BioWare Community Newsletter

Issue #2, December, 2002

"With Baldur's Gate, we sparked a role-playing renaissance; with Neverwinter Nights, a revolution."

Newsletter Features

• Expansion Packs Announced!
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Previews
• BioWare Bits
• BioWare Live Team Projects
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• BioWare News
• Secret Projects

Neverwinter Nights Expansion Packs Announced!

RPGs fans rejoiced when it was announced that BioWare is doing not one, but two expansions for the hugely successful Neverwinter Nights.

Get more details on the first expansion pack:

Full Press Release on both expansion packs:

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Previews

On November 19th, BioWare hosted 12 journalists who came by and checked out the latest on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. It was a mix of journalists from various online sites, and print magazines. Below are the links to a few of the previews that have come out already. Here you go:

TeamXbox

RPG Vault

XboxIGN

GameSpot

Gamespy

BioWare Bits

Welcome and thanks for reading this Second BioWare Community newsletter.

The BioWare Live Team recently released the 1.27 Update for Neverwinter Nights in all languages, which included the handy Plot Wizard, as well as Rats and Dire Rats as new creature content.

Star Wars fans can expect Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to have its own BioWare website soon complete with all the features, screenshots and interviews.

Finally, look for a Road Map coming from the BioWare Live Team for our plans for the new year for future updates to features and content for Neverwinter Nights, its Expansion Packs, and ramping up all the news for the fans of the anticipated Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

Happy Holidays!

Derek French, BioWare Live Team Producer

BioWare Live Team Projects

The Witch's Wake - The Fields of Battle

The first installment of this anticipated BioWare series of Neverwinter Nights modules is ready to play!

"Gosh, what is there to say? The beta testers have been phenomenal and the module you're going to be playing is substantially cooler as a result of their efforts. Within the industry, I think this project is really at the cutting edge when it comes to professional and amateur collaboration. By integrating the community into the module development process from a very early point and by making the module's underlying templates available to the public, I hope the Witch's Wake can serve as a training ground for future visionaries within the NWN community."
Rob Bartel, BioWare Designer

The Witch's Wake Guild
Interested in helping to shape the future of The Witch's Wake?

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Magazine Interview
In October we had in Greg Orlando from Xbox Nation magazine, who is writing up an article on BioWare Corp and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. You’ll get the inside scoop on what happens here at BioWare, and see some great pictures of some of the Knights of the Old Republic team. The story will be in the upcoming issue. Make sure to check out the newsstands this month!

New Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Content

Continuing on, as promised, every second Thursday, fans can expect a featurette on some part of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic universe such as a planet, character or special item. Check these next two installments. Interesting information and some really cool screenshots to check out.

New screens!
The official site posted some new screens from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Gotta check them out, very nice!

Check out new featurettes on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic:

BioWare News

Neverwinter Nights Demo Released - Want to check out this game before you purchase it?

Neverwinter Nights Collector's Edition - It's NWN with a huge amount of extras like a massive art book, t-shirt, mouse pad and CD of music!

1.27 Patch Released - Get the latest update to NWN! Includes Plot Wizard, rats and a bunch of updates...

Plot Wizard - Can’t code? Want to make an epic, complex adventure? Look no further!

IGames Module Competition - Great prizes for the best modules!

Quick Stats on the BioWare NWN Community:
Module Count: 1750+
Download modules:

Active Guilds Count: 850+
Create or join a guild:

Community Links: 190+
View Links:

BioWare Community Site Users: 660,000+

Secret Projects

Development continues on our 'secret' new IP project for PC, as well as our other 'secret' new IP Xbox console game (which is to be published by Microsoft). BioWare information can be found online at http://www.bioware.com.

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