Back Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance German Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance French 발더스 게이트: 다크 얼라이언스 Korean Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance LLD Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance Polish Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Portuguese Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance Russian Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Ukrainian
| Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance | |
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| Developer(s) | Snowblind Studios[a] |
| Publisher(s) | Interplay Entertainment Black Isle Studios[b] |
| Producer(s) | Darren Monahan |
| Designer(s) |
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| Programmer(s) | Erza Dreisbach |
| Artist(s) | John Van Deusen |
| Composer(s) | |
| Series | Baldur's Gate |
| Engine | Dark Alliance engine |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | December 4, 2001 |
| Genre(s) | Action role-playing, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, co-op multiplayer |
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a 2001 action role-playing video game developed by Snowblind Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment subsidiary Black Isle Studios for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox consoles, with High Voltage Software handling the GameCube port, and Magic Pockets developing the Game Boy Advance version. CD Projekt was developing a version for Microsoft Windows, but was ultimately cancelled. In 2021, a 4K port of the game was released for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC.[5]
The game is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons, and the gameplay is based on the rules of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition, which were released in 2000. It is the first video game to implement the real time application of the new rules.[7] It is also the first game in the Baldur's Gate series released on consoles as opposed to a PC and/or Mac.
Dark Alliance was well received on all four platforms, with the PlayStation 2 version going on to win the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences award for "Console Role-Playing Game of the Year" (2002). A sequel, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, was released in 2004 for non-Nintendo consoles. A third game was planned, but was cancelled early in development due to legal problems, and the closure of Black Isle Studios after Interplay went bankrupt.[8][9][10]
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- ^ "Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (GameCube)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ^ "Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (GBA)". IGN. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ^ a b Beckhelling, Imogen (December 17, 2021). "Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "Square One Games". s1games.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
- ^ Hwang, Kaiser (October 18, 2002). "Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Review (Xbox)". IGN. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
- ^ Thorsen, Tor (December 8, 2003). "Interplay shuts down Black Isle Studios". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 13, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2006.
- ^ Butts, Stephen (December 16, 2003). "Black Isle Closure: The Inside Track". IGN. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
- ^ "Interplay Entertainment Corp 10-K for 12/31/05 EX-10". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. June 19, 2006. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
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