Atari Announces Launch Of Neverwinter Nights™ 2
Highly-Anticipated Sequel to Award-Winning and Best-Selling RPG Transports Gamers Back to the Embattled City of Neverwinter
LYON, FRANCE - 3 November 2006 - Atari and Obsidian Entertainment today announced that the highly-anticipated Neverwinter Nights 2 is available now at retailers across Europe. Neverwinter Nights 2, the sequel to BioWare Corp.'s best-selling and genre-defining role-playing game, is set in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® Forgotten Realms® universe created by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), and will transport players back to the embattled city of Neverwinter. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is under license from the Hasbro Properties Group, the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro.
Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, Neverwinter Nights 2 features a new, extensive single-player game with deep character development and a powerful new toolset that provides players with unprecedented ability to create their own universes, quests and storylines. Two exclusive European Neverwinter Nights 2 Limited Editions are available from selected retailers, one branded 'Lawful Good' and the other 'Chaotic Evil'. Both Limited Editions include unique items and exclusive extras for the fans, including a powerful new feat called Blessed of Waukeen, collectible Dungeons and Dragons® figurine, an antique forged Lawful Good or Chaotic Evil ring, art book, exclusive DVD of music and artwork, a map of the Neverwinter Nights 2 game world, and much more.
"Obsidian have risen to the challenge of creating the sequel to the most revered RPG of all time and delivered a more than worthy successor with Neverwinter Nights 2," said Cyril Voiron, Marketing Director, Atari Europe. "The enveloping depth of the gameplay experience combined with the incredible flexibility and accessibility of the new toolset will see the already huge Neverwinter Nights community grow from strength to strength."
The Neverwinter Nights franchise has sold more than two million copies worldwide, is translated into 10 languages, sold in more than 40 countries and features one of the largest and most active fan communities in all of gaming.
More information about Neverwinter Nights 2 can be found at www.nwn2.com, which includes user forums, project news, development updates and more.
For images, release schedules and copies of the game please contact:
Waseem El Tanahi
Indigo Pearl
Studio 8, Canalot Studios, 222 Kensal Rd, W10 5BN
Tel: 0208 964 4545
Fax: 0208 964 9464
www.indigopearl.com
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About Obsidian Entertainment
Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. is a premier software development company passionately dedicated to creating high quality, next generation role-playing games for PC and console systems. More information about Obsidian Entertainment can be found online at www.obsidian.net.
About THE HASBRO PROPERTIES GROUP
The Hasbro Properties Group (HPG), the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro, Inc., (NYSE:HAS), translates one of the industry's richest portfolios of brands into a world of fun and excitement for children and adults globally. Through a host of publishing, digital media, lifestyle and entertainment platforms, HPG is able to surround fans worldwide with consumer products that expand Hasbro's core brands, such as TRANSFORMERS, LITTLEST PET SHOP, MY LITTLE PONY, MONOPOLY, G.I. JOE, TONKA and PLAYSKOOL.
About Infogrames Entertainment and Atari:
Infogrames Entertainment (IESA), the parent company of the Atari Group, is listed on the Paris Euronext stock exchange (ISIN code: FR-0000052573) and has two principal subsidiaries: Atari Europe, a privately-held company, and Atari, Inc., a United States corporation listed on NASDAQ (ATAR).
The Atari Group is a major international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for all market segments and in all existing game formats (Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony) and on CD-ROM for PC. Its games are sold in more than 60 countries.
The Atari Group's extensive catalogue of popular games is based on original franchises (Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Test Drive, Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc.) and international licenses (Dragon Ball Z, Dungeons & Dragons, etc.).
For more information: http://www.atari.com
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