Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of Neverwinter Announced

What would you do to play another turn-based, isometric, party-based Dungeons & Dragons CRPG? Would you be willing to log into Facebook every day and deal with micro-transactions? If you are, then you’re in luck, as Atari and Liquid Entertainment will be bringing Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of Neverwinter to the world’s most popular social network later this summer. Two screenshots await you in our image gallery, while the rest of the details can be found in the fact sheet below:

Title: Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of Neverwinter
Platforms: Facebook
Release Date: Summer 2011
Developer: Liquid Entertainment
Publisher: Atari
Genre: RPG

Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of Neverwinter brings the beloved lore, ruleset and legacy of Dungeons & Dragons to the Facebook platform. This engaging mix of bite-sized play sessions, top notch RPG gameplay, viral dynamics, and extended features promises to deliver the deepest RPG experience ever seen on the platform.

Character Creation & Advancement
‘¢ Character creation and growth will be based on Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition rules chose skills, feats, powers and spells to build a character to fit your play style.
‘¢ Your character’s looks and equipment will be visually represented both on the battlefield and on your character sheet to show off your custom appearance and equipment.
‘¢ Discover powerful items while adventuring, increasing player power as they level up.

Socialize
‘¢ Meet up with friends in Fallcrest Town, buy equipment chat in the tavern, swap stories and strategies and invite players to join your roster.
‘¢ Asynchronous multiplayer allows you to bring a friend’s character on adventures. You get to use their unique skills, they gain experience and loot!
‘¢ Friends can join in your adventures LIVE in spectator mode, help with strategic choices, heal and buff your allies to improve your chances and gain experience!

Adventure
‘¢ Over 45 unique adventures available at launch, with many more to come in following months.
‘¢ Each adventure will vary in size, from simple 2-4 encounter challenges at early levels to sprawling multi-room dungeons full of side quests, hidden secrets, and even challenging boss fights.
‘¢ A wide variety of monsters, traps, puzzles will face adventurers.

Battle
‘¢ Tales of the Fellowship delivers deep yet accessible turn based combat based on 4th Edition rules.
‘¢ Command up to 6 party members in Tactical combats, use positioning and teamwork to protect your party and devastate your foes.
‘¢ An intuitive (point and click) interface allows new players to quickly pick up and play, while allowing more experienced players to devise advanced strategies.

Become the Dungeon Master
‘¢ Design adventures for friends and other players using the powerful dungeon creator toolset
‘¢ Adventure to unlock new elements and enrich your dungeons.
‘¢ Great dungeons will earn gold and other bonuses for their creators.