Atari is working on a new game called Heroes of Neverwinter, but unlike most games that they produce this one won't be for console, it'll be for Facebook. They are working on the game with Liquid Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast and aim for a summer release, though they haven't confirmed an actual date yet.
As far as actual game play here is a description:
Heroes of Neverwinter is a turn-based multiplayer role-playing game where players customize a character and then recruit other characters to form an adventuring party. This party ventures into dungeons to kill monsters and collect items from chests, which can then be used to upgrade the character’s combat statistics or to buy new items and equipment for their character. Like EA2D’s Dragon Age Legends, Heroes of Neverwinter also encourages players to recruit friends’ characters to their party, which creates unique social interactions as players “shop” among their friends for those with the ideal character class and level to make up the best possible party.
The full article can be read here.
I can tell you that I won't play this game. I'm not big with Facebook and have never played a single Facebook game, but I'm sure there are D&D players who have and will appreciate this game. It's good at least to see D&D stay relevant with the changes in technology in video games. For those of you who love Facebook and D&D, keep an eye out this summer because this is a match made in heaven for you.
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I'll give it a shot. I already have a Facebook to keep up with one of my daughters and there are some good people there that love Classic D&D. I may hit them up for a game or two.
I'll look into it. My D&D club has a group page so we can keep in touch easier than phone tag. So we might give it a try.
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