Vivendi Universal Games and Interplay Entertainment Corp. today announced the development of Baldur"s Gate(TM): Dark Alliance(TM) II, the sequel to the award-winning hit Baldur"s Gate: Dark Alliance. This unique action/role-playing game is being developed by Interplay"s Black Isle Studios, known for their high quality role-playing games, and will be released for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft. Baldur"s Gate: Dark Alliance II will be distributed by Vivendi Universal Games.