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ByBuckGB
OnSeptember 28, 2013

How Dungeons & Dragons Inspired Classic PC Games

While there’s absolutely no denying that Dungeons & Dragons has had an enormous influence on the video game landscape over the past 35 years, I can’t help but feel that this three-page feature on Tom’s Guide misses the mark by…

ByBuckGB
OnMay 24, 2013

Making Neverwinter Nights: A Classic BioWare Postmortem

While it’s simply a reprint of an article that appeared in the November 2002 issue of Game Developer Magazine, it’s still well worth your time to head over to Gamasutra for a postmortem feature about the creation of Neverwinter Nights.…

ByBuckGB
OnMay 21, 2013

Guido Henkel Interview

There’s a quick interview with RPG-designing veteran Guido Henkel on The Nerd Cave this evening, during which the conversation briefly treads into Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny, Neverwinter Nights, Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, and Deathfire territory. Here’s the intro to whet your…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 17, 2013

Neverwinter Nights Retrospective Interview

RPGWatch has chatted with ex-BioWare Bob McCabe, who worked on Neverwinter Nights as a writer Here’s a couple of questions (and answers, of course) to get you started: LD: What did you work on with Neverwinter Nights? Bob: Being on…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnFebruary 1, 2013

Greg Zeschuk Interview

The Los Angeles Times online edition is offering an interview with Greg Zeschuk, known by most of our readers as one of the two BioWare co-founders, the doctors, who left the company last September. Here’s a snip: (Console stuff has…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnDecember 13, 2012

GameSpy on Server Shutdowns

You might have already read about the server shutdowns that have been affecting Neverwinter Nights 1 and 1 Multiplayer among other titles, or you might have even discovered the situation firsthand. GameSpy has now chosen to explain the company’s position…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnDecember 9, 2012

Neverwinter Nights Retrospective

Ten years after the release of the title, Eurogamer has taken some time aside to do a retrospective on BioWare’s ambitious Neverwinter Nights. While expansions, modules and patches proved to be a saving grace, it’s clear that they ultimately didn’t…

ByBuckGB
OnDecember 9, 2012

Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2 Multiplayer Servers Taken Offline

Back in August of this year, a San Francisco-based “developer and publisher of freemium games” called Glu Mobile purchased the GameSpy multiplayer technologies from IGN for $2.7 million. And while such an acquisition isn’t too concerning in and of itself, this new…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnSeptember 18, 2012

BioWare Co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka Retire from the Industry

You might remember the recent rumors that claimed that BioWare co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka were leaving the company, and that ultimately seemed to be put to rest by the lack of evidence and the fact that Zeschuk simply changed…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnAugust 10, 2012

Greg Zeschuk Clarifies His New Role at BioWare, Not Leaving the Company

In a mail to Gamasutra BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk clarified on the recent rumors of his departure from the development studio he helped found, by explaining that he has indeed left BioWare Austin but that his role was meant to…