<s>
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2001	O
expansion	O
pack	O
to	O
the	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Black	O
Isle	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
expansion	O
and	O
add-on	O
were	O
included	O
in	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Enhanced	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
shortly	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shadows	I-Application
of	I-Application
Amn	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
Josh	O
Sawyer	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
impetus	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
the	O
strong	O
retail	O
performance	O
of	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
;	O
Interplay	O
greenlit	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
around	O
two	O
weeks	O
after	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
focus	O
lay	O
on	O
importing	O
code	O
and	O
features	O
created	O
for	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
II	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
challenges	O
was	O
the	O
straightforward	O
and	O
linear	O
structure	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
,	O
which	O
left	O
little	O
room	O
for	O
additional	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
's	O
solution	O
was	O
to	O
take	O
players	O
to	O
a	O
separate	O
region	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
barbarian	O
Hjollder	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
catalyst	O
character	O
"	O
,	O
who	O
could	O
be	O
met	O
either	O
in	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dales	I-Application
hub	O
location	O
of	O
Kuldahar	O
or	O
after	O
completing	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
main	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	O
members	O
John	O
Deiley	O
and	O
Steve	O
Bokkes	O
handled	O
the	O
"	O
majority	O
of	O
area	O
and	O
quest	O
work	O
"	O
in	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
,	O
according	O
to	O
Sawyer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
went	O
gold	O
on	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
received	O
fairly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
multiple	O
reviewers	O
complimenting	O
its	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
GameSpy	O
,	O
the	O
writer	O
suggests	O
that	O
"	O
when	O
the	O
entire	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
saga	O
is	O
available	O
at	O
bargain	O
prices	O
,	O
this	O
expansion	O
marks	O
a	O
fun	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Chan	O
of	O
the	O
New	O
Straits	O
Times	O
called	O
out	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
minor	O
technical	O
glitches	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
pathfinding	B-Algorithm
problems	O
and	O
the	O
occasional	O
system	O
lock	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
debuted	O
at	O
#6	O
on	O
NPD	O
Intelect	O
's	O
computer	O
game	O
sales	O
rankings	O
for	O
the	O
February	O
18	O
–	O
24	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
four	O
weeks	O
,	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
was	O
absent	O
from	O
NPD	O
's	O
top	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2001	O
,	O
Black	O
Isle	O
Studios	O
began	O
development	O
of	O
Trials	O
of	O
the	O
Luremaster	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
downloadable	O
add-on	O
for	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
designer	O
Steve	O
Bokkes	O
,	O
the	O
add-on	O
was	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
small	O
stopgap	O
project	O
to	O
keep	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
team	O
occupied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
inspiration	O
was	O
the	O
criticism	O
that	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
had	O
been	O
too	O
short	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalist	O
Mark	O
Asher	O
wrote	O
that	O
he	O
"	O
talked	O
to	O
Black	O
Isle	O
Director	O
Feargus	O
Urquhart	O
...	O
and	O
he	O
mentioned	O
that	O
they	O
felt	O
like	O
maybe	O
they	O
should	O
have	O
done	O
a	O
little	O
more	O
with	O
the	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
Winter	I-Application
expansion	O
,	O
so	O
this	O
expansion	O
is	O
their	O
response.	O
"	O
</s>
