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Baldur's Gate
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Baldur's Gate is a role-playing video game released on 21 December 1998. It was developed by BioWare and BioWare Edmonton and published by Interplay Entertainment and Black Isle Studios, using the Infinity Engine and set within the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. The game falls under the strategy and role-playing genres, offers single-player and co-operative modes, and was released for PC, Mac, Linux and iOS. It carries an ESRB rating of Teen and holds a Metacritic score of 91.
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Game data
Metacritic 91- Released
- 1998-12-21
- User rating
- 4.37 / 5
- Genres
- Strategy, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, iOS, macOS
- ESRB
- Teen
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Game details · IGDB
Baldur's Gate is a fantasy role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. It is the first game in the Baldur's Gate series and takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy campaign setting, using a modified version of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) 2nd edition rules. It was the first game to use the Infinity Engine for its graphics, with Interplay using the engine for other Forgotten Realms-licensed games, including the Icewind Dale series, as well as other licensed D&D campaign worlds such as Planescape: Torment. The game's sto…
- Released
- 1998
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG)
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
- Game modes
- Single player, Co-operative
- Engine
- Infinity Engine
- Franchise
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Developer
- BioWare, BioWare Edmonton
- Publisher
- Interplay Entertainment, Black Isle Studios
Key facts
- Developer
- BioWare
- Publishers
- Black Isle Studios Interplay Entertainment JP : Sega
- Producer
- Ray Muzyka
- Designer
- James Ohlen
- Programmer
- Scott Greig
- Artist
- John Gallagher
- Writers
- James Ohlen Lukas Kristjanson
- Composer
- Michael Hoenig
- Series
- Baldur's Gate
- Engine
- Infinity Engine
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows Mac OS
- Release
- Microsoft Windows NA : December 21, 1998 JP : January 30, 1999 EU : January 1999 Mac OS NA : July 31, 2000
- Genre
- Role-playing
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Official website
BioWare: Baldur's Gate
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Publisher
- Interplay Entertainment
- Series
- Baldur's Gate
- Followed by
- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
- Based on
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Voice actor
- Kevin Michael Richardson
- Composer
- Michael Hoenig
- Developer
- BioWare
- Platform
- Classic Mac OS
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Game engine
- Infinity Engine
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- publication date
- 1998-12-21
- Commons category
- Baldur's Gate
- distributed by
- Q1486288
- input device
- computer keyboard
- characters
- Elminster
- different from
- Baldur's Gate
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Encyclopedic overview
Baldur's Gate is a role-playing video game that was developed by BioWare and published in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. It is the first game in the Baldur's Gate series and takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy campaign setting, using a modified version of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) 2nd edition rules. It was the first game to use the Infinity Engine for its graphics, with Interplay using the engine for other Forgotten Realms-licensed games, including the Icewind Dale series and Planescape: Torment. The game's story focuses on a player-made character who travels across the Sword Coast alongside a party of companions.
The game received critical acclaim and was credited for revitalizing computer role-playing games. An expansion pack was released titled Tales of the Sword Coast, as was a sequel, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. An enhanced version of the Infinity Engine was later created as part of Beamdog's remake Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, the first new release in the franchise in nearly nine years. The original Baldur's Gate continues to be referenced as a point of inspiration in many modern role-playing games, and is often cited as one of the best video games ever made. In 2023, Larian Studios released the third installment, Baldur's Gate 3.
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