There's been a slight delay to the console release - PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch - of golden old role-playing games Baldur's Gate (the series), Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale.

They were once expected this week but won't be available until October.

Specifically, The Enhanced Edition Baldur's Gate pack, and the Enhanced Edition Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale double-pack, will be released physically and digitally - globally - on 15th October. (This had been clarified earlier in the year but not widely.)

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Charity speedrunning drive Awesome Games Done Quick 2018 has been a huge success, raising more than $2.26m for the Prevent Cancer Foundation in one week. A late surge in donations helped AGDQ 2018 surpass the $2.22m raised last year.

Some of the AGDQ 2018 highlights include zallard1 playing Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! and Super Punch-Out! at the same time and on the same controller...

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UPDATE: Beamdog has responded, and I'm afraid while it was exploring an idea called Planescape: Unravelled, ultimately the idea didn't amount to much.

Here's what Beamdog founder Trent Oster sent me:

ORIGINAL STORY: Is Beamdog making a new Planescape: Torment game? Not an Enhanced Edition, as the small Canadian studio has done for Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and even Planescape: Torment, but an actual new game. A few new clues suggest so.

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