Baldur’s Gate is getting Siege of Dragonspear expansion nearly 17 years after game’s original 1998 release

If you’re going to make an expansion to a game that’s almost 17 years old, you might as well set it in an iconic location in its world. And that’s exactly what Beamdog is doing with its “Adventure Y” — a codename for a project that turns out to be a new expansion Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition.

The Canadian studio and Dungeons & Dragons owner Wizards of the Coast announced Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear this evening. It’s an expansion for the Enhanced Edition that came out in 2012, and it adds a new story set between the first game and sequel, Baldur’s Gate II, with new companions, a new class, custom magic items, and a new UI. It’s coming out later this year for PC, Mac, Linux, and iOS. It also shows that Beamdog has found an effective strategy for a small studio in the massive PC and mobile markets: updating older games and providing new content for them.