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Interplay to be Purchased?

In case you haven’t heard yet, there has been talk that game giant Interplay may be purchased… and GameSpot has posted up a small article that sheds some light on just who might be the purchaser. What does this mean…

NWN Website Update

Several E3 coverage links have been added to the official Neverwinter Nights website, as well as news that the “Neverwinter Nights Designer For A Day” has ended. Here’s a snippet from the news: Hey Everyone, First of all the Neverwinter…

HoW Expansion Gets A Name

Interplay’s official Icewind Dale website has been updated with some news about the upcoming downloadable expansion for Heart of Winter. First of all, it’s been given a name – Heart of Winter: Trials of the Luremaster. Secondly, it’ll soon head…

Horizons Development Update

David Allen, CEO of Artifact Entertainment, took the time to post an update at Voodoo Extreme about where they stand on their upcoming MMORPG Horizons. You’ll find the update right here.

Shadows of Luclin Preview

Computer Games Online has posted up a preview of EverQuest’s upcoming expansion, Shadows of Luclin. Check it out: But it seems that most of the work being put into Luclin is going into new character models. Characters are built from…

Neverwinter Nights Adventure Creation Guide Pt 2

GameSpy has put together a second installment to their Adventure Creation Guide for BioWare’s upcoming Neverwinter Nights. Here’s a little taste to get you started: As the priests of Oghma would no doubt attest to, however, there is nothing new…

Another ToB Preview

With only days remaining until Throne of Bhaal officially hits store shelves, you can help keep yourself pacified by reading the latest ToB preview over at Game Revolution. Here’s a snippet: You’ll be taking down Blue Dragons, Red Abishai, Planetars…

At The Door

Gamer asks about how doors will handle ‘blocking’: Someone mentioned a tactic of blocking a door with an invisible person….is there a good way for a creature to shove aside a much weaker creature? (that is blocking the door) Just…

Communication Scripting?

Gamer asks about the different modes of communication: I’m curious on how NWN is going to handle communication between players if they are separated off the screen in different locations…. …Comms modes that we know of are: party chat,shout,private tell,standard…

Server Heartbeats and Modules

Gamer asks about multiple people working on the same module and ‘heartbeats for scripts’. An overall question is whether two DMs can work on the same module? This is to build it. Not run it. Underlining questions from this are…