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‘Baldur’s Gate’ Series, ‘Icewind Dale’, ‘Neverwinter Nights’ And ‘ Planescape: Torment’ Head to Consoles This Fall
Back in February, it was announced that Skybound and Beamdog were teaming up to bring Interplay and Bioware’s classic PC Dungeons & Dragons RPGs based in the Forgotten Realms campaign to consoles. The partners have made good on their word, as the Enhanced Editions of Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate II, Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment, and Neverwinter Nights will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch this fall.
Physical editions of Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition will launch on December 3 in North America and December 6 in other territories, while all of other titles will launch on September 24 in North America and September 27 in other territories.
Both Baldur’s Gate games will be packaged with all downloadable content and restored quest content, as well as the Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear expansion, while Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale will share a package.
You can read up on the full breakdown of each title here.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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