As the title says, Atari and Cryptic, having recently famously produced Champions Online (CO), are set to collaborate to revive the online Dungeons & Dragons world. Basically, the game allows a player & 4 NPCs or 5 players to team up and take on the campaign.
This being the case, I wonder if there will be a monthly subscription fee for hosting these players.. There were some arguments from players of CO, asking why CO was a game with a subscription as players have the option to play solo, without interacting with other online players at all.
Yes, Cryptic is working on a new fantasy-themed multiplayer game, and yes, it takes place in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting…but while it won't officially be a Neverwinter Nights 3 to follow the previous two games from BioWare and Obsidian, it also won't be a traditional massively multiplayer online game, either. The game will instead focus on cooperative play, requiring players to log into a server to start a session and encouraging players to tackle the adventure together. Neverwinter will give you the option to go solo if you prefer, but this will be a much harder way to play. The game will also feature editing tools that will let you create your own custom content and adventures, and it will offer an all-new story that ties into a new series of novels penned by author R.A. Salvatore.
Read Gamespot's interview with Jack Emmert, CEO of Cryptic, on this venture here.
Thanks to Joystiq.
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