Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition Pricing and Release Dates

RPGWatch · Fri, 27th Jul '12, 10:56am

The countdown on the Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition site has finished and Beamdog/Overhaul has revealed pricing and availability, as well as PC preorders. The game will be released on PC, iPad and Mac on September 18th (Android TBA). Pricing varies - which will annoy some fans - $19.99 fo PC (10% discount for preorders) and $9.99 on iPad, for example. New player voices and portraits are available on iPad via in-app purchases and they appear to be included on PC, which might explain the pricing.

New content has also been revealed and 400 miscellaneous improvements are claimed, though we still don't have real screenshots (some widescreen shots are on the site but with no UI). From the PC section:

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for Windows contains the following enhancements:
New Adventure: The Black Pits

New Character: Dorn Il-Khan

New Character: Neera the Wild Mage

New Character: Rasaad yn Bashir

A new collection of player character voice sets

Native support for high resolution widescreen displays

Over 400 improvements to the original game

Improved multiplayer support, with connectivity between all platforms

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for Windows will be available as a direct download from Beamdog, with no client install necessary. Pre-purchasing will allow you to preload the game, so you can access it immediately after release.

periklis · Wed, 1st Aug '12, 10:31am

Are there news about a physical copy of the enhanced edition?
thanks for all the BG updates so far...!

Taluntain · Wed, 1st Aug '12, 7:27pm

To my knowledge, there won't be a physical edition, only this digital download.

Blades of Vanatar · Wed, 1st Aug '12, 8:07pm

Wouldn't a physical edition drive the price up?

Marceror · Wed, 1st Aug '12, 10:46pm

Yes, I would expect so. Those printing, assembly and shipping cost aint going to pay for themselves. I'm old fashioned and love a nice box for a new game, but really couldn't care less about a boxed version for EE. I'm happy to download.

I can always burn a CD and place it in my original Baldur's Gate box (yes, I still have all of them) if I'm ever feeling like I need to "touch" BGEE.

Quote:

Aahhh... I feel you BGEE. I feel you in my living hands. Glorious...!

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Fri, 27th Jul '12, 10:56am	#1
RPGWatch SPS Account Holder Watching... Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,268 Like: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition Pricing and Release Dates The countdown on the Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition site has finished and Beamdog/Overhaul has revealed pricing and availability, as well as PC preorders. The game will be released on PC, iPad and Mac on September 18th (Android TBA). Pricing varies - which will annoy some fans - $19.99 fo PC (10% discount for preorders) and $9.99 on iPad, for example. New player voices and portraits are available on iPad via in-app purchases and they appear to be included on PC, which might explain the pricing. New content has also been revealed and 400 miscellaneous improvements are claimed, though we still don't have real screenshots (some widescreen shots are on the site but with no UI). From the PC section: Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for Windows contains the following enhancements: New Adventure: The Black Pits New Character: Dorn Il-Khan New Character: Neera the Wild Mage New Character: Rasaad yn Bashir A new collection of player character voice sets Native support for high resolution widescreen displays Over 400 improvements to the original game Improved multiplayer support, with connectivity between all platforms Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for Windows will be available as a direct download from Beamdog, with no client install necessary. Pre-purchasing will allow you to preload the game, so you can access it immediately after release.
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