Neverwinter Nights 2 Expansion Announced!
Neverwinter fans, hold onto your jaunty hats and masterwork rapiers: Obsidian and Atari today announce Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, the expansion to NWN2, which will roll onto shelves in Fall 2007 with d8 hit die and a stunningly high charisma score.
Mask of the Betrayer takes place in the Forgotten Realms not long after the conclusion of the events in NWN2, as the player finds him or herself stranded deep underground and "surrounded by a horde of evil spirits." Yay...just like Christmas! The campaign is set in Rashemen, a land of rugged terrain, sexy berserkers (see Minsc & Boo, pictured), and matriarchal witches with mastery (mistressery?) over the unusually active and numerous spirits of the land. Rashemen is also dangerously close to Thay and its cabal of Red Wizards, constantly a-plotting something foul and fun...so that's neat.
In addition to a new campaign, the expansion will bring epic levels, dozens of new feats and spells, new races, base classes and prestige classes, new companions, weapons, armor, crafting, new monsters, and beefed-up modding tools.
Make the jump for the full press release!
ATARI ANNOUNCES
NEVERWINTER NIGHTS ™ 2: MASK OF THE BETRAYER
Expansion to Neverwinter Nights 2 Features Engrossing New Campaign;
Epic Levels; New Companions and Much More
NEW YORK – April 12, 2006 – Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR), one of the world’s most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher, today announced the development of the next chapter in the Neverwinter Nights saga – Neverwinter Nights™ 2: Mask of the Betrayer. Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, the expansion to the award-winning Neverwinter Nights 2 is set in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® Forgotten Realms® universe created by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS). DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is under license from HPG, the licensing division of Hasbro. Neverwinter Nights™ 2: Mask of the Betrayer will be available in North America in Fall 2007.
In Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, players are transported back to the Forgotten Realms shortly after the events detailed in the original Neverwinter Nights 2. Following the climactic battle against the King of Shadows, the player awakens alone and stranded deep beneath the earth. Surrounded by a horde of evil spirits, the player embarks on an epic adventure that reveals his true destiny.
“Atari’s commitment to the Neverwinter Nights franchise and the enormous community is strong,” said Nique Fajors, Vice President, Sales, Marketing, Atari, Inc. “We are on track to release the Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion pack this Fall, less than one year since the launch of Obsidian’s outstanding sequel, and are confident the new features will deliver a role-playing experience that further engages and satisfies fans.”
Set in harsh, spirit-rich Rashemen, near the powerful nation of Thay, Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer will present players with an exciting new campaign; epic levels; dozens of new feats and spells; new races, base classes and prestige classes; new companions; new weapons, armor and crafting options; hordes of new monsters; and enhanced modding tools.
“Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer’s engrossing campaign will conclude the storyline that began in the original Neverwinter Nights 2 and focus on combat, exploration and classic D&D dungeon-crawling,” said Feargus Urquhart, CEO, Obsidian Entertainment. “We’re also making new advances in story and character development as well as improving upon the acclaimed companion Influence System used in both Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords and Neverwinter Nights 2.”
The Neverwinter Nights franchise has sold more than three million copies worldwide, is translated into 10 languages, sold in more than 40 countries and features one of the largest and most active fan communities in all of gaming. To date, fans of the franchise, which includes Neverwinter Nights, Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide™ Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark™ and Neverwinter Nights 2 have created more than 5,000 modifications to the original game using the award-winning toolset included with the full game that allows players to create their own universes, quests and storylines.
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer is scheduled for release in Fall 2007. More information about Neverwinter Nights 2 can be found at www.nwn2.com, which includes user forums, project news, development updates and more.
tiny dancer
Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 12 April 2007
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Well I'm stoked! oked oked oked. Heyy is that an echo o o o? Where are all the gay NWN2 fans?
Hey tiny, since you use this large, muscley and sensitive mouse holder as your icon, mind educating those of us who have never played the series who he is?
Enquiring minds want to know.
hey game-boi,
tiny uses the character portrait for Minsc, a human ranger from Rasheman who was a playable NPC in Baldur's Gate I & II. he suffered a head injury and adopted a "miniature giant space hamster" named Boo, to whom he talks throughout both games. if you've never played these two games - DO!!
:)
Yeah, what he said!