Session Name: | Baldur's Gate: A 10 Year Retrospective |
Speaker(s): | Ray Muzyka, Bob Wallace, Greg Zeschuk |
Company Name(s): | BioWare, Strategic Alternatives, BioWare Corp. |
Track / Format: | Game Design |
Overview: | Ten years ago, the highest rated role-playing game of all time launched in Baldur's Gate 2. The team included Bioware, Interplay and Black Isle and the result was an epic fantasy RPG that inspired a new generation of game developers and has endured the test of time. In this special 10 year retrospective session, Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk, will look back at how the game was made, received, and how making games has changed. Attendees will see living legends discuss the challenges of development and why its important to give it everything youve got in order to wow the audience and be relevant even a decade later. |