Wizards of the Coast had long since acquired the rights to D&D as part of their purchase of TSR, and had been making updates to the core rule sets over the previous years. Atari later released Neverwinter Nights and its sequel, Neverwinter Nights 2. Interplay lost the license to make D&D video games to Atari in 2008. Black Isle Studios began work on a further sequel, Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound, in 2003, but Interplay faced significant financial crisis that year and shut down Black Isle, cancelling the game. The game's success led to a sequel, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, and its expansion pack, as well as Icewind Dale and its sequel, and finally, Planescape: Torment. The game used a licensed version of the Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D) rule set, specifically in the Forgotten Realms setting. The original Baldur's Gate game was developed by BioWare and Black Isle Studios, and published by Interplay Entertainment in 1998. See also: List of Dungeons & Dragons video games As the protagonist searches for a way to remove their parasites, they encounter other survivors of the wreck: the human wizard Gale, the half-elf cleric Shadowheart, the high elf vampire rogue Astarion, the human warlock Wyll, and the githyanki fighter Lae'zel. The protagonist is freed during the fighting and steers the damaged ship back to Faerûn, where it crashes. They have implanted the protagonist, as well as a host of other creatures, with illithid tadpoles, parasites capable of enthralling and transforming them into other mind flayers however, before the mind flayers can transform their victims, the nautiloid flying ship upon which they are all aboard comes under attack from githyanki warriors and their red dragons, and flees through multiple realms, including Avernus, the first of the Nine Hells. The player character (named by the player) has been taken captive by the mind flayers, who have launched an invasion of Faerûn. In the year 1492 DR, over 120 years after the events of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and months after the events of Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, the forces of darkness are on the rise. Unlike previous games in the Baldur's Gate series, Baldur's Gate III has turn-based combat, similar to Larian's earlier games Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin II but this time, it is based on the D&D 5th Edition rules. Optionally, players will be able to take one of their characters and team up online with other players to form a party. Players can create one or more characters and form a party along with computer-generated characters to explore the game's story. The Xbox Series X/S port is also in development, while the Stadia version was cancelled following the service's closure.īaldur's Gate III is a role-playing video game that offers both a single-player and cooperative multiplayer element. The game is expected to remain in early access until its full release on 31 August 2023, which coincides with the release of the PlayStation 5 version. A partial version of the game was released in early access format for Windows, macOS, and the Stadia streaming service, on 6 October 2020. It is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series, which is based on the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing system. Baldur's Gate III is an upcoming role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios.
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