Today it was announced that PC Dungeons and Dragons based RPG, Neverwinter Nights 2, has another expansion in development. Dubbed Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir, the new pack promises some drastic changes. Apparently there will be “full party customization, dungeon crawling, and free exploration of a non-linear game world via an Overland Map.”
Sounds pretty cool. Hopefully this new content will breath some life into this three year old RPG.
Today, Atari announced that new content for the PC RPG, The Witcher, will be arriving this week.
This first piece of content will be the Djinni Adventure Editor, a program that allows player to create mods and new adventures. Atari is also releasing the first official new adventure. Named “The Price of Neutrality”, the new adventure grants players a glimpse at the other witchers that are introduced at the start of the game. The last piece of content to be released is the 1.3 patch. The patch adds more polish to the game by adding more dialogue options, NPC models, and new character animations.
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Valve is now adding many of Atari’s PC titles to its digital distribution service, Steam. The current list of titles include:
Valve mentioned that The Witcher, Neverwinter Nights 2 and its expansion Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, will also be coming online shorty.
I have to give my props to Valve. Every time a new company teams up with them to release its games via Steam, I feel that we as PC gamers are moving on to a new era. Keep up the good work.
From Atari, The Witcher is a PC-only RPG that is not only trying to redefine the hack-and-slash generation of role-playing games, but also bring a truly engaging story to a truly generic genre. From the mind of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher is looking to do what every new game does, standout. I spoke with one of the game’s producers here at PAX and got a personal demo to find out just what this title is trying to deliver.
While N+ has always been as a Web-based flash game, Atari is bringing this popular puzzle and physics game to the Sony PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS. I had a chance to test out both versions and both were actually very refreshing and get this, fun. Take a look. Continued…
Atari today announced a partnership with 1C, a publisher based in Russia, to bring five titles to the PC.
You are Empty, Death to Spies, Dawn of Magic, Fantasy Wars, and Swashbucklers will hit this fall. Swashbucklers will also see simultaneous release for the PlayStation 2.
Find screenshots and more information at 1C’s site. Continued…
For those of you waiting to cast Magic Missile at the darkness, here’s your chance: Atari shipped Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics for the PSP today.
