Neverwinter Nights for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 8, 1999

[ Thanks to Jay
Zach
for this link. ]

The following was found on www.linuxgames.com:

Neverwinter Nights for Linux. – Updated by Marv

Jim McQuillan has sent word that the developers of Baldur’s Gate
has unveiled their next big project, Neverwinter Nights over at
GenCon. Here is the press release:

BioWare, the developer of the hit roleplaying game,


Baldur

s Gate, recently unveiled their next big project at the


annual GenCon conference in Milwaukee. Neverwinter Nights, their


new title, will be a multiplayer roleplaying game based on TSR

s


new 3rd Edition Advanced Dungeons

&

Dragons

®

ruleset. Set


in and around the cities of Neverwinter and Luskan, in the far


northern reaches of the Forgotten Realms

®

gameworld, the game


will ship with a strong story, a powerful editor suite dubbed the


Solstice Tool set, and the ability to enter the gameworld and


modify it in real-time as an omniscient Dungeon Master. Neverwinter


Nights will be powered by a variation of Omen, BioWare

s own 3D


engine developed for their visually stunning action game, MDK2, and


will be published by Black Isle Studios, a division of


Interplay.

Finally, here is a snippet it from their about page.

Will there be a Mac/Linux version?


Yes. We are developing simultaneously for PC, Mac, and Linux.

Web Webster

Web Webster

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