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[Lorfean]

The official Baldur's Gate site has been updated, and there are some cryptic messages in the page source:

<!-- Shadowy Figure- Raise Dead : Infinity Engine -->
<!-- oh dear it's coming soon -->

Edited by Lorfean, 17 February 2012 - 03:23 AM.

[Gorth]

Coincidence?

apparently the Infinity Engine just went open-source?

http://www.gemrb.org...ku.php?id=start

whoah... this is real? toooooo bad i don't know squat about making video games! cause i'd totally want to make an infinity engine game!

Pick up some documentation try and start! The sky is the limit! (Though I've heard that GemRB may not be in the best shape yet.)

[C2B]

This has been happening since a few weeks ago

http://www.giantbomb...gatecom/532919/$


Who owns that site at the moment anyway?

Edited by C2B, 17 February 2012 - 03:32 AM.

[Lorfean]

No idea who owns the site... or who owns the game's art, music, character names, etc. The new logo looks pretty spiffy though. HD remake?

[mkreku]

I suck at internet stalking, but..

http://w3spy.org/site/baldursgate.com

which leads to

http://who.godaddy.c...prog_id=GoDaddy

which gives us.. nothing.

Told you I suck at this

[Janmanden]

I don't know the site or I forgot about it. It's just a front?! Erm, Is it supposed to be usefull in any way?

[Tale]

Baldur's Gate 2 is showing up on Steam's registry. It's been there for a month, so don't get too excited thinking it'll be available today. But something's up in general.

[Gorgon]

I know, we will get two handed axe animations after all this time.

[Lorfean]

The page got a small cosmetic update in the form of an Aloundo quote and the text in the page source was updated, too:

<!-- February 28, 2012 -->
<!-- Shadowy Figure- Raise Dead : Infinity Engine -->
<!-- For years, I clung to the memory of it. Then the memory of the memory. -->
<!-- And then... it returned. Better than it was before. -->

GameBanshee reports that Trent Oster/Beamdog are behind it.

Edited by Lorfean, 28 February 2012 - 04:38 PM.

[entrerix]

i'm hoping it's either a spiffed up re-release with new UI and animations and graphics etc

or better

a new infinity engine game made with love and care by someone who "gets it"

[Drudanae]

Or maybe the Imoen romance mod is finally complete.

[Orogun01]

And so it has been foretold that BG will get the DA2 treatment and be remade.

[Morgoth]

iOS remake. No thanks.

[Nepenthe]

Considering that an ios remake represents probably the only possible way for the genre to make a return, it would be wonderful news.

[entrerix]

playing this on a touchscreen would be torturous... pass

[Gfted1]

playing this on a touchscreen would be torturous... pass

How so? A turn based game that uses mouse control would seem to me the same as a turn based game that uses touch control.

[entrerix]

i have an iphone and it's annoying enough to use the touchscreen for something as simple as angry birds. i can't imagine managing party formations and dealing with inventory.

maybe it would be better on an ipad?

[Nepenthe]

i have an iphone and it's annoying enough to use the touchscreen for something as simple as angry birds. i can't imagine managing party formations and dealing with inventory.

maybe it would be better on an ipad?

Didn't cross my mind to even try it on the iphone.

[Spider]

Yeah, iPhone would be a nightmare, but iPad could be fine. Battleheart is a good example of that.

[213374U]

Considering that an ios remake represents probably the only possible way for the genre to make a return, it would be wonderful news.

http://forums.gibber...ic=22624&st=405

I'm kinda skeptical that an iOS port/remake is what this is about, considering you can already get that, for free. I've been known to be wrong, though.