| Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II | |
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| Developer(s) | Black Isle Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Interplay Entertainment |
| Producer(s) | Kevin Osburn |
| Designer(s) | David Maldonado |
| Programmer(s) | Bernie Weir |
| Artist(s) | Jonathan Hales |
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| Series | Baldur's Gate |
| Engine | Dark Alliance Engine |
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, co-op multiplayer |
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II is a 2004 hack and slash action role-playing game for PlayStation 2 and Xbox developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment, with distribution handled by Vivendi Universal Games in North America and Avalon Interactive/Acclaim Entertainment[5] in Europe. It is the sequel to the 2001 game Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance.
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.[6] Dark Alliance II is a direct sequel to the original Dark Alliance game, with the story following five adventurers attempting to save Baldur's Gate from a growing evil, and ascertain the fate of the protagonists from the first game.
Dark Alliance II was well received on both platforms, although many critics felt it was not much of an advancement on the first game. A sequel was planned, but was cancelled early in development due to legal problems and the closure of Black Isle Studios after Interplay went bankrupt.[7] The use of the Dark Alliance game engine led to a lawsuit filed by the engine's creators, Snowblind Studios, against publishers Interplay, which alleged the engine had been used in the game without Snowblind's permission.
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- ^ Thorsen, Tor (December 8, 2003). "Interplay shuts down Black Isle Studios". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 13, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2006.