Atari Releases ``Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide''.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 2003 First Official Expansion Pack for "Neverwinter Nights(TM)" Features New Single Player Campaign, Additional Monsters, Classes and More Atari (Nasdaq: ATAR), BioWare Corp. and FloodGate Entertainment have released the first official expansion to the smash hit "Neverwinter Nights(TM)", the award-winning fantasy role-playing game based in the "Dungeons & Dragons(R)" "Forgotten Realms(R)" world created by Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, they popularized the collectible card game genre with in . "Neverwinter Nights(TM): Shadows of Undrentide(TM)" is now available in stores nationwide and was developed under license from Hasbro Consumer Products Worldwide. "`Neverwinter Nights' is the definitive role playing role playing, n in behavioral medicine, learning exercise in which individuals assume characters different from their own. The individual may also be asked to simulate a particularly difficult situation and apply the characteristics that are common to his experience on the personal computer," said Steve Allison, vice president of marketing for Atari, Inc.'s Los Angeles studio. "With `Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide,' we are giving the fans all new content for their single player campaigning as well as new tools to push their own creations to the next level in the `Neverwinter Nights Aurora Toolset.'" "Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide" will include a new extensive single player campaign as well as game features new to "Neverwinter Nights," such as additional D&D(TM) skills, feats, classes, monsters, weapons and spells. In addition, the pack will include three new tile sets and other assets other assets Assets of relatively small value. For financial reporting purposes, firms frequently combine small assets into a single category rather than listing each item separately. for use in the Aurora toolset that will enable module designers to create completely different worlds. The game is being co-developed by BioWare Corp., creators of the original game and the popular "Baldur's Gate" series, and FloodGate Entertainment. A second expansion, "Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark(TM)," which will feature a new single player campaign and even more features is also in the works for Fall 2003 and is under development exclusively at BioWare Corp. "Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide" offers role playing fans even more D&D features than the groundbreaking original. Additions include: new skills, including Tumble and Appraise; new feats, such as Divine Might, Great Cleave cleat, cleave claw of any cloven-footed animal. and Bullheaded bull·head·ed adj. Foolishly or irrationally stubborn; headstrong. See Synonyms at obstinate. bull ; new weapons, such as Holy Water Flasks and Choking Powder; five new prestige classes, including the Blackguard, Shadowdancer, and Assassin; new monsters from the D&D universe, including the Pit Fiend, Cockatrice cockatrice half-serpent, half-cock; kills with glance. [Heraldry: Brewer Dictionary, 243] See : Monsters , Sphinx sphinx (sfĭngks), mythical beast of ancient Egypt, frequently symbolizing the pharaoh as an incarnation of the sun god Ra. The sphinx was represented in sculpture usually in a recumbent position with the head of a man and the body of a lion, and Manticore; and over fifty new spells. In addition, the expansion pack equips module makers with additional content for the "Neverwinter Nights Aurora Toolset," the groundbreaking software included with the full game that allows players to create their own universes, quests and storylines. The toolset will be augmented with all new tile sets for creation of new environments as well as new "Wizards," or automated guides, to help gamers build and play adventures of their own creation. "Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide" is now available at retail stores nationwide with an estimated retail price of $29.95 and an ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB Estrogen Receptor Beta ESRB Explosive Safety Review Board rating of "T" for Teen. Additional information about "Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide" can be found online at www.bioware.com, which features message boards, wallpapers, screenshots, game play information and much more. About BioWare BioWare Corp. is an electronic entertainment company that develops computer and console games. BioWare's developers are currently hard at work on "Star Wars(R): Knights of the Old Republic(TM)" (to be published by LucasArts) for the Xbox and PC. Two currently untitled projects, one an Xbox title (to be published by Microsoft), the other a PC title (no publisher yet announced), both featuring original BioWare intellectual properties, are also in development. "Neverwinter Nights" has enjoyed significant commercial and critical success and is currently garnering Game and Role Playing Game See CRPG. of the Year accolades. Previously published projects include: "Shattered Steel(TM)," the genre-defining "Baldur's Gate(TM)" role playing game series for the PC, "MDK MDK Mandrake (Linux distribution) MDK Mix Development Kit MDK Murder Death Kill (game) MDK Moo Duk Kwan (Korea martial arts school) MDK Mujhse Dosti Karoge (TM)2" for Dreamcast and PC, and "MDK(TM)2: Armageddon" for PlayStation(R)2. BioWare information can be found online at www.bioware.com. About FloodGate Entertainment FloodGate Entertainment, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control was founded in 2000 by Paul Neurath, a game industry veteran who previously founded LookingGlass Studios, and was the creative director on such acclaimed titles as "Ultima Underworld(TM)," "System Shock(TM)," and "Thief(TM)." Many of the FloodGate team members also hail from LookingGlass, along with several other top game development studios. FloodGate's focus is on developing innovative games for leading and emerging platforms. About Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HAS), is the worldwide market share leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game categories. A leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products, the company holds an exclusive patent on the method of playing trading card games (TCGs) and produces the world's best-selling "Pokemon(R)" and "Magic: The Gathering(R)" TCGs and publishes adventure games, family card and board games and electronic media products. Wizards of the Coast is also one of the world's premier book publishers of fantasy series fiction whose novels have made numerous appearances on The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times best-seller list and have sold millions of copies worldwide. For more information, visit the Wizards of the Coast website at wizards.com. About Hasbro Consumer Products The Hasbro Properties Group develops and expands Hasbro's core brands, such as G.I. Joe, Transformers, My Little Pony, Monopoly and Candyland, into a wide variety of entertainment and consumer categories. Hasbro Consumer Products Worldwide is the licensing and promotions arm of Hasbro Properties Group. About Atari New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as "Driver(TM)," "Enter the Matrix(TM)," "Neverwinter Nights(TM)," "Stuntman stunt·man n. A man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk. stuntman n → especialista m stuntman (TM)," "Test Drive(R)," "Unreal(R) Tournament 2003," and "Unreal(R) Championship"; and mass-market and children's games such as "Backyard Sports(TM)," "Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM)" and "Dora the Explorer Dora the Explorer is an animated television series that is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network. A pilot episode for the series aired in 1999, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. (TM)," "Civilization(R)," "Dragon Ball Z “DBZ” redirects here. For the meteorological term, see dBZ (meteorology). Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ (R)" and "RollerCoaster Tycoon(R)." Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com. |
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