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E3: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE announced
By: Patrick SauriolDate: Thursday, May 15, 2003
Source: Atari Games
Atari Games and Turbine Entertainment announced today that they are taking Wizard of the Coast's popular DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS role-playing game online. Turbine is the software company that developed the hit RPG games ASHERON'S CALL and the sequel.
The companies promise that the same sort of action found in the D&D paper-and-pen game will find its way into the MMORPG version. Dungeon crawls, character advancement, poltical intrique, territorial control, personal interaction and plenty of monster fighting will be in DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE.
"We've been looking for perfect opportunities to enter into the world of massively multiplayer online gaming and there is no fantasy gaming brand with more recognition than DUNGEONS & DRAGONS," said Bruno Bonnell, chairman and CEO of Atari. "The key to a productive business model for online gaming is having quality content that consumers will pay for. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE will build on the huge amount of established content in the D&D worlds. It has the potential to be that killer online app...that breakthrough title that sets a new standard for the medium."
The game is tentatively scheduled for release sometime in 2005.
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