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Baldur’s Gate II
''Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn'' is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Interplay Entertainment. It is the sequel to 1998's ''Baldur's Gate (video game), Baldur's Gate'' and was released for Microsoft Windows, Windows in September 2000. Following its predecessor, the game takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a fantasy campaign setting, and is based on the ''Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd edition rules. Powered by BioWare's Infinity Engine, ''Baldur's Gate II'' uses an Isometric video game graphics, isometric perspective and pausable real-time gameplay. The player controls a party of up to six characters, one of whom is the player-created protagonist; the others are certain characters recruited from the game world. Much of ''Baldur's Gate II'' takes place in and around Athkatla, a city in the country of Amn (Forgotten Realms), Amn. Opening shortly after the events of ''Baldu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BioWare
BioWare is a Canadian video game developer based in Edmonton, Alberta. It was founded in 1995 by newly graduated Doctor of Medicine, medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip. Since 2007, the company has been owned by American publisher Electronic Arts. BioWare specializes in role-playing video games, and achieved recognition for developing highly praised and successful licensed franchises: ''Baldur's Gate'', ''Neverwinter Nights'', and ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic''. They proceeded to make several other successful games based on original intellectual property: ''Jade Empire'', the ''Mass Effect'' series, and the ''Dragon Age'' series. In 2011, BioWare launched their first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), ''Star Wars: The Old Republic''. History Foundation BioWare was founded by Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip. Of the founding team, Muzyka, Zeschuk and Yip had recently graduated from medical school at the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
