Cryptic Building a Neverwinter MMO?

[Hengist]

Variety is reporting that an NWN MMO might be in the future!

Details about the project are unavailable, naturally, as it is an unannounced title. But this reportedly was the primary reason Atari was interested in acquiring Cryptic late last year. (The developer is currently working on “Champions Online” and “Star Trek Online”.)

Based on the third edition Dungeon and Dragons rules, “NWN” is a well-loved franchise. The first installment of the role-playing game was developed by fan-favorite Bioware in 2002. A sequel, developed by Obsidian Entertainment, came out in 2006 to slightly less favorable, but still solid, reviews.

This is very exciting news for both fans of Dungeons and Dragons as well as those of the now long running NWN series.

[Dragonmonk]

sweet deal