New campaign for Neverwinter Nights 2 announced

Mike Bantick
Friday, 13 April 2007 08:30

Opinion and Analysis

Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer is scheduled for (southern) Spring 2007 release, we have the details from Atari.

Set in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms world, Neverwinter Nights 2 (NN2) has always had a focus of user created experience, in an attempt to mimic the joy of the original Paper and Pen D&D adventure.

But for the lazy ones, it provided a solid adventure out of the box, Atari have announced the development of the next chapter in this adventure.

NN2: Mask of the Betrayer players will pick up the story shortly after the climatic battle against the King of Shadows, alone, underground and surrounded by a horde of evil spirits.

From the press release;

“With Neverwinter Nights 2, Obsidian delivered a high quality role-playing experience, reinforcing their position amongst the very finest studios working in the field,” said Cyril Voiron, Marketing Director, Atari Europe. “With this Spring expansion pack Obsidian are bringing a wealth of brilliant new content to the fans to make the unique Neverwinter Nights experience even richer.”

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, armour 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.