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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 -->

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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.)

“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
 

This has been happening since a few weeks ago

 

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

 

 

Who owns that site at the moment anyway?

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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"


Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.

Or maybe the Imoen romance mod is finally complete.

The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.

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

I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"*

 

*If you can't tell, it's you. ;)

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

You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that?

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


Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.

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.

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?


Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.

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. :p

You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that?

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

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.gibberlings3.net/index.php?showtopic=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.

- When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.

a fan-made port doesn't really preclude the production of a commercial version of the same. I doubt GemRB would really cut into their margins, especially if they included "new and updated content" (including but not limited to an HD makeover)

iOS port would make more sense for Dragon Age 2. DA2 is built around the one Awesome button and how many buttons does the Iphone face have?

 

 

 

Sorry, couldn't resist

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iOS port would make more sense for Dragon Age 2. DA2 is built around the one Awesome button and how many buttons does the Iphone face have?

DA2 actually requires more buttons and controls than all Infinity Engine games combined.

 

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Like Orson Welles' famous monologue about the Swiss, mustn't let pesky detail in the way of a cheap shot. :p

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