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Walking Dead creator Skybound Games will publish Beamdog’s classic RPGs to consoles

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Skybound Games, part of The Walking Dead creator’s Skybound Entertainment, and Beamdog today announced a publishing partnership that will bring the Enhanced Editions of classic role-playing games Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate ll, Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment, and Neverwinter Nights to consoles in 2019.

The Edmonton, Canada-based Beamdog has previously published enhanced versions of Dungeons & Dragons games to the PC. These upcoming releases will allow RPG fans the opportunity to experience epic D&D adventures in a whole new way.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.