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Meanwhile at Bauldersgate.com's servers... (imgur.com)

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[–]quaquenbiquar 49 points50 points ago

Man, you can't even manage to spell it right...

[–]SyKoHPaTh 2 points3 points ago

"Their big announcement is a purse?"

[–]Kattzalos 1 point2 points ago

For a second there, I thought that was the joke.

[–]Bumperpegasus 0 points1 point ago

Well he really wanted to be first with the BG-post so he could get all the karma

[–]cyroxxx 95 points96 points ago

http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/15/atari-reveals-baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-for-summer-2012/

[–]ertimmer 13 points14 points ago

they always blame us....

[–]tmarg 13 points14 points ago

I personally blame the idiot who decided to put a big clock on the website in order to guarantee that everyone tried to visit it at the exact same moment.

This outcome was completely unforeseeable.

[–]dlhero 1 point2 points ago

Their team hasn't just heard of varnish.

[–]Tashre 0 points1 point ago

God damn hackers!

[–]Aetheus 12 points13 points ago

Why did someone downvote you? People, upvote this man so everybody can see what the site would have displayed if we hadn't broke it.

[–]leerkat 7 points8 points ago

and I say upvote this proud person who said upvote this proud person.

[–]flounder19 6 points7 points ago

but then stop the upvotes there to avoid upvote inflation

[–]FantomEx 0 points1 point ago

I could never resist a ticking clock.

[–]IronRedSix 0 points1 point ago

So brave.

[–]merkmerk73 1 point2 points ago

I bet it's just BG1 with a better resolution & Tales of the Sword Coast included.

It would be too much to hope for anything more (better graphics or improved engine or whatever). Probably just an easy cash grab.

[–]redtop 1 point2 points ago

The Baldur's Gate 2 music/quote/portraits on the countdown site but lack of a "2" in the announced title leads me to believe they implemented something like TuTu which lets you play both BG1 and BG2 in the BG2 engine, in addition to whatever other enhancements they made.

[–]piratenaapje 17 points18 points ago

Announcing Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition™ March 15, 2012

Atari, Wizards of the Coast, and Overhaul Games are pleased to announce work has begun on the Enhanced Edition of Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II.

Since its initial release in 1998, Baldur’s Gate has entertained millions of fans around the globe, and has received countless awards. This classic saga of mystery, intrigue, and adventure has set the standard for Dungeons & Dragons® computer roleplaying games ever since. Re-forged by Overhaul Games

Overhaul Games has assembled a talented team of artists, programmers and designers to enhance this timeless classic. To remain true to the spirit of the game, the team includes original Baldur’s Gate developers. Relive the most epic story ever told

Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition™ and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition™ will feature a re-forged version of the Infinity Engine with a variety of modern improvements. The greatest roleplaying game of all time, enhanced

For all information regarding Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition™ visit [2] www.baldursgate.com, for press inquiries contact [3] baldursgate@beamdog.com.

[–]kb_klash 0 points1 point ago

Upvote for actually providing information.

[–]merkmerk73 0 points1 point ago

Nah it's going to just be the first game. Why would they just package up TuTu which is free?

And if BG1 remake does well, then they can do a BG2 remake after that.

[–]TheOneAboveAll 9 points10 points ago

Bauldersgate.com is not broken. I have no idea why OP would even mention this website since it's not particularly interesting. It's just a generic website with a picture of a man and a woman.

[–]nebson 0 points1 point ago

did you just register that?

[–]Hipster_Bruinbear 7 points8 points ago

Who put the portable hole in the bag of holding?

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[–]outlawstar96 0 points1 point ago

His hamster told him to do it

[–]Darbon 19 points20 points ago

Reddit: the friendliest unintentional DDoS

[–]kurokikaze 1 point2 points ago

The only good thing that this post is targeted on Bauldersgate.com instead.

[–]FeverRay -1 points0 points ago

you honestly think that reddit users are the only ones interested in this?

[–]ReverendY 4 points5 points ago

I'd wager that a lot fewer people would know about it of it wasn't for reddit.

[–]laserplane 2 points3 points ago

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=3b6c0e6ef0c1deb880f420476&id=6ae2f577cd

hai guiz

[–]Crawling_Chaos 2 points3 points ago

Someone forgot their 5000gp diamond...

[–]Nicoon 7 points8 points ago

Meanwhile, all fans go...

[–]joebonekenobi 1 point2 points ago

All I can see is the background and 4 white dots lol.

[–]DoktorTeufel 1 point2 points ago

I guess this is the dude who won the "I'm hovering my mouse pointer over the 'submit' button already at five minutes til" competition.

[–]M03b1u5 1 point2 points ago

I hope they do Planescape: Torment next.

[–]SuperSpaze 1 point2 points ago

Baldur! Like the goddamn norse god.. BALDUR!

[–]therealgaloosh 1 point2 points ago

The naive child in me was hoping for this.

[–]manueslapera 1 point2 points ago

Site is down... EVERYONE SHUT DOWN THEIR COMPUTERS SO I CAN LOAD THE FUCKING SITE!!

[–]MrMcQuone 0 points1 point ago

TotalBiscuit has said it's just an "Enhanced Edition". I haven't checked myself. So don't 100% believe this

[–]thatsnotwhatthatis 1 point2 points ago

What do you mean just? What the hell did you expect it to be?

[–]thetribute 1 point2 points ago

New game would be fucking sick.

[–]SuperSpaze 1 point2 points ago

If we only had 2,4 terrabytes of space on PCs, then yes. It would be sick.

[–]MrMcQuone 0 points1 point ago

I didn't expect it to be anything.

I've never played Baldur's Gate but I know that it's something big for most people and that TB said something, so I thought I'd share.

[–]manueslapera 0 points1 point ago

I want to believe.

[–]Akura118 0 points1 point ago

I can see the site, but it's just showing the emblem and 0:00:00

[–]deepfriedpirate 0 points1 point ago

Sorry Baldur's Gate, we didn't mean to break you...BUT TELL US WHAT THE HELL DID YOU COUNT DOWN TO?? TELL US NOW!!

[–]Jigsus 0 points1 point ago

The explosion of the server

[–]Shinsoku 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, and I can remember when Rockstar announced that they will be showing the GTAV Trailer. Watched the trailer within the first minute.

[–]xnoybis 0 points1 point ago

I keep hitting F5 like a drinking bird, but nothing's happening.

[–]AyeGee 0 points1 point ago

So I'm not the only one reloading?

[–]wassy121 0 points1 point ago

They host their site on GoDaddy, possibly the shared server setup. That service been the target of ridicule for poor support, and poor performance.

[–]Subsparx[!] 0 points1 point ago

Indeed, I was watching the final seconds of the countdown, hit refresh at 0 and bam, 500 error.

[–]zzt711 0 points1 point ago

"Yes, the site is currently down. Blame reddit."

ಠ_ಠ

[–]Suspicious_Beaver 0 points1 point ago

http://www.baldursgate.com/news/language/en/

[–]HabsJD 0 points1 point ago

As someone that missed these games when they came out, and tried to play them recently but couldn't deal with the graphics, I'm excited for this. Any thoughts on whether it'll be a complete graphics overhaul? Or just updating BG1 to look like BG2 as I saw someone mention.

[–]I_am_a_BalbC -1 points0 points ago

Could this be announcing the release of Baldur’s Gate III, "The Black Hound"?

Wiki thing on it here.

[–]Anatolius 1 point2 points ago

BG2 is my fav game ever and I hate the Black Hound idea. BG is no BG without Viconia, Minsc, Edwin and Xzar.

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