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Baldur's Gate: EE Out on PC, But Delayed on Other Platforms

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Rejoice! Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is out... but only for PC.

Those looking forward to playing Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition on their tablets will be forced to wait just a bit longer.

Beamdog's Baldur's Gate redux, though due to launch simultaneously on PC, Mac, iOS, and Android platforms on November 28th, ended up only releasing on PC.

According to Beamdog founder Trent Oster, via his Twitter: "iOS build had a game-stopper bug. With current estimate for App Store approval, that puts us into next week. We're doing all we can. Our current crash is cross-platform, so the fixes are for all platforms. Legacy code bites again."

In regards to the Baldur's Gate Android build: "We'll get Android done before Christmas. The list of supported devices might be very Nvidia skewed though."

Unfortunately, the Mac OS X build approval process is taking even longer than iOS. As a result, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition only managed to make it onto PC. Still, a Mac, iOS, and Android release within the next month seems to be something quite probable. 


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    olaf , November 30, 2012 5:38 AM
    Waiting for the Android version ... :D 
    might play the pc version tho in the meantime :D 
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    dark_knight33 , November 30, 2012 6:03 AM
    PC is the only *real* gaming platform in there anyway. In any case, I'd rather have a buggy mess and actually have the decision to play or wait for fixes, rather than waiting for some douche in an office some place to click "approve this app" in between tweets and FB status updates when it was fixed a week ago.

    PC FTW again.
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    killerclick , November 30, 2012 6:04 AM
    Doesn't seem so enhanced to me, but I'll get Planescape Torment EE if they ever release it.
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    cats_Paw , November 30, 2012 6:07 AM
    Oh come on.... i have to buy this game for the 4th time? (have it in 2 languages and also in dvd format)...
    OK!
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    IndignantSkeptic , November 30, 2012 8:22 AM
    People who got the game on GOG should be able to get this version for a discount otherwise the publishers are being jerks.
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    cats_Paw , November 30, 2012 8:26 AM
    IndignantSkepticPeople who got the game on GOG should be able to get this version for a discount otherwise the publishers are being jerks.


    Publishers can be jerks when they got such a good game for sale. Thats when you know a game is good, hen customers dont mind spending money on the same product again and again.
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    myromance123 , November 30, 2012 10:21 AM
    Argh! Android but no Linux version. That seriously sucks.
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    CTT , November 30, 2012 10:58 AM
    Quote:
    I'd rather have a buggy mess and actually have the decision to play or wait for fixes


    Not me, big fan of solid software releases myself, even if they are late.
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    kellybean , November 30, 2012 11:51 AM
    I liked BG2 more than 1. Icewind Dale series was good too.
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    borisof007 , November 30, 2012 3:31 PM
    BG2 was definitely the king of RPG's. Immersive story, large world, plethora of classes, options, items, spells, and more.

    Great artwork, great design.

    If they ever make another baldurs gate (a true sequel, not necessarily a remake) hopefully it'll stick to the original formula that made it great. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
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    Anonymous , November 30, 2012 3:55 PM
    borisof007 - exactly.

    Look at how many things weren't broke in Diablo 2, which Blizzard decided to completely change for Diablo 3. A perfect example of what NOT to do.

    They then spent millions in marketing videos and such to explain to everyone how the old system (already a massive commercial and critical success, for over a decade) was somehow "wrong" and their new approach would be "so much better".

    This Christmas, an afternoon has been set aside to fire up some Diablo 2 co-op. Diablo 3 is not even up for consideration.



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    alidan , November 30, 2012 4:50 PM
    yaaaaahdoodborisof007 - exactly. Look at how many things weren't broke in Diablo 2, which Blizzard decided to completely change for Diablo 3. A perfect example of what NOT to do. They then spent millions in marketing videos and such to explain to everyone how the old system (already a massive commercial and critical success, for over a decade) was somehow "wrong" and their new approach would be "so much better". This Christmas, an afternoon has been set aside to fire up some Diablo 2 co-op. Diablo 3 is not even up for consideration.


    yay, now show us a developer who didn't have a multi billion $ success and how they improve games.
    the less money devs have, the more they focus on making one market happy and not taking a shotgun and trying to hit everything.
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    jhansonxi , November 30, 2012 6:33 PM
    myromance123Argh! Android but no Linux version. That seriously sucks.

    Just have to wait for Project Eternity: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity
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    alidan , November 30, 2012 9:28 PM
    jhansonxiJust have to wait for Project Eternity: http://www.kickstarter.com/project [...] t-eternity


    and than wait another year and hope it gets patched to the point its playable?
    seriously, i couldn't fund that even though i wanted to based off obsidians prior track record.