Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 are reportedly getting full remakes
Full remakes of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 are reportedly in development at Wizards of the Coast, according to a PC Gamer exclusive. The report names Kevin Martens — co-lead designer on BG2 and lead on its expansion Throne of Bhaal — as the person heading the project. Neither Hasbro nor Wizards of the Coast agreed to comment.
The designer
Martens is a credible pick. He worked on Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal at BioWare, then moved on to Jade Empire, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect, and Diablo 3 before leaving BioWare in 2009. Most recently he was at Archetype Entertainment — a Wizards-owned studio — working on the sci-fi RPG Exodus. His apparent reassignment to the BG remakes suggests Wizards is treating this as a priority, not a side project.
What's actually being built
PC Gamer is confident a BG2 remake is in active development, and believes a remake of the first game is running concurrently. If both ship together, players could be looking at well over 100 hours of content. These are full remakes — not rereleases. Beamdog's Enhanced Editions from 2012–2013 were remasters: bug fixes, UI polish, and a handful of new quests. Whatever Wizards is building is described as new-engine work with updated visuals and likely expanded story.
Baldur's Gate II originally launched in 2000 and sits at 95 on Metacritic, making it one of the highest-rated PC games ever made.
The gap it fills
Larian Studios has made clear it won't return to Baldur's Gate after BG3. Wizards needs something to keep the franchise alive while Baldur's Gate 4 is years away — GamesRadar notes that Wizards of the Coast president John Hight confirmed BG4 will happen, just not soon. The remake strategy mirrors what Virtuos did with Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered — a project that reportedly took over four years to finish.
What we don't know yet
Platforms, release window, engine, and whether the combat system stays real-time-with-pause or shifts to turn-based are all unconfirmed. Martens did not respond to PC Gamer before publication. Until Wizards makes an official announcement, treat everything here as credible but unverified.
