<s>
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Enhanced	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
is	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
Black	O
Isle	O
Studios	O
2000	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
and	O
its	O
expansions	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
and	O
Trials	O
of	O
the	O
Luremaster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enhanced	O
Edition	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Overhaul	O
Games	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Beamdog	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
allows	O
for	O
an	O
updated	O
multiplayer	O
feature	O
,	O
including	O
cross	B-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
,	O
letting	O
players	O
play	O
together	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
they	O
played	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Enhanced	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
,	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Enhanced	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
features	O
a	O
revamped	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
enhancements	O
include	O
60	O
new	O
items	O
and	O
30	O
class/kit	O
combinations	O
and	O
the	O
playable	O
blackguard	O
class	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
first	O
presented	O
in	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Enhanced	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enhanced	O
edition	O
of	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
August	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
similarity	O
in	O
programming	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
was	O
pitched	O
by	O
Beamdog	O
's	O
Overhaul	O
Games	O
to	O
Wizards	O
of	O
the	O
Coast	O
to	O
receive	O
an	O
enhanced	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
assets	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
were	O
retrieved	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
programming	O
done	O
by	O
Black	O
Isle	O
Studios	O
was	O
dumped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
coding	O
used	O
in	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Enhanced	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
was	O
utilized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
code	O
was	O
then	O
created	O
by	O
Overhaul	O
to	O
replace	O
lost	O
programming	O
from	O
the	O
expansion	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
was	O
rewritten	O
,	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
assets	O
remained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
computers	O
through	O
GOG.com,	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
Beamdog	O
's	O
official	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
of	O
PC	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
release	O
was	O
delayed	O
to	O
November	O
11	O
as	O
Apple	O
did	O
not	O
originally	O
approve	O
of	O
placing	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
citing	O
partial	O
nudity	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
CGI	O
intro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skybound	O
Games	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Skybound	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
released	O
Beamdog	O
's	O
remastered	O
version	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
October	O
15	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Enhanced	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
has	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
80/100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
based	O
on	O
13	O
reviews	O
while	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
has	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
83/100	O
based	O
on	O
4	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Josh	O
Sawyer	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
designers	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
commented	O
on	O
the	O
Enhanced	O
Edition	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
:	O
"	O
As	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
designers	O
on	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
,	O
seeing	O
the	O
BG2	O
[	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
II ]	O
kits	O
in	O
there	O
destroy	O
all	O
the	O
balance	O
kind	O
of	O
made	O
me	O
a	O
little	O
sad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BG2	O
kits	O
are	O
really	O
powerful	O
and	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
was	O
kind	O
of	O
balanced	O
around	O
one	O
thing	O
.	O
</s>
