Neverwinter Nights (series)

Neverwinter Nights
Genres	Computer role-playing
Developers	BioWare, Obsidian Entertainment, Cryptic Studios
Publishers	Atari (formerly Infogrames)
Platform of origin	Windows
Official website	http://nwn.bioware.com/ http://www.playneverwinter.com/

Neverwinter Nights is a series of video games developed by BioWare, Obsidian Entertainment and Cryptic Studios, based on the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The Neverwinter Nights Series is a follow-up to the Savage Frontier (series) which introduced the city of Neverwinter.

Overview

The series takes place in the city-state Neverwinter, in the fictional world of Faerûn. In the first two games Neverwinter is a bustling location the second largest city on the Sword Coast, the first being Waterdeep and (at the time) the third being Baldur's Gate, however within the hundred years gap between Neverwinter Nights 2 and Neverwinter, the spellplague struck the city and reduced it to ruins.

Games

Neverwinter Nights Series

Neverwinter Nights Series

Title	Release	Platforms	Additional Info
Neverwinter Nights	2002 June	Windows, Linux, Mac
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide	2003 June	Windows, Linux, Mac	expansion pack
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark	2003 December	Windows, Linux, Mac	expansion pack
Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford	2006 August	Windows, Linux, Mac	expansion pack
Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (module)	2004	?	premium pack* (requires Hordes of the Underdark)
Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast	2005 September	Windows	premium pack*
Neverwinter Nights: Infinite Dungeons	2006 May	?	premium pack*
Neverwinter Nights: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr	2006 September	?	premium pack*
Neverwinter Nights 2	2006 October	Windows, Mac
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer	2007 September	Windows	expansion pack
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir	2008 November	Windows	expansion pack
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate	2009 April	Windows	adventure pack**

* The "premium packs" are small-scale, stand-alone adventures.
** The "adventure pack" is similar to the first game's premium packs.

Neverwinter for PC

A new game called Neverwinter has been announced to be a multiplayer game taking place 100 years after the happenings of Neverwinter Nights 2.
Neverwinter for PC is scheduled to release in "late" 2012 ^[1]

References

1. ^ "HASBRO AND ATARI RESOLVE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS RIGHTS DISPUTE". 2011-08-15. http://www.wizards.com/Company/Press.aspx?x=wz/press/54. Retrieved 2011-08-23.