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Interplay Targeted By Bioware-fare

Posted by michael on from the neverpublished-nights dept.

corby writes: "Bioware Corp., developer of the highly anticipated multiplayer Dungeons & Dragons game Neverwinter Nights, is escalating the conflict with their troubled publisher Interplay. In September, they filed a lawsuit against the publisher, and now they have terminated their contract with Interplay to distribute Neverwinter Nights. The problem is, these guys need each other. The loss of Neverwinter Nights means that Interplay will lose out on substantial revenue from a surefire hit, but Interplay is apparently the only company with rights to distribute games under the AD&D license."

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  1. D&D Nitpicking by taion · · Score: 5, Informative

    AD&D is generally taken to refer to the second edition Dungeons & Dragons Rules.

    Neverwinter Nights will be based on the 3rd edition D&D rules (D&D3e), which is different from AD&D.

    A link to the 3rd Edition System Reference Document with all the core rules released to the Open Gaming Foundation (including Psionics!) may be found here.

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    1. Re:D&D Nitpicking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You my friend will never ever have sex.

  2. Penny Arcade's take on it... by hiryuu · · Score: 5, Funny
    Here.

    I got a giggle out of it, at least...

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  3. Someone should tell Infogrames by AlterEd · · Score: 5, Informative
    Infogrames bought Hasbro Interactive and now has publishing rights to all present and future Hasbro electronic games. Previous agreements notwithstanding, natch.

    If Bioware can't hash things out with Interplay, I'm sure they can get a deal with Infogrames.

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  4. Re:They've already cut back Neverwinter Nights... by LMCBoy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As I understand it, they designed the Toolset with Borland C++ Builder. They were expecting Borland to have a Linux version of this product (not Kylix), but it never materialized. However, the fact that they used BCB means a Mac version was never in the works...

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  5. Re:Dungeons and Dragons by matrix29 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even more hilarious are the parodies of Jack Chick
    http://www.lunarpages.com/darkdungeons/

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