Description

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a 2001 action role-playing/hack and slash video game developed by Snowblind Studios for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It was ported to GameCube by High Voltage Software, and to the Game Boy Advance by Magic Pockets. The game was published for PlayStation, Xbox and GameCube by Black Isle Studios, a division of Interplay Entertainment, and distributed by Vivendi Universal Games. The Game Boy Advance version was published by DSI Games. CD Projekt was developing a version for PC, but it was ultimately cancelled.
The game is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons, and the gameplay is based on the rules of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition, which were released in 2000. It is the first video game to implement the real time application of the new rules. It is also the first game in the Baldur's Gate series released on consoles as opposed to a PC and/or Mac.
Dark Alliance was well received on all four platforms, with the PlayStation 2 version going on to win the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences award for "Role-Playing Game of the Year" (2001). A sequel, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, was released in 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. A third game was planned, but was cancelled early in development due to legal problems.

Game Information
Average Playtime
1 minutes
Platforms
Linux, macOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC, GameCube
Developers
High Voltage Software, Black Isle Studios, Snowblind Studios, Magic Pockets, Square One Games
Publishers
Interplay Productions, small, Destination Software, DSI Games, Black Isle Studios
Ratings Distribution52 total ratings
recommended61.54%
32 votes
exceptional21.15%
11 votes
meh9.62%
5 votes
skip7.69%
4 votes
Available On
GOG Steam Xbox Store PlayStation Store Nintendo Store Epic Games
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Community Stats
217
Added to lists
52
Reviews
92 own • 39 beat • 5 playing • 38 want