Interplay and Snowblind Studios released a surprise hit in 2001 with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, the action/RPG that took the world of Baldur's Gate and infused it with a Diablo style of gameplay. Its excellent graphics on the PS2 were almost unmatched to date, and the action was fast and furious. The two-player cooperative mode was plenty of fun, and it was an easy to pick up game - for these reasons it was both a critical and commercial success, spawning ports to both the Xbox and GameCube. It also managed to start up its own mini-genre of games, as D&D Heroes, Champions of Norrath, and even Interplay's own Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel are trying to ride on the coattails of BG:DA's success.