THE BLACK HOUND: Inside the Cancelled Baldur's Gate 3

Larian's Baldur's Gate 3 wasn't the first sequel to Baldur's Gate in development, at Interplay's Black Isle Studios a third entry with the subtitle The Black Hound was in development from the team that worked on Fallout, Planescape Torment and Icewind Dale. Despite their successes however, the game would be cancelled, and studios like InXile under Brian Fargo and Obsidian under Feargus Urquhart would spend 20 years attempting to create a third Baldur's Gate until Larian, following Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2 would take over and sweep game of the year awards.

0:00 Intro
0:52 Chapter 1: The Highlands and Beyond
4:28 Chapter 2: The City of Neverwinter vs. Interplay
6:35 Chapter 3: The Black Hound
14:00 Chapter 4: The Exiled
19:00 Chapter 5: Eternity, Infinity and Divinity

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