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| Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound | |
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| Developer(s) | Black Isle Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Interplay Entertainment |
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| Series | Baldur's Gate |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | Cancelled |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound was a cancelled role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios for the Microsoft Windows platform. Announced in 2002 under the codenames FR6 and Project Jefferson, it was planned to be the third main entry in the Baldur's Gate series, utilizing the Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition ruleset. The game was set to use a 3D graphics engine developed for the game, rather than the Infinity Engine used for the developer's previous games.[1]
The Black Hound was cancelled in 2003 when Interplay lost the rights to develop further Dungeons & Dragons games for the PC platform.[2] Development at Black Isle Studios moved onto a sequel to the Fallout series codenamed Van Buren, which was itself cancelled in late 2003. Black Isle Studios would develop a further spin-off to the series, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, before being shut down by Interplay on 8 December 2003.[3]
In 2019, Larian Studios announced an unrelated Baldur's Gate 3. It was released in 2023 to critical acclaim.
- ^ Jon "Buck" Birnbaum (13 February 2007). "The Black Hound Interview". Gamebanshee.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- ^ "TBH Game Dynamics". Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ Thorsen, Tor (8 December 2003). "Interplay shuts down Black Isle Studios". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 1 May 2006.