Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate 2 and Icewind Dale Enhanced Editions all just got a significant update.

Patch 2.6 for the enhanced editions of the classic role-playing games makes a number of important changes, including an upgrade to 64-bit that improves system compatibility with modern machines. 32-bit operating systems are no longer supported.

Meanwhile, there are seven new character voice sets (including two from the legendary Mark Meer reprising his roles as Alveus Malcanter and Baeloth Barrityl), which you can use for your hero, 11 new character portraits, and hundreds of bug fixes.

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GOG must be in a very generous mood right now. Following on from Tuesday's Witcher 3 giveaway to owners of the game on other platforms, they're now handing out the classic D&D RPG Eye of the Beholder Trilogy for free.

Originally released back in 1991, the Eye of the Beholder Trilogy includes a set of first-person real-time RPGs based on the Advanced Dungeon & Dragons 2nd Edition's game rules. Your band of adventurers will root around the Waterdeep Sewers, Temple Darkmoon and Myth Drannor across all three games - and, in a neat move, you can bring the same party with you in each entry.

I've never had the pleasure of playing these myself, but the nostalgia seems to be hitting pretty hard for those that have ventured forth before. It'll be interesting to see quite how well they all hold up nearly 30 years later.

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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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