Atari Takes Neverwinter Nights 2 on Summer Tour
Posted by: Aaron Lockard on July 19, 2006 11:35:15 AM (150 Reads)
Obsidian Entertainment to Demonstrate Neverwinter Nights 2 at Consumer Conventions Nationwide
Atari, Inc and Obsidian Entertainment today announced
plans to visit and demonstrate the highly-anticipated Neverwinter
Nights 2 at several consumer conventions this summer. Neverwinter
Nights 2 is set in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONSForgotten Realms
universe created by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. 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.
The
Neverwinter Nights 2 Summer Tour will include guest appearances,
speaking engagements and product demonstrations at several popular
consumer conventions, including San Diego's Comic Con, Gen Con in
Indianapolis, Seattle's Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) and Dragon*Con in
Atlanta. Attending fans will be treated to in-depth demonstrations of
the Neverwinter Nights 2 single-player campaign, its multiplayer
capabilities, as well as tutorials of the immensely powerful toolset
that will ship with the game this fall.
Obsidian Entertainment
attendees will include founders Feargus Urquhart, Chris Avellone, and
Darren Monahan, as well as senior producer Ryan Rucinski and designers
Josh Sawyer and Annie Carlson. Fans will receive the opportunity to
interact with the Obsidian team - the video game developers behind some
of most well-known role-playing franchises of all time - including
Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale, Fallout and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II.
The Nevewinter Nights 2 Summer Tour schedule:
Comic Con July 20-23 San Diego, CA Gen Con Indy August 10-13 Indianapolis, IN Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) August 25-27 Bellevue, WA Dragon*Con September 1-4 Atlanta, GA