A few weeks back a couple of individuals from the Neverwinter Nights modding community contacted me about the possibility of starting a Nexus sites for the veteran series of games. While I was sceptical about the prospect at first because the games have always been dutifully serviced by the Neverwinter Vault site, unfortunately it's also common knowledge that IGN are starting to wind down their fan site services and some are already falling in to disrepair, and the worry is that losing the Vault would decimate the Neverwinter community.
After talking it through with the modders over on the BioWare Social Site it became apparent that interest in a Neverwinter Nexus was high, and that it might help to provide stability and even revitalise the community in some areas. While the series has not had a new game in over 5 years, and is unlikely to see another since BioWare created their own IP in Dragon Age to remove their reliance on licensing the D&D universe from Wizards of the Coast, supporting this great community seemed like something I had to do out of duty. And that's why I am happy to announce the launch of Neverwinter Nexus.
If you've never played either of the Neverwinter games then stop what you're doing and go buy them. Where have you been these past 10 years? The series is arguably one of the last bastions of quintessential cRPGs, where your character build and the story telling play a more important role in the game. Remember when levelling up your character meant putting points in to your attributes like strength, dexterity, agility and so on and so forth? Remember when you could pick from lots of different classes, feats and abilities and you could literally spend hours planning your character build before you'd even started playing the game (and enjoy doing it, as well)? Remember when storylines were at least half interesting and slightly less clichéd and generic? Remember when developers didn't think you had the attention span of a five year old? That's Neverwinter Nights (and Icewind Dale, and Baldur's Gate..).
Neverwinter Nights (NWN) has a very mature modding community, as mature and large as the Morrowind and Oblivion modding communities respectively. The types of modifications for NWN are slightly different to Elder Scrolls mods, however, and mods tend to be released less often, but are much larger and content filled than their Elder Scrolls counterparts. So while Elder Scrolls modding has lots of small tweaks, texture patches, weapons and armour and so on, Neverwinter modding is more about the large expansions, conversions and additions. It's a nice balance. Case-in-point, a mod has just been released for NWN2 that is a complete remake of Icewind Dale, 3 years in the making. The entire Icewind Dale game from start to finish, remade for NWN2. Brilliant.
If you're from the NWN modding community and new to the Nexus community of sites then welcome. We're a 3.5 million member strong community of mod authors and mod users for various games, focused on providing as top-notch, stable, easy and efficient modding experience as possible. I understand that learning a new site interface and working out where everything is can sometimes be quite daunting, especially when you're so used to using one site for so long, but hopefully you can work it all out eventually. If you are struggling then you might find some of our Wiki articles are worth a read to get your bearings, or alternatively you can always ask on our forums for help or guidance.
Many mod authors have already uploaded their mods to the site, and I'm sure there are plenty more to follow, and it's really great to see a modding community so enthusiastic about modding the games even 5 years on from the last game release. My hope is that over the coming weeks and months I can work more closely with the community to get some spotlight features out, including some interviews and reviews of some of the content that is on offer here and elsewhere, because we all know that the Neverwinter Nights community already has lots to offer.
But for now, let me just welcome everyone to this new site, and I look forward to seeing the great mods this community has already created, and will create, being show-cased on another Nexus site.
After talking it through with the modders over on the BioWare Social Site it became apparent that interest in a Neverwinter Nexus was high, and that it might help to provide stability and even revitalise the community in some areas. While the series has not had a new game in over 5 years, and is unlikely to see another since BioWare created their own IP in Dragon Age to remove their reliance on licensing the D&D universe from Wizards of the Coast, supporting this great community seemed like something I had to do out of duty. And that's why I am happy to announce the launch of Neverwinter Nexus.
If you've never played either of the Neverwinter games then stop what you're doing and go buy them. Where have you been these past 10 years? The series is arguably one of the last bastions of quintessential cRPGs, where your character build and the story telling play a more important role in the game. Remember when levelling up your character meant putting points in to your attributes like strength, dexterity, agility and so on and so forth? Remember when you could pick from lots of different classes, feats and abilities and you could literally spend hours planning your character build before you'd even started playing the game (and enjoy doing it, as well)? Remember when storylines were at least half interesting and slightly less clichéd and generic? Remember when developers didn't think you had the attention span of a five year old? That's Neverwinter Nights (and Icewind Dale, and Baldur's Gate..).
Neverwinter Nights (NWN) has a very mature modding community, as mature and large as the Morrowind and Oblivion modding communities respectively. The types of modifications for NWN are slightly different to Elder Scrolls mods, however, and mods tend to be released less often, but are much larger and content filled than their Elder Scrolls counterparts. So while Elder Scrolls modding has lots of small tweaks, texture patches, weapons and armour and so on, Neverwinter modding is more about the large expansions, conversions and additions. It's a nice balance. Case-in-point, a mod has just been released for NWN2 that is a complete remake of Icewind Dale, 3 years in the making. The entire Icewind Dale game from start to finish, remade for NWN2. Brilliant.
If you're from the NWN modding community and new to the Nexus community of sites then welcome. We're a 3.5 million member strong community of mod authors and mod users for various games, focused on providing as top-notch, stable, easy and efficient modding experience as possible. I understand that learning a new site interface and working out where everything is can sometimes be quite daunting, especially when you're so used to using one site for so long, but hopefully you can work it all out eventually. If you are struggling then you might find some of our Wiki articles are worth a read to get your bearings, or alternatively you can always ask on our forums for help or guidance.
Many mod authors have already uploaded their mods to the site, and I'm sure there are plenty more to follow, and it's really great to see a modding community so enthusiastic about modding the games even 5 years on from the last game release. My hope is that over the coming weeks and months I can work more closely with the community to get some spotlight features out, including some interviews and reviews of some of the content that is on offer here and elsewhere, because we all know that the Neverwinter Nights community already has lots to offer.
But for now, let me just welcome everyone to this new site, and I look forward to seeing the great mods this community has already created, and will create, being show-cased on another Nexus site.
Today, developer Beamdog and publisher Skybound Games announced that enhanced editions of several classic Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing games are coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch later this year. More specifically, the pair are bringing Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear expansion, Baldur's Gate II, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights to consoles with some new bells and whistles.
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition will hit major retailers on December 3 in North America and three days later on December 6 in other territories. Meanwhile, the other titles will all arrive on September 24 if you're in North America. If you're not in North America, you will need to wait until November 27. Retail releases will be available on every platform, and all will cost $50 and come with the following:
- The Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition Pack: Celebrating the series’ 20th anniversary, the original Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition and its sequel, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition, return with all DLC and restored quest content, as well as the Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear expansion, featuring new original content developed by Beamdog to bridge the two games.
- Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition / Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition: Two must-play games and all their DLC in one package – the chilling Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, plus its expansions, and the enhanced edition of 1999’s RPG of the Year, Planescape: Torment.
- Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition: The 2002 Computer RPG of the Year and all its DLC deliver 10 standalone D&D-based adventures featuring co-op and online multiplayer.
If you don't want to buy physical copies of the games, you can cop each title individually on the supported digital storefronts.
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1commentsAccording to Skybound Games, each game has been reconfigured for consoles and supports high-resolution widescreen displays, controls optimized for controllers, new standalone content, new characters and classes, new voice sets, expanded character creation options, improved multiplayer functionality, redesigns of UI and UX, bug fixes, and even some balance changes. For a complete breakdown of each package, click here.
Best torchlight 2 builds. 'It’s such a pleasure to celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the most legendary RPGs of all time, the original Baldur’s Gate, as well as the iconic games it inspired, by bringing these special enhanced editions to a new generation of players and platforms,” said Skybound Games CEO Ian Howe. Change individual icon size windows 10 group policy.
“It’s been nearly two decades since Baldur’s Gate was born from a D&D campaign between me and the game’s co-creators,” added Trent Oster, Beamdog CEO. “The longevity of this series and the games that followed has been both humbling and rewarding. Our team is thrilled to continue that tradition by finally making this wealth of amazing storytelling and gameplay available to everyone on modern consoles.”
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