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Beamdog was founded in 2009 by Trent Oster and Cameron Tofer. It has employees "scattered across the globe", in locations throughout the United States and as far away as Australia, Russia, and the UK.<ref name=":0" /> |
Beamdog was founded in 2009 by Trent Oster and Cameron Tofer. It has employees "scattered across the globe", in locations throughout the United States and as far away as Australia, Russia, and the UK.<ref name=":0" /> |
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| ⚫ | '''Overhaul Games''' is a division of Beamdog. Originally, it was a part of Beamdog, but following the release of MDK2 Wii, a discrete studio was founded to work on MDK2 HD.<ref name="aol-cofounders" /> The name Overhaul Games was chosen to reflect the company's work on MDK2 HD as they had overhauled the game into a next generation game. Since 2012, the Overhaul team has also released several enhanced editions of [[BioWare#Technology|Infinity Engine]] games as well. |
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== Overhaul Games == |
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| ⚫ | Overhaul Games is a division of Beamdog. Originally, it was a part of Beamdog, but following the release of MDK2 Wii, a discrete studio was founded to work on MDK2 HD.<ref name="aol-cofounders" /> The name Overhaul Games was chosen to reflect the company's work on MDK2 HD as they had overhauled the game into a next generation game. Since 2012, the team has also released several enhanced editions of [[BioWare#Technology|Infinity Engine]] games as well. |
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==Games== |
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Revision as of 02:19, 31 December 2017
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | July 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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| Website | beamdog |
Beamdog is a Canadian video game developer, publisher, and distributor founded in 2009[1] by BioWare co-founder Trent Oster and BioWare lead programmer Cameron Tofer.[2][3] Beamdog's distribution service was launched in July 2010.[4]
History
Beamdog was founded in 2009 by Trent Oster and Cameron Tofer. It has employees "scattered across the globe", in locations throughout the United States and as far away as Australia, Russia, and the UK.[1]
Overhaul Games is a division of Beamdog. Originally, it was a part of Beamdog, but following the release of MDK2 Wii, a discrete studio was founded to work on MDK2 HD.[2] The name Overhaul Games was chosen to reflect the company's work on MDK2 HD as they had overhauled the game into a next generation game. Since 2012, the Overhaul team has also released several enhanced editions of Infinity Engine games as well.
Games
Beamdog mainly publishes games to its website. Its developing division Overhaul Games has developed games for Beamdog, while the actual Beamdog team has developed a game itself.
- MDK2 Wii (2011) – Developed by Beamdog, published by Interplay
- MDK2 HD (2012) – Developed by Overhaul Games, published by Interplay
- Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2012) – Developed by Overhaul Games, published by Beamdog[5][6]
- Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (2013) – Developed by Overhaul Games, published by Beamdog
- Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition (2014) – Developed by Overhaul Games, published by Beamdog
- Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (2016) – Developed and published by Beamdog
- Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition (2017) - Developed by Overhaul Games, published by Beamdog
- Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition (2017) - Developed and published by Beamdog
In addition, Beamdog also offer official soundtracks to games for download[7] as well as "digital deluxe" versions[8] with the original and additional music included. The Siege of Dragonspear is also available in a collectors edition as well.[9]
Beamdog Client
Beamdog Client is an online-based game software program (similar to Steam), which allows players to keep their games up to date with the latest fixes and enhancements. It also allows players access to the latest content from Beamdog, as well as a forum for testing or providing game feedback.[10]
References
- ^ a b "IWDEE-Feature-Guide (page 12)" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-12-31.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b Callaham, John (2010-06-29), "Interview: BioWare co-founder talks about launching Beamdog and MDK2 HD", Big Download, America Online, retrieved 2012-03-24
- ^ Williams, Rob (2011-10-13), "A Look at Beamdog's PC Game Digital Distribution Service", Techgage, retrieved 2012-03-24
- ^ (Press release) (2010-03-24), "BioWare Veterans launch Beamdog, a new PC digital distribution service", Beamdog, archived from the original on 2012-03-22, retrieved 2012-03-16
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Dutton, Fred (2012-03-19), "Baldur's Gate 3 is "our long-term goal", says Beamdog", Eurogamer, retrieved 2012-03-24
- ^ Keefer, John (2012-03-19), "Baldur's Gate 3 is a 'long-term goal' of Beamdog", Shacknews, retrieved 2012-03-24
- ^ Beamdog. "Beamdog". Beamdog - Developer and Publisher of Enhanced Edition Games. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
- ^ Beamdog. "Beamdog". Beamdog - Developer and Publisher of Enhanced Edition Games. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
- ^ Beamdog. "Beamdog". Beamdog - Developer and Publisher of Enhanced Edition Games. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
- ^ Beamdog. "Beamdog". Beamdog - Developer and Publisher of Enhanced Edition Games. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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