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Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Coming Soon

Blizzard Entertainment released a press release today confirming that Diablo II: Lord of Destruction would be in stores on June 29th. Here’s the specifics: IRVINE, Calif. – JUNE 21, 2001 – Blizzard Entertainment® announced today that Diablo® II: Lord of…

Equipment and Cespenar’s Forge Update

Wow, Cespenar can forge a lot of equipment. I’ve added five more powerful artifacts to the already large list, yet he still claims to be able to produce several more powerful items out of my backpack (but I’m missing a…

Walkthrough Update

Tonight we have five more locations for the Throne of Bhaal walkthrough that Astenon and I have put together. Updated Pages: ToB Walkthrough (includes the Saradush Sewers, North Forest, Forest of Mir, Marching Mountains, and Siege Camp locations)

Server memory question

I had a question about the memory that areas would take on a server. Excuse me if this has been answered before or can’t be answered yet. Which of these scenarios would take more of the memory (RAM) of a…

Campaign Setting Book Included?

So, those of us out there that are fortunate enough to have our hands on the new Campaign Setting book have seen what this is going to be about. How will Neverwinter Nights be implementing the TONS of new info…

Additional Memory Question

according to information in the “About NWN” section the general size of an area would be around 10 Megs. so in theory if you had 64 players on a server (estimated limit for a DSL connection) and each was in…

Changing Character Names (Aliases)

How will aliases be handled in NWN? If a character wishes to go to a new area (due to a misunderstanding or such :)) and adopt a new name, will this be possible? From the E3 interview with Rob in…

Broadband vs 56k

Here’s a question I was wondering about since BW posted their estimates on bandwith. They have said they are shooting for a Broadband (cable/dsl) connection should support 64 players max. While a 56k connection could handle 6-8. Correct me if…

David Gaider Interview

Baldur’s Gate Forge has posted an interview with David Gaider, Senior Designer on the Throne of Bhaal development team. Here’s a taste: DB-Forge: Was it hard to implement Wild Mages correctly into Throne of Bhaal and are you happy with…

Equipment and Forge Update

I will be gone for most of the day, but I leave you with an equipment update. Many thanks to those of you who have submitted some of the items that Cespenar can forge, it’s much appreciated. And if any…