Good/bad news for future D&D CRPGs

[Jamski]

Maybe it says something like "Black Isle's programme bought by..."

-Jam

[Kassiopeia]

Now, I'd have a better idea what was going on if I knew Finnish or whatever that mag is in but I'd say it's suspect.

I think it's Czech. It has far too many consonants for its own good. If it were in Finnish I'd have already told you what it says.

[General Ludd]

I remember reading somewhere that bioware gave the rights to the Baldur's gate series or whatever to someone else, and that they where done with it.

[centrifuge]

I'll be anxiously waiting to here more,

BG3 and NWN2 would be huge

[mactbone]

Apparently it is czech and since have lots of time I typed it out and used an online translator - which was no help.

Black Isle ještì neøekll poslednÍ slovo.
ŠokujÍcÍ odhaleni jen ve SCORE!
=
Black Isle stilly unwatered ultimate word.
ŠokujÍcÍ unfolding solely under SCORE!

[Kassiopeia]

"ŠokujÍcÍ unfolding solely under SCORE!" is rather obvious, "See the news/story/interview exclusively on Score".

"Black Isle stilly unwatered ultimate word" might be "Black Isle has not made a final statement yet", or perhaps "Black Isle isn't finished with the story yet".

[DarkCloud]

I think it's just made up in that case

as was mentioned before- there is no black isle anymore

[Jamski]

And now the official response :

Update:

http://pc.ign.com/articles/504/504198p1.html?fromint=1

Baldurs Gate III, Neverwinter Nights II Update
Even more information on plans for the sequels.



April 05, 2004 - Over the weekend we reported that an Atari PR representative had posted on official forums that Baldur's Gate III and Neverwinter Nights II are in the works.


Well, now that we're into the working week, we've had a chance to check with that very same Atari PR rep, Brandon Smith, as to just what's going on. As it stands right now, neither title has been officially announced. Rather, the point of his post was to say that Atari owns the rights to both of these franchises (and all new Dungeons & Dragons videogames for that matter), and has no intention to abandon either of them. In other words, even if Baldur's Gate III is not in active development right now, Atari has every intention of producing another Baldur's Gate title for the PC. Further, they know very well that another BG title has big shoes to fill, given the glowing reception that the first two games received from both critics and players. Atari wants to do right by the series.

Can we say that either Baldur's Gate III or Neverwinter Nights II are definitely, officially coming? Not at this time. But Atari knows very well the value of both franchises, and intends to release further PC titles for both. As for possible developers, it looks like much-loved BioWare is not a given for either (possible) title, though whether BioWare ends up being involved or not, Atari also assured us that new Baldur's Gate or Neverwinter Nights titles would get the attention of a top-level developer.

While none of this is the solid announcement we want for either game, it's reassuring news for fans of the franchises, and for PC RPG titles in general. Look for more updates just as soon as we get them.



So, it looks like it's not in development. It looks like IPLY has lost the BG license and Atari has it. And it looks like BG3 will see the day eventually. Could be 5 years from now, but it will happen.

-Jam

[Dis]

good news to me.

I don't expect BG3 to be better than BG2, but I could be pleasantly surprised. I think it's best not to get expectations too high. Even if bioware was creating it, I probably wouldn't get my expectations too high. Even they themselves said they will never create a game as large as Baldur's Gate 2 again.

So if I keep my expectations in check, I may be surprised if a great game came out of it, and that would be good. I hope they can produce a great game, but it is no guarantee.