BioWare Community Newsletter

Issue #4, April, 2003

Newsletter Features

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Shadows of Undrentide - Latest News
• Neverwinter Nights

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Top of the news!!
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic new sizzle video, available at the official site:

Showing off its legs at the Game Developers Conference (GDC)...
A number of gaming journalists who attended the recent Game Developers Conference had a chance to catch a demo of SW: KotOR. See the gaming footage captured over at Gamespot:

And an impression of what was seen at the following sites:

New Look for Official Site!

Diary -- lots of little secrets...
Our team put together a diary for XboxIGN that describes the process of building character models and animation, and the current state of the game:

More featurettes!
Our latest featurettes cover the characters, Saul Karath, Canderous Ordo and a Sith Trooper. All of whom have a bit of a shady side. You judge for yourself:

Must see the latest in desktops! Starring the HK-47...

New screens!
Yup, the official site posted some new screens on KoTOR.

Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide

Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide development continues, with this first official expansion for Neverwinter Nights on course to ship in Spring 2003. It’s been a busy month for the team, as they’ve pumped out loads of great SoU features!

Shadowdancer Prestige Class profiled
Check out the second of five Prestige Classes to be included in Shadows of Undrentide:

Harper Scout Details
The first Prestige Class to be announced for Shadows of Undrentide is profiled:

New Spells Announced
A number of the expansion’s 50 spells have been revealed, with more to come!

Shadows of Undrentide Feats Revealed
We show off a few of the many feats to be included in the expansion:

Brand new Shadows of Undrentide Wallpaper!
We take you to the mystical Anauroch Desert in this great new wallpaper:

Ruins Tileset Preview
What mysterious await you in the ancient Ruins?

Desert Tileset Preview
Take a look at a few of the sights you may come across as you venture through the new Desert Tileset!

Neverwinter Nights

Fansite Operators Get Exclusive Content!
Ever thought about creating a fansite? BioWare’s Community Live Team has created a special guild just for fansite operators with special content, contests and access to BioWare staff. Submit your link and get started!

Neverwinter Nights Linux Client Beta Released!

New Linux Forum

New Mac User Forum

PC Gamer Awards Neverwinter Nights RPG of the Year!
Neverwinter Nights also collected the Reader’s Choice for Best RPG and Best Development Tool from Computer Gaming World. Take a look at the huge amount of awards Neverwinter has won!

NWN Script Generator
Trying to make an adventure with the Aurora Toolset and getting stuck with the coding required to really make your module shine? Look no further than Lilac soul’s NWN Script Generator. Profiled at:

Keep watching for upcoming news concerning the second, currently untitled, NWN expansion pack due in the fall of 2003.

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