Icewind Dale, one of the most well regarded video games based on Dungeons & Dragons, is getting a re-release soon and you are invited to start pre-ordering today.
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Beamdog and Wizards of the Coast have taken the 2000 D&D game and given it a facelift and a whole lot of new extras with the creation of the Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, which is currently in beta. Players who pre-order can still earn a chance to get in on the beta. No word on an official release date outside of "when it's ready".
That is all well and good, but what exactly comes with the Enhanced Edition anyway? Let us count the ways:
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"Icewind Dale has been enhanced with new kits and character classes, dozens of new items and spells, and restored quest material cut from the original game. The redesigned user interface features Zoom capabilities and a Quickloot Bar, among numerous other improvements. Up to six players can simultaneously enjoy Icewind Dale with the new cross-platform multiplayer mode."
Additionally, the game features:
Six expanded quests, featuring content cut from the original game
60 new items
Heart of Winter and Trials of the Luremaster expansions
31 new class and kit combinations from Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, well as the half-orc playable race
122 new spells carried over from Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Cross-platform multiplayer
A new "Story Mode" difficulty setting to allow players to experience all of the story with none of the Game Over screens
You can pre-order the game for $19.99 on the official site. It will be available on iOS, Android, PC and MC computers. If you're using it on a mobile device like an iPhone, be sure to clear up some space, since it will take up 2 gigs of storage.
