Bob Salvatore is indeed involved, which means great things if you’re a fan of his breezy shared universe pop-fiction…or the inverse if you’re not.
Salvatore to create an authentic D&D adventure filled with compelling fiction and exciting gameplay.” “We’ve been working closely with Wizards of the Coast and R.A. “It’s been years since the original became a gaming icon and we’re honored to work with such a great franchise.” “We’re beyond thrilled to develop a brand new version of Neverwinter,” said Cryptic Studios COO Jack Emmert in a press statement. This occurs in the wake of a “spellplague,” which actually does qualify as Forgotten Realms lore, and which you can read more about here. Oh, and the dead are rising, as the dead often do. The last Lord of Neverwinter is dead, no one agrees who’s in charge, factions struggle to gain the upper hand–all the usual disconcerting bits at the heart of fantasy fiction these days. It also sounds like they’ll be fiddling with what fans might deem canon, re-envisioning Neverwinter as a once proud city presently down on its luck (okay, so maybe not much re-imagined there). Instead, Cryptic Studios, the guys behind online games like City of Heroes, Champions Online, and Star Trek Online, are handling what’ll amount to Neverwinter’s third coming.
Nor is BioWare, the company that resurrected Neverwinter in 2002. It also means one online version of D&D clearly wasn’t enough (even if said version had to go free-to-play last year to save its bacon).Ĭuriously, D&D Online’s developer Turbine isn’t at the helm. No more lonely Neverwinter Nights, that’s what Atari’s signaling with today’s announcement that Neverwinter Nights is returning as an online roleplaying game.
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