Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Snowblind Studios Founder Departs

It’s hard to say if it’s due to some behind-the-scenes turmoil, but Kotaku is reporting that Snowblind Studios founder and president Ryan Geithman has suddenly left the studio despite the fact that The Lord of the Rings: War in the…

J.E. Sawyer Social Interview, Continued

In his latest round of answers on social website formspring.me, Obsidian Entertainment designer Josh Sawyer addresses questions about the reputation and influences systems Obsidian has implemented in the past, the “juvenile” subject matter permeating most video games, ethnic stereotypes in…

J.E. Sawyer Social Interview, Continued

Obsidian Entertainment designer Josh Sawyer continues to address the bombardment of fan-submitted questions he apparently receives on a daily basis over at formspring.me. This time, he answers questions about what defines an RPG, whether single player RPGs will still be…

J.E. Sawyer Social Interview, Continued

Obsidian Entertainment designer Josh Sawyer has once again returned to formspring.me to answer fan-submitted questions, with his latest responses addressing Icewind Dale II’s difficult finale, the importance of gameplay, his small rifle collection, and more. Obsidian has a reputation for…

J.E. Sawyer Social Interview

Obsidian Entertainment designer Josh Sawyer is now a member of social website formspring.me, and has used the platform to start answering several dozen questions from the community. So far, he’s talked about the cancellation of Baldur’s Gate III and Aliens:…

Xbox Live Being Discontinued For Original Xbox Games

Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten has issued a statement that Microsoft will be discontinuing Xbox Live service for the original Xbox and its extensive library of games. One would assume this means that we’ll no longer be able to…

Snowblind Studios Hit With Layoffs

Gamasutra brings the grim news that Warner Bros. has let an undisclosed number of people go from Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, Champions of Norrath, and Justice League Heroes developer Snowblind Studios. Hopefully if they were working on yet another action…

Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance Review

Although I don’t normally post about reviews, I thought this one warranted a newsbit. GameSpot has posted a review of the much anticipated D&D PS2 game, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, giving it a high score of 8.8 Here’s a taste…

gamers press interview with darren monahan

Darren Monahan Interview

The Gamers Press had a chance to ask several questions [archive.org backup] of Darren Monahan, producer of the upcoming Playstation 2 game, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance. In the interview, Darren talks about the differences between the console game and its…

Darren Monahan Interview

Computer Games Online has posted an interview with Darren Monahan [archive.org backup], producer of the upcoming RPG for Playstation 2, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance. For those of you who didn’t know, Darren also produced Icewind Dale, so it’s a good…