<s>
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Hound	I-Application
was	O
a	O
planned	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
third	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
as	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shadows	I-Application
of	I-Application
Amn	I-Application
and	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Throne	I-Application
of	I-Application
Bhaal	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
new	O
3D	O
engine	O
based	O
on	O
BioWare	O
's	O
Aurora	O
Engine	O
,	O
itself	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Infinity	O
Engine	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rumors	O
about	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
The	O
Black	O
Hound	O
continued	O
up	O
until	O
2012	O
,	O
when	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Enhanced	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
,	O
Beamdog	O
,	O
revealed	O
that	O
they	O
planned	O
on	O
making	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
initially	O
reveal	O
whether	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
The	O
Black	O
Hound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trent	O
Oster	O
from	O
Beamdog	O
later	O
clarified	O
that	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
The	O
Black	O
Hound	O
,	O
but	O
would	O
instead	O
be	O
an	O
original	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Larian	O
Studios	O
began	O
to	O
develop	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
but	O
have	O
not	O
mentioned	O
any	O
connection	O
to	O
the	O
previously	O
planned	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Hound	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
continent	O
of	O
Faerûn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
that	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
would	O
have	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
well	O
in	O
a	O
cameo	O
appearance	O
,	O
this	O
remains	O
unconfirmed	O
and	O
highly	O
unlikely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
None	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
games	O
would	O
have	O
returned	O
;	O
the	O
cast	O
and	O
story	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
completely	O
original	O
,	O
although	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
Icewind	O
Dale	O
series	O
would	O
have	O
returned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
would	O
not	O
have	O
been	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
II	I-Application
in	O
terms	O
of	O
story	O
but	O
rather	O
gameplay	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
did	O
continue	O
part	O
of	O
story	O
of	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
II	I-Application
through	O
joinable	O
NPC	O
's	O
,	O
specifically	O
Maralie	O
Fiddlebender	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
an	O
adult	O
in	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
hound	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
storybook	O
of	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
II	I-Application
of	O
which	O
Maralie	O
narrated	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
developers	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
revolved	O
around	O
this	O
hound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	O
Jackson	O
was	O
then	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
connection	O
was	O
unknown	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
current	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
only	O
one	O
connection	O
known	O
:	O
a	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
fundamentals	O
as	O
the	O
previous	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
games	O
updated	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
3rd	O
Edition	O
ruleset	O
,	O
meaning	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
used	O
pausable	O
realtime	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Damien	O
Foletto	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
hoped	O
to	O
use	O
elements	O
from	O
other	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Temple	I-Application
of	I-Application
Elemental	I-Application
Evil	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Fallout	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
no	O
single	O
weapon	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
better	O
than	O
other	O
weapons	O
,	O
and	O
each	O
weapon	O
would	O
have	O
had	O
its	O
own	O
traits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
like	O
the	O
original	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
could	O
switch	O
freely	O
between	O
their	O
character	O
and	O
CNPCs	O
in	O
their	O
party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sawyer	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
history	O
was	O
adjacent	O
with	O
that	O
of	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
,	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
-	I-Application
Trials	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Luremaster	I-Application
and	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
full	O
development	O
team	O
on	O
it	O
until	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
all	O
development	O
of	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jefferson	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
Christmas	O
2003	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
canceled	O
in	O
mid-2003	O
for	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
Interplay	O
's	O
license	O
to	O
release	O
D&D	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
console	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
about	O
80%	O
done	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
developer	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
canceled	O
;	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
was	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Interplay	O
license	O
to	O
release	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
and	O
Icewind	O
Dale	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
console	O
expired	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
when	O
Interplay	O
was	O
recovering	O
from	O
their	O
financial	O
woes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Jefferson	O
Engine	O
was	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
very	O
powerful	O
3D	O
engine	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
incorporated	O
everything	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
games	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Temple	I-Application
of	I-Application
Elemental	I-Application
Evil	I-Application
and	O
some	O
elements	O
from	O
Fallout	B-Application
and	O
put	O
them	O
into	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interplay	O
did	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
use	O
the	O
Jefferson	O
Engine	O
for	O
the	O
canceled	O
Fallout	B-Application
3	O
,	O
Van	O
Buren	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
only	O
a	O
tech-demo	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
