Does this game have a future ? anyone know of any new sequal coming out ?? what happened to this series ??

I remember playing it so long ago but now i havent heard anything about the series at all

The series ended with Throne of Bhaal 10 years ago. The reason they haven't made any direct sequels is because the story wraps itself up pretty nicely at the end. There are plenty of other Dungeons and Dragons games that are like Baldur's Gate. A good number of them are on this site.

yea but they could always create something in the baldurs gate world cant they ?

I think Neverwinter Nights are set on the same world. Though in different location.

Icewind Dale is set in the same realm as well, though it's a different kind of game, much more linear hack-and-slash type of adventure, but the same ruleset. And set to the far north of the Swordcoast and Amn, in the Ten Towns region. Also available on Gog.
See this link: http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Faer%C3%BBn for an overview of Faerun. All Bioware D&D are set in the north-western part of Faerun, from south to north: Amn: Baldur's Gate II, Swordcoast: Baldur's Gate I, city of Neverwinter: Neverwinter Nights, Spine of the World Mountains: Icewind Dale. I'm not familiar with the IWD II and NWN II games, don't know where they are located.

Above post sums it up great. There are many other BGesque titles within in the Bioware arsenal. I believe Bioware wont do anymore D&D ruleset games from now on with Mass Effect and Dragon Age under their belts. Although I've always felt Dragon Age was a modernisation of the BG engine.

If I remember correcly, ATARI had plans to continue series couple years back but it never amounted into anything concrete. There are number of Forgotten Realms based games and even greater number of Dungeons & Dragons ruleset based video games around.

yea but i want a good game based in the world..

If Biowares next title is anything like Dragon Age than ill refuse to spend even 1 more cent on anything they release until its not even close to a console port

Well ATARI owns exlusive rights to develop and publish video games based on Forgotten realms fiction and D&D rules and Bioware is owned by their competitor EA so I doubt ATARI will let Bioware near the franchise ever again. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting HC RPG's from most main stream developers (CDPR being exeption that confirms the rule) as RPG's rarely sell enough as PC exlusives (most big publishers need 1-2 mil copies sold to even break even). If you want HC CRPG's you pretty much have to go toindie developers for you fix (but don't expect today's graphics).

What are you referring to when you say the world of Baldur's Gate? Are you referring to Faerun as a whole? I don't think we've seen the end of that. If you mean the specific time and place of Bhaalspawn running around or if you want the same characters in a different story that will probably never happen.

Atari had their Cryptic Studios(bought after Cryptic was seperated fron NCSoft obligations) set for making Never Winter Nights stuff again. However Atari dumped Cryptic last month over to another company. As I understand it NWN is going with Cryptic and not staying with Atari.

Given Cryptic's awful game developement history. I'd pretty much avoid it like the plague.

Whether Cryptic develops Baldur's Gate the city itself or any aspects of the original BG title's stories, is anyone's guess. However some of the key things from a Bioware done version(ie story telling and lore from withing the game via books or other similar devices, I'll be willing to bet will not be in a Cryptic developed product.

Dragon Age: Origins was meant to be the spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate so your very right in it being the "Modernized" version of BG.

You must gather your party before venturing forth.

I believe Dragon Age Origins is a good successor. Sure it had its flaws but the engine did share much in common with BG. DA2 however... Well they just went mental with that one. I remember seeing a video on youtube of someone recreating Irenicus's Dungeon with the DA:O engine. Was pretty decent from what I remember.

The following D&D PC games are all set in the same world as the Baldur's Gate series:

- Icewind Dale and its expansions Heart of Winter and Trials of the Luremaster (available on GOG.com)

- Icewind Dale II (available on GOG.com)

- Neverwinter Nights and its expansions Shadows of Undrentide and Hordes of the Underdark (available on GOG.com)

- Neverwinter Nights 2 and its expansions Mask of the Betrayer and Storm of Zehir

The following D&D PC games are not set in the same world but use the same engine or similar gameplay/atmosphere:

- Planescape: Torment (set in the Planescape universe, same engine as BG/IWD series) (available on GOG.com)

- The Temple of Elemental Evil (set in the world of Greyhawk, fully turn-based) (available on GOG.com)

A few weeks ago Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale was also released, developed by Bedlam and published by Atari. It is set in the same world as the BG/IWD/NWN series but is much, much more action-oriented and it was trashed by critics and fans alike. Meanwhile, as mentioned above, Cryptic continues development on Neverwinter which will be a story-driven online multiplayer role-playing game (not an MMO, mind you) and it remains to be seen how faithful it will be to its predecessors, or if it will play anything like the classic RPG's of the late '90s.

Dragon Age: Origins and its expansion Awakening deserve special mention here, as that series was indeed the "spiritual successor" to the BG games, and developed by the same developer, BioWare. Those titles are probably the closest we've gotten to a "sequel". Dragon Age 2, sadly, strayed from this concept drastically and was a major disappointment.

Of all the above-mentioned titles, I'd say you're likely to get the most enjoyment out of the Icewind Dale (1 and 2) and Neverwinter Nights 2 series. They are the closest to the BG games in terms of gameplay and atmosphere.

Hope this helps.

Edit: Of all the developers out there I think that Obsidian Entertainment, who developed the NWN2 games, are most likely to give us another classic D&D CRPG -- they already have a working relationship with Atari and Wizards of the Coast, and their CEO has talked about re-visiting the Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment franchises several times in the past few months. My money would be on Icewind Dale III.