BG3: The Quest for More Money!

[Vault Dweller]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=197448

A third instalment in the Baldur's Gate series is tipped to be in development, without original creator BioWare.

Although it won't be ready for at least another year, we've heard the RPG sequel is coming along at an as-yet-unnamed developer and Neverwinter Nights 2 house Atari - which recently released a series compilation on PC-DVD - is said to be handling the publishing duties.

The acclaimed RPG series hasn't seen a proper release since 2001's Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, and has been the subject of constant rumour and speculation since.

A third game was even said to be in development at on-off Baldur's expansion dev Black Isle Studios, which has now been closed.

Original members of Black Isle have since founded Obsidian Entertainment, which helmed a sequel to BioWare's Neverwinter Nights.

Obsidian is a possibility then but the developer behind the third Baldur's Gate is still a mystery to us, although we've heard it's a studio more than capable of making a fantastic looking production. Speculate away.

When contacted Atari said it had no comment to make except that Baldur's Gate is "one of the properties Atari has rights to".

I checked the trademarks:

Word Mark BALDUR'S GATE
Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer game software. FIRST USE: 19980100. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19981200

Filing Date June 29, 2007
Registration Date May 27, 2008
Owner (REGISTRANT) BioWare Corp. CORPORATION CANADA 4445 Calgary Trail, Suite 200 Edmonton, Alberta T6H 5R7 CANADA
Type of Mark TRADEMARK. SERVICE MARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

 

[made]

It was just a matter of time.

 

[Vault Dweller]

We'll finally see fear in the orc's eyes. I hope it will be epic.

 

[BethesdaLove]

Owner (REGISTRANT) BioWare Corp.

So is it Bioware who is developing or not?
Why is my childhood getting raped on a daily basis?
Terminator fucked, Alien fucked, Fallout fucked, now Baldur's Gate...
It's funny how things for your childhood coin your mind and nostalgia always helping =)

In before Volly

 

[JarlFrank]

Obsidian is a possibility then but the developer behind the third Baldur's Gate is still a mystery to us, although we've heard it's a studio more than capable of making a fantastic looking production. Speculate away.

So it's graphics they're focusing on.

 

[Hamster]

Shit, i hope it's not actually going to happen.

 

[BethesdaLove]

Hmm.. Bioware can't be the dev. They do Dragon Age and an MMO and have 2 dev groups. Obsidian is doing Alien rpg and Alpha protocol or some shit. They arent developing it...

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

why are developers so interested in making their games resemble b-movies?

Because you can pass one off as "teh bestest story evar"?

 

[racofer]

D&D + Obsidian + Cinematic effects + Fantastic Graphics + continuing someone's work

Sounds disturbingly familiar. Will they make a good camera this time?

 

[Xi]

Bethesda?

"We're going to use the 1.0 ruleset, it will be in first person and use level scaling, and 95% of our development resources will be spent on technology. It will sell like sex."

 

[Radisshu]

Oh hell no. ToB concluded the BG storyline, fuck that shit.

 

[Shannow]

I used to expect certain games from certain names. Sequels used to build on the originals. While decreases in certain aspects of the games nearly always accompanied sequels the overall product usually was on par or better than the original... Now names are irrelevant. Put a 3 or 4 behind the name and it still won't resemble the original product. As with FO3 it doesn't even become a matter of improving or dumbing down. The sequels are so different from the originals that one might as well compare a FIFA game with a simcity game.

How is Sawyer's Black Hound coming along? Haven't heard anything about it for months. Same goes for Purgatorio.

 

[Shannow]

Hmm.. Bioware can't be the dev. They do Dragon Age and an MMO and have 2 dev groups.

Need some help here, VD. How many games does EA expect from Bio again? 6 in two years?

 

[Durwyn]

In before Planescape becomes a trilogy anouncement:
Planescape 1 : Torment
Planescape 2 : Assrape
Planescape 3 : Multi-choices cinematic dialogues hitting yes,no and fuck you OH GOD ITS HEAVAN

 

[dragonfk]

Atari and a mysterious developer?

Bring it on CDP:RS.

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

In before Planescape becomes a trilogy anouncement:
Planescape 1 : Torment
Planescape 2 : Assrape
Planescape 3 : Multi-choices cinematic dialogues hitting yes,no and fuck you OH GOD ITS HEAVAN

http://www.planescapetrilogy.com/

 

[Durwyn]

In before Planescape becomes a trilogy anouncement:
Planescape 1 : Torment
Planescape 2 : Assrape
Planescape 3 : Multi-choices cinematic dialogues hitting yes,no and fuck you OH GOD ITS HEAVAN

http://www.planescapetrilogy.com/

I know about this one... I've meant original Planescape. The chance that purgatorio will be released in this century is as big as chance that Troika will dig up from grave and make Arcanum 2

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

is as big as chance that Troika will dig up from grave and make Arcanum 2

never will happen, and thank god.

 

[Durwyn]

is as big as chance that Troika will dig up from grave and make Arcanum 2

never will happen, and thank god.

 

[Durwyn]

So what would you propose? 12 different games, each one for the many endings in Arcanum?

Prequel is possible IIRC... Game devs already did worse things to games... just look FO3 ...impossible is nothing

 

[JarlFrank]

Arcanum 2 - a prequel or something set in the late 1700's of Arcanum's world. I would like that.

Or they could actually make the Journey into the Centre of Arcanum game that they wanted to make.

 

[MetalCraze]

Obsidian is a possibility then but the developer behind the third Baldur's Gate is still a mystery to us, although we've heard it's a studio more than capable of making a fantastic looking production. Speculate away.

Bethesda.

 

[JarlFrank]

Maybe it's Iron Tower Studios.

That's why the first one to post this news was VD :!:

 

[Durwyn]

My vote goes for CDPR becouse im'a polish TW fanboi

 

[Zomg]

I'm wondering what the legal ramifications of promoting some of Sawyer's Black Hound shit into a full blown Obsidian AA(a) project would be.