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Neverwinter Nights 2 Pre-order Campaign - PC

9th October 2006, 6:36pm
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 Atari today announced the launch of the pre-order campaign for Neverwinter Nights 2 at selected retailers across Australia and New Zealand, along with the full details of the special Neverwinter Nights 2 Limited Edition box.

The exclusive pre-order card was made available from Sunday 1st October at selected retailers with gamers who pre-order the game receiving a special key allowing them to download the Neverwinter Nights 2 toolset a month before game launch. Additionally, the pre-order card will include The Merchant's Friend, a special feature enabling players to obtain powerful items crafted especially for each of the 12 classes.

'The Neverwinter Nights 2 toolset is a versatile, easy to use, but deeply detailed piece of software that lets players create their own game worlds, stories and adventures,' said Cyril Voiron, Marketing Director, Atari Europe. 'We're very excited about being able to reward the fans and the incredibly active Neverwinter Nights community with the chance to get their hands on this powerful development tool and start creating a whole universe of Neverwinter Nights 2 modules even before the game launches.'

Neverwinter Nights 2 Limited Edition, which includes various collectible items that further transport gamers into the Forgotten Realms universe, is available for pre-order at participating retail stores nationwide.

Neverwinter Nights 2 Limited Edition includes a robust array of detailed collectibles such as:
  • A powerful new feat called Blessed of Waukeen will grant a bonus to all saving throws, two special items, access to a unique weapon, and a magical golden aura that surrounds players' characters.
  • Detailed cloth map showing in-game locations
  • Book of art, depicting characters and scenes from the game
  • Two silver antique rings: Good & Evil
'The Neverwinter Nights 2 Limited Edition offers consumers extremely rich and unique collectibles that will further enhance the Neverwinter Nights experience,' said Stephen Baer, Senior Product Manager, Atari, Inc. 'Atari is pleased to include these specially-crafted items, such as the exclusive book of art, in the limited edition.'

In development by Obsidian Entertainment, the highly-anticipated Neverwinter Nights 2 is set in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten 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 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. To date, fans of the franchise, which includes Neverwinter Nights, Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide and Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark, have created nearly 4,000 modifications to the original game using the original, award-winning Aurora Toolset. A more robust toolset will be included with the release of Neverwinter Nights 2.

Neverwinter Nights 2 is scheduled for release on November 9th 2006. More information about Neverwinter Nights 2 can be found at the official site, including user forums, project news, development updates and more.
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