The Bard's Tale (2004 video game)
| The Bard's Tale | |
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North American cover art | |
| Developer | InXile Entertainment |
| Publishers | |
| Director | Matthew Findley |
| Producer | Brian Fargo |
| Designers | Eric Flannum Brian Fargo Matthew Findley |
| Programmers | John Alvarado Kyle Riccio Michael Winfield |
| Artists | Michael Kaufman Brandon Humphreys Chris Robinson |
| Writers | Matthew Findley Eric Flannum Dennis M. Miller John Parry |
| Composers | Tommy Tallarico Clint Bajakian Jared Emerson-Johnson Peter McConnell Michael Land |
| Series | The Bard's Tale |
| Engine | Dark Alliance Engine |
| Platforms | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows, iOS, OS X, Linux, PlayBook, Android, Ouya, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
| Release | October 26, 2004
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| Genre | Action role-playing |
| Mode | Single-player |
The Bard's Tale is an action role-playing game developed and published by inXile Entertainment in 2004. The game was marketed as a humorous spoof of fantasy role-playing video games. It is neither a remake nor a sequel to Interplay Productions' Tales of the Unknown, Volume I: The Bard's Tale (1985).
The Bard's Tale was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in October 2004, and for Microsoft Windows in June 2005. The game was re-released on Steam in December 2009. A universal iOS version was released in December 2011 for iPhone and iPad along with the Android version. The BlackBerry PlayBook version was released in September 2012. In June 2013, the game was also ported to Ouya with full controller support.
The game was remastered in 2020 and released under the title The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.