Big News For BioWare Fans!

I was very pleased to have just received the following press release straight from BioWare:

Interplay and BioWare reach settlement
Neverwinter Nights to be published worldwide by Infogrames

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – January 24th, 2002 – BioWare and Interplay have reached a settlement ending the dispute between the companies. Per the agreement, Neverwinter Nights, developed by BioWare, will be published by Infogrames worldwide subject to certain pre-existing Interplay licenses. In addition other matters have been resolved to both parties’ mutual satisfaction.

Ray Muzyka, joint CEO of BioWare Corp. said, “We’re delighted that we have reached an amicable settlement agreement in our dispute with Interplay, and we look forward to completing the development work on Neverwinter Nights and having Infogrames publish this product.”

Added Herve Caen, President of Interplay: “We are very pleased with the outcome of this situation and we are looking forward to a successful and mutually beneficial relationship with Infogrames and BioWare on this and other titles.”

Ahh good to know that Neverwinter Nights will become a reality =).