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AtariPosted: August 31st, 2003.
Award-Winning Neverwinter Nights’ Universe Expands With New Campaign, EpicLevels, Prestige Classes, Creatures, Spells and More
Atari and BioWare Corp., under license from Hasbro, Inc., are set to expandthe award-winning Neverwinter Nights, the best-selling, fantasy roleplayinggame based in the Forgotten Realms© world from Wizards of the Coast’s classicDungeons & Dragons© game. Following the release of the first officialexpansion pack, Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide in June,Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark pits players in a battle tosave the embattled city of Waterdeep from an ancient evil buried deep withinthe earth and stone of Undermountain. Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of theUnderdark is scheduled for release this November.
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark will include a new 20-hour singleplayer campaign, designed for high-level characters and set amidst the famouscity of Waterdeep and the foreboding Underdark from the D&D© game’s ForgottenRealms campaign setting. Hordes of the Underdark will significantly expand uponthe Neverwinter Nights universe, most notably with the addition of Epic Levelgameplay. Based upon the rules published by Wizards of the Coast in the D&Dgame supplement Epic Level Handbook, Epic Levels will be available forcharacters who have reached level 20, allowing them to advance as far as level40.
In addition, Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark will introduceseveral new prestige classes, including the Shifter, a druidic classspecializing in shape shifting; dozens of new feats, such as Epic Reputation,Craft Weapon and Armor Skin; a multitude of new weapons and spells, manydesigned solely for epic level characters; challenging new creatures pulledstraight out of the Underdark, including Mind Flayers, Beholders and Driders;several new character voice sets for even greater character customization; and17 new epic soundtracks from composer Jeremy Soule.
“Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark will expand on the alreadymassive Neverwinter Nights franchise by adding a number of features requestedby the extensive fan community,” said Dr. Greg Zeschuk, BioWare Corp.joint CEO and Co-Executive Producer of Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of theUnderdark. “The inclusion of Epic Levels alone should open up greatnew ways for people to play the game and create their own high-level adventures,further extending the value of their original game purchase,” addedRay Muzyka, BioWare Corp. joint CEO and Co-Executive Producer.
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark will equip module makers with twonew tilesets and additional content for the Neverwinter Nights Aurora Toolset,the groundbreaking software included with the full game that allows playersto create their own universes, quests and storylines. The two new tilesetswill be based around the new campaign and will include exciting new featuresspecific to certain denizens of the Underdark itself.
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark is scheduled for release inNovember 2003. Additional information about Neverwinter Nights: Hordes ofthe Underdark can be found online atBiowave.com
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
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