BG3 personally. Unless they're gonna do something about the archaic game engine, BG in HD is...meh.

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@ The CrimsomBlade
No, it's got nothing to do with Bioware. Trent Oster is ex-Bioware. His studio is called "Overhaul Games", which ironically hints that unfortunately, it will indeed be some kind of superfluous HD remake.

If you do the research, you'll see that he's already had a meeting with Atari. Furthermore, the fact that Trent prefers BG1 to BG2 gives more credence to the idea that it'll be a remake.

https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23baldursgate

I was hoping for another Infinity Engine game based on the source code stuff from the baldursgate.com website (Raise Dead: Infinity Engine!). BG3 at this point, wouldn't make any sense. I guess it's a case of watch this space and we'll see what happens.

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Many people forget that Atari talked previously about how they plan to churn out more BG and NWN's titles. It was a few years back now. Here's an old link.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/...ghts-planned/1

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Maybe people forgot about it because nothing came of what they promised. ;)

Same goes for J.E Sawyer's Black Hound project - which was originally going to be BG3 (despite not continuing the storyline in any way) but got cancelled. Years later, Josh altered some of the content from the Black Hound proect into a still unfinished module for NWN2. Kind of understandable though given Sawyer's other big projects at Obsidian.

Here's some concept art for the original BG3 (Or Project Jefferson) that was abandoned.
https://plus.google.com/photos/11507...785?banner=pwa

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They said they have plans to make more in the franchise but wouldn't discuss it until next year. This could simply be them arriving late to the party Atari-style.

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I did a little digging and found that the Histachii Brew will turn into a useless potion if you rest. I wonder if the sabotaged brew does the same thing?

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I have a good feeling after Diablo 3 is released, and all the companies see the profit coming in, they will all work on RPG's or more 'Diablo clones' as they did in the past..

I think Diablo 3 will give PC gaming a good boost..

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I hope so.

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Uh...well, I don't think Diablo III is the kind of boost I really want for PC gaming and especially role-playing games. In fact, the design and genre style of that series has unfortunately already plagued the market too much thus the amount of Diablo clones. It's ironic that Diablo is actually being mentioned in a thread about Baldur's Gate - considering that BG's influence sadly, wasn't as strong. To be honest and this is my personal perference - we need more games made in the style of Baldur's Gate than we do Diablo.

Having said all that - I think The Wasteland 2 kickstarter project is a far more much more interesting and promising concept for the influence it may have on game design for developers and indeed PC gaming, rather than some over-bloated defacto MMO.

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I agree, CD, but ANY help for PC games is good at this point :). Diablo's ARE more hack and slash, and stuff.. but if it could get the Baldurs Gate 3 or remake up and going, I'm willing to except that hehe..

What older games lacked in graphics, sure made up with depth and storyline.. miss those days... STILL waiting on Thief 4 news... UGH.... its been in dev for 3 years!