This afternoon word reached the OXM team that Atari are in the initial stages of bringing the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate franchise to Xbox 360!
And although nothing more than rumour at this stage, albeit from Atari insiders, there are some intriguing snippets of info that back up these initial whispers.
Last seen on the Xbox under the stewardship of the now defunct Acclaim, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II was then developed by Black Isle Studios. Since then, a number of employees from Black Isle have jumped ship to Obsidian Entertainment - the very same developers that have just finished work on Atari's Neverwinter Nights 2.
Could Baldur's Gate 3 be their next project?
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Remember the media reaction when PlayStation wanted to shut down the PS3 store (but then kept it open)... where is that reaction here?
RIP Xbox 360 digital store and all its games.
It really grinds my gears that they are waiting till 10 days before closing to give the best discounts and the list as of now is 100 or less titles from the massive 360 library
I should have enough points by the weekend to get £25 credit off MS, (hardly ever spend money on xb1), might look at a few of these.
The Xbox 360 store was one of the only advantages the Xbox Series consoles had over the PS5. When I got my series X, I spent more playing Xbox 360 games vs current-gen Xbox games since that was the golden era for Xbox and several titles had enhancements such as 4k resolution and fps boost.
Closing this store will now only benefit the competition.
Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.
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got to love baldurs gate.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!! I freaking love these games!
I guess the 360 will become the console of choice for those that like MMO, same as FPS.
I love Balder's Gate games. WOW. I beat the last two on the xbox and absolutely loved them. Fantastic Action Rgps.
that would be good for the 360, those were hugely popular titles.