Neverwinter Nights (series)

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.

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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]

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