On June 10th, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition, a remaster of the beloved 2011 action title, is available on Ultimate and PC Game Pass for cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S players. Barbie Project Friendship follows on June 11th for all three subscription tiers, while Kingdom: Two Crowns is live for PC Game Pass and Ultimate.

On June 12th, EA Sports FC 25 becomes playable for Ultimate and PC Game Pass, followed by The Alters on June 13th. June 17th marks the arrival of FBC: Firebreak, Remedy’s co-op shooter set years after Control. The same day sees the launch of Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time for consoles and PC and Lost in Random: The Eternal Die for Ultimate and PC Game Pass.

There could be more announcements at the upcoming Xbox Games Showcase on June 8th, so stay tuned. As for titles leaving on June 15th, they include:

• Dordogne (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Hypnospace Outlaw (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Isonzo (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Keplerth (PC)
• My Time At Sandrock (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Depersonalization (PC)

“Rediscover two RPG Classics,” reads the notification. “Customize your hero, recruit brave allies, and explore mystical realms in your search for adventure, profit… and the truth. Play Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 with Game Pass.”

The notification seems to have been a mistake, however, as the games aren’t part of the list of titles slated to be coming to PC and Xbox Game Pass in January. Then again, there’s a chance that they will be included in the subscription service’s wave 2 lineup later in the month.

It is worth noting for those that might be interested in revisiting the classic RPGs that, while the first two Baldur’s Gate titles are still excellent games with fantastic stories, they aren’t really connected as heavily to Baldur’s Gate 3 as the franchise name would imply.

Baldur’s Gate 3, on the other hand, has been an incredible success for developer Larian Studios, with the RPG having swept up several Game of the Year awards from different parts of the industry.

For more details, check out our review of Baldur’s Gate 3. The game is available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

Gears 5

The Coalition’s Gears 5 promises to be the biggest, most ambitious Gears of War title yet. Along with a hefty campaign mode (which received more footage at Gamescom), there’s Horde mode which adds character Ultimates and changes up Power mechanics; Escape for quick, three-player Hive runs; a map builder to create your own custom Escape maps; and Versus, which has been expanded with Arcade Mode and Tour of Duty seasonal content. Gears 5 is out on September 10^th for Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. Will it be a worthy follow-up to the series? It won’t be long before we find out.

Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition developer Beamdog was hyping up a rather mysterious game “Adventure Y” and it was finally announced what this game would be – a brand new expansion pack called Siege of Dragonspear.

Clocking in at 25 hours with new areas, new enemies and a new class, Siege of the Dragonspear will actually serve to connect the events of Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate 2: Shaows of Amn. It will required Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition to play and you can import both your created character and save files into the expansion. Even better, you can then export your saves from Dragonspear to Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition if you’re curious to see how your warrior’s new skills would fare in the sequel.

Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear will include support for up to six players in cross-play co-op and will be available for Linux, Mac and PC by year end. It will also arrive on Android and iOS “shortly thereafter”. Check out the trailer for Dragonspear below.

After tearing it up on the App Store, Overhaul Games’s mobile port of Bioware’s all-time classic, AD&D RPG Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition is now available for Android via the Google Play Store. You’ll take on a quest in the Forgotten Realms, traversing the Sword Coast expansion and even tackling the stand-alone Black Pits. The game features improved visuals and a revamped interface for touch users.

It retails for $9.99 and you purchase additional content within the game. You’ll need an Android 4.0 or higher device in order to run it, but from there, you’ll have support for both your tablet, regular smartphone, stylus-equipped phablet and so on.

Currently, there are multiplayer match-making abilities which are in the beta phase, along with a new renderer. There’s also an increased level cap over the original game to allow for easier play and you can even access all the new features from Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn.

However, despite being released in a limited fashion and not quite drumming up too much attention, Beamdog revealed that its whole operation could possibly be under threat – and that includes working on Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition and even Baldur’s Gate III.

Studio head Trent Oster told Rock, Paper, Shotgun that right now, “The prognosis is mixed. Best case, we can sort this out soon. Worst case, this could be in legal hell for a while. I like making games, but this contractual dispute bullshit keeps me up at night.

“Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition is on indefinite hold, as is the current patch. Baldur’s Gate III, we are still interested in the concept, but currently I’d say were very demoralized.”

Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition recently got released for the PC, and it was a great game too, seeing as the game it is a remake of was an excellent game to begin with. Surprisingly enough, developers Overhaul Games were, at one point, also considering bringing the game to the PS3 as well.

Unfortunately though, the user interface and the all over structure of the game proved to be too complex for a console, and Overhaul, who were in talks with Sony, decided to scrap the project.

Trent Oster, who worked on Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition as a Creative Director, said on his Twitter account: “We talked with Sony about #BGEE for #PS3. In the end, the rework to keep the fun and fix the control / UI for console was just too much.”

Well, seeing as games like Dragon Age: Origins have seen the light of the day on the PS3 and the Xbox 360, I’m sure they could have done something about it, but it’s a pity that console audiences can’t play Baldur’s Gate, because it sure is one hell of a game.

[DualShockers]

The reason? It’s not quite finished.

Overhaul president Trent Oster elucidated exactly why in the game’s forums: “Executing on our plan to make the best Baldur’s Gate possible and responding to that overwhelming feedback, we’ve added new characters, areas, and story, creating many new hours of gameplay. Yet the suggestions, fixes, and translations continue, and more volunteers keep joining.”

“After recently reviewing the game and then consulting with our partners, we’ve decided to ensure that Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition is the best possible product on launch. Thus, we have pushed back the release date of the game. Our plan is to release in November, 2012,” said Oster.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If it means a better game as a result, why not? We just hope that it’s ambition doesn’t exceed it’s reach.

Source: Eurogamer

Distributed by Beamdog and published by Atari, Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition is a remake of the original Baldur’s Gate featuring the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion. It runs of an advanced version of the Infinity engine and is packed with lots of new gameplay. This includes:

New Adventure: The Black Pits
New Characters: Dorn Il-Khan, Neera the Wild Mage, Rasaad yn Bashir
New player character voice sets
Native support for high resolution, widescreen displays
400 improvements to the original game
Improved multiplayer support, with connectivity between all platforms

It’ll be available for download directly from Beamdog’s site, and on the Mac App store for iOS and Mac OS.

Source: HighDetails

Developers Overhaul Games have announced that the recently announced remake of the BioWare PC RPG classic, Baldur’s Gate, will be making its way to the iPad as well as the PC.

It was officially announced via the game’s website that Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition will be available for download on the iPad via the App Store this Summer. The game will be developed on an updated version of Baldur’s Gate 2’s Infinity Engine and will have all the content the PC version will have.

It is not yet announced, however, whether Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition will also be released on the iPad. However, IGN has some early hands-on footage and screens of the game running on an iPad. Have a look. The iPad version of the game will apparently have a much better interface to make the tons of in-game menus more accessible and manageable using the device’s touch screen.

Stay tuned to GamingBolt for more info, we’ll keep you updated.