Neverending Nights

Thanks to Acothea for pointing this out.

Official Announcement.

ATARI ANNOUNCES NEVERWINTER NIGHTS ™ 2: MASK OF THE BETRAYER

Expansion to Neverwinter Nights 2 Features Engrossing New Campaign; Epic Levels; New Companions and Much More

NEW YORK – April 12, 2006 – Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR), one of the world’s most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher, today announced the development of the next chapter in the Neverwinter Nights saga – Neverwinter Nights™ 2: Mask of the Betrayer. Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, the expansion to the award-winning Neverwinter Nights 2 is set in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® Forgotten Realms® universe created by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS). DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is under license from HPG, the licensing division of Hasbro. Neverwinter Nights™ 2: Mask of the Betrayer will be available in North America in Fall 2007.

In Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, players are transported back to the Forgotten Realms shortly after the events detailed in the original Neverwinter Nights 2. Following the climactic battle against the King of Shadows, the player awakens alone and stranded deep beneath the earth. Surrounded by a horde of evil spirits, the player embarks on an epic adventure that reveals his true destiny.

“Atari’s commitment to the Neverwinter Nights franchise and the enormous community is strong,” said Nique Fajors, Vice President, Sales, Marketing, Atari, Inc. “We are on track to release the Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion pack this Fall, less than one year since the launch of Obsidian’s outstanding sequel, and are confident the new features will deliver a role-playing experience that further engages and satisfies fans.”

Set in harsh, spirit-rich Rashemen, near the powerful nation of Thay, Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer will present players with an exciting new campaign; epic levels; dozens of new feats and spells; new races, base classes and prestige classes; new companions; new weapons, armor and crafting options; hordes of new monsters; and enhanced modding tools.

“Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer’s engrossing campaign will conclude the storyline that began in the original Neverwinter Nights 2 and focus on combat, exploration and classic D&D dungeon-crawling,” said Feargus Urquhart, CEO, Obsidian Entertainment. “We’re also making new advances in story and character development as well as improving upon the acclaimed companion Influence System used in both Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords and Neverwinter Nights 2.”

The Neverwinter Nights franchise has sold more than three 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™ Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark™ and Neverwinter Nights 2 have created more than 5,000 modifications to the original game using the award-winning toolset included with the full game that allows players to create their own universes, quests and storylines.

Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer is scheduled for release in Fall 2007. More information about Neverwinter Nights 2 can be found at www.nwn2.com, which includes user forums, project news, development updates and more.

You can discuss your thoughts on our forum.

(And no, we’re still not switching to NWN2 if you’re thinking of asking…)

And seperate from the above news, we have jumped up to the #4 slot for the Most Subscribed (This Week) – Comedians
This can be discussed in this thread.

… but sure brought back some memories! As just about everyone knows back in the day Atari contacted us to do some NWN2 pieces for them as a promotional thing to release before NWN2 hit the shelves. We were honored. But it was a wee bit of a fiasco because we were using Alpha, and then Beta copies of the game. So things were missing, or we were unable to do things (since they would not be in the game, like they were in NWN1). Anyway, as we tried to film and do things, we (along with other Beta testers I am sure!) were finding bugs. As a result, we had a steady stream of CDs and DVDs of the game coming through our front door – what seemed to be almost weekly!

Well, while looking for another piece of software in my CDs, I came across the NWN2 CD/DVDs that were sent our way…

Neato, eh?

Anyway, the audio for Episode 30 is done and is going to be sent to Adam shortly to film. I am just looking for one more thing before I send it all along.

Also…

Just as a reminder, Episode 29 (Right Click, Save As…) is available for download. You can also watch it on Youtube right over here. Don’t forget if Youtube is your thing, you can subscribe to the Official Neverending Nights channel.

Of course, the download versions are of a much higher resolution, and they’re all downloadable for free if you just head into our video page.

And in the event you’re interested, you can also help the site and get the videos one week before the general public, as a way of us saying thanks!

NeN & Youtube Update!

With the increasing popularity of Youtube.com, we at FNBH Productions have finally jumped on the bandwagon and created an official Neverending Nights profile on Youtube.[bR][bR]So if you don’t have the time, bandwidth, or whatever – you can watch all the episodes of NeN on Youtube.com. I highly recommending Subscribing to the Neverending Nights channel so you can be notified of when new episodes are uploaded. Also the more subscribers we get, the higher it pushes us up the chart. We’re currently #25 for most subscribers for the week! Help us push onward and get us up there!

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone’s support! We have climbed up! We went from 24 down to 25 – then did a big climb!

#18 – Most Subscribed (This Week) – Comedians
#89 – Most Subscribed (This Month) – Comedians

Help Neverending Nights!

No, we’re not here to beg you for cash! Seriously! No, this time it’s something else. I have my own account on Youtube.com where I upload all kinds of home videos, and silly things like that… Well I decided to make a channel just for Neverending Nights!

So now NeverendingNights.com has an official channel on Youtube!

So where do you come in?

Well get in there and subscribe to the NeverendingNights.com channel And while you’re at it – tell everyone else to do the same! See if we can get the millions and millions… or just maybe thousands and thousands… or just… hundreds and hundreds – all right – how about we settle for at least a handful of you – to subscribe to the NeverendingNights.com channel and see if we can get it mentioned on Youtube as one of the popular channels.

I know, I know. I’m dreaming right?

Well it never hurts to try!

Oh, and feel free to copy this into your MySpace, your blog, your journal – or even tattoo it onto your skin! Whatever works!