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The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut Arrives Digitally on August 27 and at Retail on September 6

inXile entertainment, the Xbox Game Studio led by Interplay founder and The Bard’s Tale series co-creator Brian Fargo, is proud to announce The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut is hitting Xbox Game Pass on August 27, with retail copies landing in stores on September 6.

The Director’s Cut is loaded with new features, fixes, and content, making it the truly definitive edition of The Bard’s Tale IV. Along with an Unreal Engine update that has the game looking, playing, and sounding better than ever, The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut directly addresses feedback received from the game’s initial launch with thousands of fixes and tweaks included.

The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut will be available for purchase on August 27, or you can play on console with Xbox Game Pass, on PC with Xbox Game Pass for PC, or on both platforms with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The Xbox One retail version will arrive on September 6.

The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut

New features of The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut include:

  • A new end-game chapter that adds hours of additional content
  • New enemies, items, and weapons, including dwarven master-crafted weapons
  • Thousands of fixes and improvements across the game
  • Refined and more feature-rich UI
  • More class/gender character creation options
  • Rebalanced combat and encounters
  • Additional difficulty settings
  • Full gamepad support across all platforms

What’s more, each version of The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut includes bonus in-game items.

The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut

Digital Standard Edition for PC (Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate) – $39.99

  • The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut
  • Digital Code Wheel
  • Digital Guidebook
  • Digital Manual
  • In-game items:
    • Fire Horn

Digital Edition for Xbox One (Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate) – $39.99

  • The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut
  • In-game items:
    • Fire Horn

The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut

Retail Day One Edition for Xbox One – $39.99

The retail Day One Edition for Xbox One will include additional content. Quantities are limited. Content includes:

  • The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut
  • Physical poster map
  • In-game items:
    • Fire Horn
    • Kael’s Axe
    • Red Boots
    • Bardic Brian Skin & Booty

Click here to learn more about The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut.