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Icewind Dale is an exemplary example of how to port a rich book to a computer game. The world in the book is a detailed, living, entity. How do you port that to a video game? Simple. You don’t. That is what Black Isle Studios did with Icewind Dale when they ported it to PC’s […]
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Icewind Dale Takes R.A. Salvatore’s Story in New Direction – June 29th 2000 – Today in Video Game History
June 28th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
SSI Gold Box D&D Veterans Return to their Roots with Tactical Simulations Interactive
March 20th, 2015 Carl Williams Some of the biggest names in role playing games on computers have regrouped to do what they do best, create turn based strategy role playing games that rock. Okay, a little history lesson for those that do not know what I am talking about with the title of this article. The Strategic Simulations Inc (SSI) […]
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New Game: Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition Now Available for Android
November 2nd, 2014 Carl Williams The AD&D Forgotten Realms classic, Icewind Dale, is back in an all new Enhanced Edition on Steam and Google Play. New content and new design await you!
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Revenge of the License: AD&D Heroes of the Lance
September 14th, 2014 Michael Crisman Admit it, you knew this was coming. Maybe not today, maybe not next week, but you knew, at some point, I was going to dig into the hog waller. If that’s what you’ve been waiting for, retro gaming fans, then today’s your lucky day. Rejoice. Clap your hands. Give the ol’ banjo a tune-up. Because […]
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New Game: Icewind Dale Coming to Android, iOS, Mac and PC with +1 Enhancements
August 31st, 2014 Carl Williams Previously we saw Baldur’s Gate, with enhancements, hit Android and now the same developers (Beamdog) are working on bringing Icewind Dale to Google’s mobile platform, among others. Wizards of the Coast have announced this version will be hitting Android, iOS, Mac and PC (presumably through Steam). This is the first time that the popular role […]
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