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Neverwinter delays to late 2012, Atari's sale of Cryptic to blame
Posted: 16.08.2011 11:55 by Simon Priest Comments: 1
Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios was sold by Atari to Perfect World Entertainment, which has upset the Neverwinter apple cart for 2011.

The new owners are investing in a "more immersive experience" and delay its release until late next year. It wasn't to do with the Atari, Hasbro legal fight over D&D.


Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter was announced by Atari even though they were locking horns with Hasbro over the licensing of the pen and paper RPG franchise. Their disagreements have been settled though so they didn't become an issue.

However Atari sold Cryptic to Perfect World which certainly did throw a spanner in the works. Neverwinter lets players choose from five traditional D&D classes and then team up in a squad of five to go questing and pillaging dungeons for loot.

It supports all other party members being online players or AI-controlled NPCs. Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter releases on PC in late 2012. Are you excited to have Neverwinter making a comeback to Dungeons & Dragons fans?

Source: Gamespot

Comments

By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Aug 17, 2011
FoolWolf
I'm a D&D fan - but when it comes to the CRPG games - they are of very varied quality. An online version... not my strongest like. I like to play games on my own time table - and hope that is included and also - depends on how well the 4th ed rules have been implemented. 4th ed rules in themselves aren't a big turn-on for me so...
Also - the functions of the "game" itself haven't been exactly detailed so far so when it comes to both functions, performance, gameplay, and usability - there isn't that much too look forward to yet...