Beamdog swaggers in, says sorry I'm late, then surprise-patches Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 Enhanced 14 years after release

Beamdog swaggers in, says sorry I’m late, then surprise-patches Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 Enhanced 14 years after release | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG Obsidian was ‘surprised’ that Avowed players bounced off one of the RPG’s most important systems: ‘That frustration came through loud and clear’ RPG Avowed was always great, but now that it costs what it should have at launch and nobody’s being weird about it online, it’s kinda perfect RPG Avowed’s massive anniversary update adds new playable races, but they don’t get any unique dialogue because there were ‘no dedicated narrative people available’ MMO 15 years after it was shut down, Star Wars Galaxies is still getting massive updates thanks to this restoration project—like a Helldivers-style galactic civil war Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders’ Shrouded Sky added lots of cool new toys, but my favourite part is the new quality-of-life features that have flown under the radar Games Todd Howard has ‘softened’ on remasters, but he’s still ‘anti-remake’ RPG Path of Exile’s next update might prevent your cursor from killing you, and it has a bunch of QoL changes that even PoE 2 doesn’t have yet RPG Huge new Avowed update adds New Game Plus, playable dwarves and Orlans, and quarterstaffs Baldur’s Gate Surprise! 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So too do Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition. “We’re truly sorry it took this long,” write the devs. “With 2026 marking 14 years since BG:EE first launched on PC, we want to thank you for staying with us on this journey.”Which, let me be the first to say: hell yeah. Old bangers getting new patches? I’m all about that, and this new update has at least one fix that’s very significant for me specifically (you have to be allowed to write a news post just for yourself sometimes—keeps morale up). Specifically, 2.7 brings native Apple Silicon support to the majority of Beamdog’s Enhanced Edition suite—no more running the Intel build via Apple’s Rosetta translation layer, like some kind of mediaeval serf. Related articles Surprise! Baldur’s Gate 3 got a fresh patch. Unsurprise! 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