Earlier in the week, I posted a link on my Facebook page to this Baldur’s Gate teaser site. As some of you know, Baldur’s Gate is one of my favorite series of all times; I played through the first game 18 times and the sequel 11 times. With that in mind, I’ve been terribly excited by the teased return of this brilliant series. That said, people are split on what’s actually coming. I spoke to a few videogame journalists and opinions were divided; some think that a Baldur’s Gate HD remake is in the works, while others believe that a true sequel is on the way.
Adding to the intrigue is former BioWare director Trent Oster. Taking a page from the Riddler’s book, Oster has been sending out enigmatic tweets on the new Baldur’s Gate project. By the way, he’s now working for Beamdog, which published the MDK2 HD remake. Like Baldur’s Gate, MDK2 was developed by BioWare and published by Interplay. It’s all so…convenient.
What do you think is happening? Is Baldur’s Gate getting the HD treatment? Or is a new game in the works? I’m going to wish for both, but that’s unlikely. Any of you excited by the prospect of playing Baldur’s Gate with an HD version of the Infinity Engine? It’s been too long since I’ve adventured with gaming’s most fantastic brain-addled warrior (Minsc) and his miniature-giant space-hamster (Boo)!
Hopefully it's a new game in the series. It's been so long since I played the original, I don't remember the plot at all. But the site teases the death of Cyric, if that's any hint.