<p><a href="https://whatoplay.com/developers/black-isle-studios" title="Black Isle Studios">Black Isle Studios</a> was just hyping up <a href="https://whatoplay.com/post/baldursgate-dark-alliance" title="Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance Announced for the PC">the release of Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance (BG:DA) on the PC</a> for the first time ever. Though they caught a little snag on the Switch, the good news is its releasing on the eShop this week.</p>

<p>Here’s the official announcement:</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well...<br>this has been rough, eh?<br><br>Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance WILL release on Nintendo e-Shop on the 20th!<br><br>We know you have been upset about the delay. So have we. It's been an unfortunate set of circumstances out of our control. <br><br>But the wait is nearly over! <a href="https://t.co/GuwOcYrERO">pic.twitter.com/GuwOcYrERO</a></p>— Black Isle Studios (@BlackIsleStudio) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlackIsleStudio/status/1394675104869650437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<p><a href="https://whatoplay.com/switch/baldurs-gate-dark-alliance" title="Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance on Switch">Dark Alliance</a> was set to come to the Nintendo eShop on May 7, but the game had a last-minute delay. Now it looks like Black Isle has set a solid release for today, May 20.</p>

<p>The original Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance was developed by <a href="https://whatoplay.com/developers/snowblind-studios" title="Snowblind Studios">Snowblind Studios</a> as a spinoff of <a href="https://whatoplay.com/developers/bioware" title="BioWare">BioWare's</a> Baldur’s Gate games.</p> 

<p>BG: DA is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying games. It was notable for having the updated gameplay that followed the rules of the third edition which came out in 2000.</p>

<p>Though the Baldur’s Gate franchise is best known for being a PC title, Dark Alliance was the first game to be exclusive to consoles. It was released on the PS2 and Xbox in 2001. The game received high praise upon initial release. The PS2 version won the DICE Award for ‘RPG of the Year’.</p>

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<p>Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is coming to the Nintendo eShop on May 20. The game is also available on the <a href="https://whatoplay.com/ps4/baldurs-gate-dark-alliance" title="Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance on PS4">PS4</a>, <a href="https://whatoplay.com/ps5/baldurs-gate-dark-alliance" title="Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance on PS5">PS5</a> and the <a href="https://whatoplay.com/xbox-series-x/baldurs-gate-dark-alliance" title="Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance on Xbox Series X">Xbox Series X|S</a>. Check out our list of <a href="https://whatoplay.com/switch/upcoming" title="Upcoming Switch Games">upcoming Switch games</a> for more titles.</p>

Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance Gets Release Date on the Nintendo eShop

After a last-minute delay, Dark Alliance now has a release date for the Nintendo Switch.