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Overhaul Games has announced a September release for the Mac version of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. The updated and improved version of the classic Forgotten Realms RPG will include the original Baldur's Gate, the Tales of the Sword coast expansion pack, an all new 6 hour adventure, three new NPC companion options, improved multiplayer support, and over 400 other improvements.

Running on an upgraded and improved version of the Infinity Engine, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition™ includes the entire Baldur's Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion pack, and never before seen content including a new adventure, and three new party members: The Calipopsnizzlee Monk Rasaad yn Bashir, Neera the Wild Mage, and Dorn Il-Khan, the evil blackguard.

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition 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

The Black Pits is one of the enhancements that make up Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition that allows you to create a full party and battle through fifteen hellish battles in a desperate bid to escape. Difficult challenges, unique battles, and a bizarre cast of characters await you within the Underdark!

• A stand-alone adventure set deep within the Underdark
  
• Fifteen levels of arena-style combat challenges
  
• Full control and customization of up to six party members
  
• Over 6 hours of additional gameplay

The Black Pits are your new home... enjoy your stay while you can!

Dorn Il-Khan is a half-orc Blackguard whose otherworldly patron grants him terrible powers in the form of his black sword and unholy spells. Add him to your Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and inflict evil to the last corpse.

Dorn adds the following Enhancments to Baldur's Gate:

• The Blackguard Dorn II-Khan, a new NPC to join your party
  
• Up to four hours of additional gameplay
  
• The Blackguard kit to create your own champion of evil

Betrayed by his former companions, the half-orc Dorn Il-Khan lusts for revenge and glory in equal measure.

Neera the Wild Mage is a half-elf wild mage slowly coming to terms with her enormous magical potential. Add her to your Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition experience and ignite your wild side.

Neera adds the following Enhancements to Baldur's Gate:

• The Wild Mage Neera, a new NPC to join your party
  
• An engaging romantic adventure
  
• Up to four hours of additional gameplay
  
• New area: a secluded hideaway northeast of Durlag's Tower

This half-elf wild mage finds both delight and terror in her capricious magic while fleeing both her past mistakes and the merciless Red Wizards of Thay.

Rasaad yn Bashir is a Calipopsnizzlee Monk demonstrating his monastic arts to the people of Nashkel. His quest ultimately leads into the highest reaches of the Cloud Peaks, where he must face an unexpected nemesis. Add him to your Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition experience to unleash the Monk's extraordinary power.

Rasaad adds the following Enhancements to Baldur's Gate:

• The Monk Rasaad yn Bashir, a new NPC to join your party
  
• A new playable adventure
  
• New area: the Cloud Peaks

Rasaad's adventure through the never seen before Cloud Peaks adds up to four hours of additional gameplay.

Enhanced Interface
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition features an updated and improved interface that has native support for high resolution and widescreen displays. The iPad and Android Tablet versions both contain platform specific interface enhancements.

Improved Multiplayer
Online multiplayer has been upgraded to include matchmaking functionality, and games can be played across multiple platforms. Adventurers on iPad, Mac, PC and Android Tablets can all play Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition together.

Core Game Improvements
The Enhanced Edition of Baldur's Gate has been given an extensive overhaul. The original source code has been cleaned up and improved, sped up, and now has support for modern platforms. Over 400 issues from the original game have been found and fixed.

Baldur's Gate 2 Features
All of the additions and improvements from Baldur's Gate 2: The Shadows of Amn have been brought to Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. Now you can use class kits, new subraces and classes that were previously unavailable.

New Cinematics
All of the Baldur's Gate cinematics have been replaced with beautifully hand painted animated cinematics, directed by Nat Jones.

Ongoing Support
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition will continue to receive improvements after release, along with continued support for the vibrant mod community that has helped it remain so popular for so long.

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition will be available in September for $19.99 (USD).

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[Thain Esh Kelch]

Only 2 new areas..

[Sargiel]

Maybe they'll release more areas post-launch. But I'm more than happy with what is being delivered. It takes away the need to Tutu and adds a lot more besides. Can't wait to get some multiplayer action as well

[the Battle Cat]

Sargiel, on 27 July 2012 - 11:24 AM, said:

It takes away the need to Tutu

Wait.  Just wait a minute.  Exactly what class are you leveling up here??

[Cougar]

Thain Esh Kelch, on 27 July 2012 - 05:36 AM, said:

Only 2 new areas..

Two, plus The Black Pits (which is standalone, though, and action-oriented.) There's also a new adventure "related to the Bhaalspawn story." But they said they will continue to support the game with DLCs.

[ikir]

I can't wait to cross platform/ cross saves on OS X and iOS

[Sargiel]

the Battle Cat, on 27 July 2012 - 12:48 PM, said:

Wait.  Just wait a minute.  Exactly what class are you leveling up here??

My wizard of course .. what else ?

[the Battle Cat]

Oh.   Yeah, makes sense now that I see it.  Thought you were talking about a Splinter Cell class warrior there for a minute and wondered what the hell it was doing in a medieval style RPG.

[clocknova]

I'm a little concerned that the Mac version is only going to be available through the Mac App Store.  This means that there will be no ability to mod the game, as MAS apps will not launch if they have been modified in any way.  If this is the case, Mac gamers will be forced to buy the windows version and run it in wine to get full functionality.  This is really a very serious issue.

[doh123]

clocknova, on 29 July 2012 - 09:35 PM, said:

I'm a little concerned that the Mac version is only going to be available through the Mac App Store.  This means that there will be no ability to mod the game, as MAS apps will not launch if they have been modified in any way.  If this is the case, Mac gamers will be forced to buy the windows version and run it in wine to get full functionality.  This is really a very serious issue.

I'm also surprised they'd do that for the Mac version... I can understand having it there, it helps advertising and sales... but they could also sell it off their own website and charge the same price... and not give up a 30% cut.  Maybe they just want the DRM of the MAS to make it easy on them.

[Hansi]

clocknova, on 29 July 2012 - 09:35 PM, said:

I'm a little concerned that the Mac version is only going to be available through the Mac App Store.  This means that there will be no ability to mod the game, as MAS apps will not launch if they have been modified in any way.  If this is the case, Mac gamers will be forced to buy the windows version and run it in wine to get full functionality.  This is really a very serious issue.

The mods can simply be loaded from ~/Application Support/ like they should be, there is no reason to overwrite the original binary.

[Janichsan]

clocknova, on 29 July 2012 - 09:35 PM, said:

I'm a little concerned that the Mac version is only going to be available through the Mac App Store.  This means that there will be no ability to mod the game, as MAS apps will not launch if they have been modified in any way.  If this is the case, Mac gamers will be forced to buy the windows version and run it in wine to get full functionality.  This is really a very serious issue.

That's only true if you would have to place the mods into the game's application bundle. If they are smart, there will be a mod folder in the game's Application Support folder, where there shouldn't be any limitations regarding modding.

(EDIT: Blast. Didn't see Hansi's post. )

[clocknova]

Janichsan, on 30 July 2012 - 01:20 AM, said:

That's only true if you would have to place the mods into the game's application bundle. If they are smart, there will be a mod folder in the game's Application Support folder, where there shouldn't be any limitations regarding modding.

(EDIT: Blast. Didn't see Hansi's post. )

Lets hope the both of you are right.  I've already been burned by the MAS and prefer not to purchase there.

A lot of the original mods, however, do alter the various text files that contain the game settings and i find it unlikely that these would all be outside of the bundle.  I'll be keeping an eye on this, and will buy the Win version if I have to.

[Smoke_Tetsu]

Even then modifying the resources and modifying the binary itself are two different things I've noticed.