Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Launches On Google Play

Today’s the day, Android Neverwinter Nights fans! Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition has just launched on Google Play!

It’s been incredible seeing the Neverwinter Nights community react to the Enhanced Edition. We’re seeing fans of the original returning to build new content and all-new players exploring persistent worlds. 

Now, for only $9.99 USD, you can take your adventures with you and play with friends on other platforms, all from your phone or tablet. That said, we’re not done yet! Like the desktop version of NWN:EE, we’ll be continuing to release fixes and features to keep making your Neverwinter Nights experience better! Keep an eye on our social channels and livestreams to find out more.

Thank you to all the dedicated adventurers who played the Google Play Beta, provided feedback, and helped us finalize the Android release. You are awesome and the provided feedback will help make NWN:EE on Google Play even better! Everyone who purchased the Beta now owns the full Android release of Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on Google Play. 

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on Google Play includes all the playable content of the desktop version:

The original Neverwinter Nights campaign: Find yourself at the center of intrigue, betrayal, and dark magic in Neverwinter Nights. Journey through dangerous cities, monster filled dungeons and deep into uncharted wilderness in search of the cure for a cursed plague ravaging the city of Neverwinter. 

Two expansion packs: 
Shadows of Undrentide: Another adventure begins in Shadows of Undrentide! Charged by your master to recover four ancient artifacts, travel from the Silver Marches to unravel mysteries of a long-dead magical civilization. 
Hordes of the Underdark: Continue the adventure started in Shadows of Undrentide and journey into the ever-more bizarre and hostile depths of Undermountain to challenge a gathering evil.

Three free downloadable premium modules: 
Discover over 40 hours of new stories in Kingmaker, ShadowGuard, and Witch's Wake, then go on to sample the hundreds of modules created by community members just like you.

October 12 Livestream Recap

Trent, Sarah, and other Beamdog team members have been busy in the V/O booth creating new player soundsets for BG:EE, BGII:EE, IWD:EE, and NWN:EE.

Today Beamdog Producer Luke Rideout and Community Manager Sarah Dawson shared the latest studio news and updates. They talked about Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition finally coming to GOG, the latest development progress on NWN:EE for Android, and an upcoming voice pack.

Missed the stream? It's on YouTube and Twitch! Here's a quick summary of the highlights:

• Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition on Android and iOS is 80% off this week! Hurry up, and get it for only $1.99!
• During the next 2 days grab Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition Official Soundtrack for 50% off at Beamdog.com! The soundtrack now includes music from Heart of Winter.
• We’re still hiring! If you’re a developer, programmer, or technical artist, come and wort at Beamdog! Keep an eye on our jobs page!
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“Working at Beamdog has been the most rewarding job I’ve had in years!” ~ Luke

• Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition is now available on GOG! Don’t miss these awesome launch discounts: 25% off NWN:EE, and 35% off the Digital Deluxe Edition which includes several adventure modules, the game's Soundtrack and the Heroes of Neverwinter pack! For a limited time, owners of the Diamond Edition get an additional 25% off when purchasing Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition and Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Digital Deluxe on GOG.

“Future patches for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition will be released on all platforms (Beamdog, GOG, Steam) at the same time.” ~ Luke

• Trent, Sarah, Dan, Andrew, and Elyse have been recording new player soundsets for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition, Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, and Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition. You’ll want to hear that Trent yelling as a chaotic barbarian!
• In addition to directing the Beamdog crew, Mark Meer has also been recording new lines as drow sorcerer Baeloth Barrityl and that most major of the modern minor mages, Alveus Malcanter!
• Alveus Malcanter is coming to BG:EE, BGII:EE, IWD:EE, and NWN:EE as a magic item merchant with special wares for Dice, Camera, Action! voice and portrait pack owners. More news on that soon!
• Everyone loves Baeloth. Everyone wants to be Baeloth. Soon you’ll be able to assign special soundsets of Alveus and Baeloth to your party characters! Again, more news soon™.
• We generally contract V/O artists for projects. If you have a portfolio and want to work with us, send it to contact@beamdog.com, and we'll pass it on to our creative team.

“NWN is a great platform for new stories!” ~ Luke

• The core UI pass for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on Android is nearly done. On Monday we’ll be moving to the final bug gauntlet. Stay tuned for future public beta news!
• The way NWN:EE on Android will handle hak content is very similar to installing haks on PC. The file system on Android is quite open and allows having override and mod folders.We're considering “NWSync” for this in the future, but for the immediate future, “NWSync” is a tool to help with connecting to servers.
• Players on Android will be able to play NWN:EE on PW servers with custom content thanks to “NWSync”. Mobile players will be able to connect to multiplayer games similarly to PC, and multiplayer will be cross-platform. Modules can be installed through the file system. You’ll need to have some extra space on your mobile device, though, to download custom content, so it could be potentially space-intensive.
• Minimal spes for NWN:EE on Android are still TBD, but we recommend devices that came out in the last 3 years at least.
• In-between UI size is already possible for NWN:EE on Android. For example, players will be able to resize UI to 1.7., or 1.9, or whatever fits the screen. This feature, along with the True Type Font support, will be ported to the PC version.
• Achievements for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition are progressing. We have created a list of achievements, as well as the ability to track and award them. One of Luke’s favorite achievements is “Don’t believe his lies!” - which you will get by succeeding a hard bluff check.

Excited for what’s next? Come and join the next livestream next Friday!

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Launches on Steam

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition has arrived on Steam! Here at Beamdog we’re not only excited to have the opportunity to rejuvenate another classic Dungeons and Dragons title, but to reintroduce an experience as creative as it is compelling.

As Beamdog CEO and Project Director on the original Neverwinter Nights Trent Oster puts it, “To me Neverwinter Nights is a magical game. The combination of a powerful, yet easy-to-use toolset, the ability to run a persistent world, to play with your friends and the Dungeons & Dragons rules are an amazing structure  I’m still massively excited about the democratization of game design that the tools enable and the power of the dungeon master client to shape adventures on the fly. I think there has never been another game like Neverwinter Nights and the Enhanced Edition is an opportunity to carry that concept forward to even greater possibilities.”



Through the original campaign and premium modules, you’ll experience lovingly crafted stories filled with hours of exploration and excitement. You’ll journey with Aribeth and Drogon, slay drow and dragons, travel from mountain peaks in the frozen North to the depths of the Underdark. The heroes you create will travel the face of Faerun.

“Neverwinter Nights has been a beloved game for the past 15 years, with Beamdog's ongoing development and community support we hope the Enhanced Edition will be loved for 15+ more years.” - Jonathan Hill, Project Lead for Neverwinter Nights.



With the Aurora Toolset, you’ll be able to express your imagination by crafting an infinite variety of worlds, as well as exploring those created by others through the Steam Workshop. Build towers that reach for the Seven Heavens, pits descending into the Nine Hells, and cities stretching across countries and continents. All of this and more is within your grasp.

The Dungeon Master Client allows you to play Dungeons & Dragons with friends thousands of miles away. Since its inception, D&D has been a powerful collaborative experience, and Neverwinter Nights will allow you to challenge your friends’ wits and skill at arms in real-time. Never worry again about finding a group to indulge your hobby, just log in and discover the adventures that await.

The team at Beamdog are overjoyed to support Neverwinter’s fans in playing, crafting, and enjoying the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, as well as your own

If you're curious what's been done so far, check out the changelog taking us from NWN 1.69 to Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition.

Join the Party! Announcing a Special Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Launch Day Stream

 
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition is nearly here! NWN:EE will be available to purchase on Steam March 27, 2018.

This is your invitation to come celebrate the launch of Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition during a special two-hour Twitch livestream!

We’ll be live Tuesday March 27 at 10am PT playing with the community on a newly Enhanced Arelith server. Tune in on Twitch for interviews with special guests, developer stories, and news about what’s next for Neverwinter Nights!

But that’s not all! Trent, Phil, and Jonathan will be giving away Steam keys and limited edition Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition t-shirts. As a special treat, one lucky live viewer will be chosen to have their portrait Neverwintererized by a Beamdog artist. All you have to do is show up for a chance to win! 

Guaranteed +5 against cold! Win yours!

We’re excited to finally see Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition available to fans on Steam. The best part? This is just the beginning! There’s bright future ahead for NWN:EE fans! Join us live and be a part of Neverwinter Nights history!

Want to get a head start? Pre-order Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on Beamdog or wishlist NWN:EE on Steam today!

March 23 Livestream Recap

Only 4 days till Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition launches on Steam!

During today’s Beamdog livestream, Studio Director Phillip Daigle and Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition product owner Jonathan Hill shared the latest NWN:EE and Infinity Engine news. Jonathan and Phil played Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition together and discussed what’s to come for NWN:EE on March 27.

Missed the stream? It's on YouTube and Twitch!

Here's a quick summary of the highlights from the livestream:

• It’s the last day of the Siege of Dragonspear Collector's Edition sale! Order it on beamdog.com for just $99.99 USD.
• You now can buy Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition from the Twitch store!
• All our Infinity Engine titles are currently on GOG’s Greatest Stories sale!
• To celebrate the March 27 Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition launch on Steam, we’ll be hosting a 2-hour livestream with guests, contests and prizes! Tune in at 10am PT.
• On April 1 there will be a special livestream where Phil and some of the Beamdog team will reveal a secret project!
• The 2.5 patch updates for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition are still in the works. We’re a little held up due to the upcoming launch of Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, and some hotfixes were needed for Siege of Dragonspear on mobile devices, but the 2.5 patch updates are coming! Localization updates are currently being tested internally.
• Build v8166 for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition has just been released. This patch focuses on camera, audio and part-based item/character issues. Check out the full patch notes here.

At 1080p, Phil’s UI scaling (left) is set to 1x while Jonathan’s UI scaling (right) is set to 2x.

• The Roadmap and Input Trello boards for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition will continue after NWN:EE releases on Steam. They help us hear what the community think.
• We work directly with the community - if you have an idea about Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, share it on our forums, and vote for features you like on the Input board.
• Steam Workshop already has an amazing amount of community created content for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition. It works seamlessly with Neverwinter Nights override folders structure, just subscribe to the content you’re interested in, and it downloads automatically.
• Our number one rule for NWN:EE is not to break backwards compatibility.
• The Hall of Justice and sample character model from the tech demo are both available on Steam Workshop! Play with them, use them in mods, have fun!
• Neverwinter Nights Vault is another place to look for custom content. It’s a real treasure for all Neverwinter Nights fans!

Phil (left) is using old character heads, while Jonathan (right) has downloaded a model from Steam Workshop. No matter which model you choose, you can play the same game together!

• There currently is no release date for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on GOG.
• After NWN:EE launches on Steam we’ll continue rolling out frequent development branch patches.
• We want to let players move different interface windows as they wish and we’ll be opening up UI for modders. According to Jonathan, the more we unhardcode UI, the better.

How many magic caps did Phil get?

Excited for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition? Come and join the launch livestream on Tuesday, March 27, at 10am PT!

Siege of Dragonspear Debuts on Google Play and the App Store

“Prepare yourself, Boo! We are about to embark on another epic adventure!” ~ Minsc

Hamsters, rangers and owners of Android and iOS devices everywhere, rejoice! Beamdog is proud to bring Siege of Dragonspear to Google Play and the App Store as a standalone adventure!

"Siege of Dragonspear is an exciting bridge between Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II, and I'm incredibly happy that we brought back all of the fan-favorite characters for an all-new adventure and that our phone and tablet fans finally get to experience this story." ~ Beamdog Studio Director Phillip Daigle

Siege of Dragonspear tells the story of the events between Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition. The Forgotten Realms is in a time of strife as a crusade marches from the north, seizing supplies, forcing locals into military service, and disrupting trade along the Sword Coast. A charismatic warrior known as Caelar Argent leads this army, her background shrouded in mystery.

On the journey to this release we’ve defeated tons of technical hurdles, scored hundreds of critical hits, gone through dozens of attribute stat checks, tackled numerous dragons, fixed lots of bugs and crashes. Grab your tablet or a phone, download Siege of Dragonspear and prepare for more than 30 hours of adventure.

Siege of Dragonspear includes features ported from Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition to make gameplay friendlier for mobile players, including dialogue selection buttons, a "take all" button on containers, a tutorial popup with clearer explanations of the game screen.

Don’t fret desktop players! Many of the bug fixes and features mobile fans can enjoy now will be brought to Beamdog, Steam, and GOG with the 2.5 update!

We are proud to bring Siege of Dragonspear to mobile and can’t wait to hear all your stories about playing it. Share them with us on our Twitter, Facebook and the official forums.

Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition Is Here!

The day is finally here! The Beamdog team is proud to release Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition.

The journey from PS:T to PST:EE has been an interesting one. From acquiring the license, to deciphering the source code, and working through the unique solutions put in place by the original team, the journey has been filled with valuable lessons, some of which we may bring to our other Infinity Engine Enhanced Edition titles.

We’d like to thank the original Black Isle team for bringing Planescape: Torment into this world. We’re all fans of the original and having the chance to bring games like this to both a new generation of players and back to fans who were there at the beginning is why many of us are here at Beamdog. A special thanks goes out to original Black Isle team members Eric Campanella, Kenneth Lee, and Tim Donley for taking the time to answer questions and point us in the right direction.

Everyone  at Wizards of the Coast have been amazing throughout the development and release of Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition. They're as excited as we are to see more Dungeons & Dragons fans experience Sigil and the phenomenal Planescape setting for the first time or revisit to the planes to relive one of the greatest stories ever told. 

Chris Avellone, as always, has been a joy to work with. Chris, you’re a master of your craft and we cannot thank you enough for the opportunity to bring one of your best works from 1999 to 2017. We loved your work as Lead Designer on PS:T and to have you reprise that role on Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition has helped us stay true to the spirit of the original game. 

To Qwinn for giving us permission to incorporate your work into Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, you are a pathfinder. We’re excited to see what you and other modders do with PST:EE and all of our other Infinity Engine titles.

To the Beamdog community, we hope you love Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition as much as we do. Have fun! Oh, and if you see someone with a PST:EE Beta Tester badge on the forums, give them a high five! They’ve put an incredible amount of work in and their names in the credits are well-deserved.

We would also like to thank our family and friends, all of whom have supported us through this incredible experience. You help us stay grounded and push us to be better. Our success is yours.

Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition is available now on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. Head over to www.planescape.com today to purchase your copy from Beamdog, Steam, GoG, Mac App Store, iOS App Store, and Google Play.

See you on the planes, cutters.

The Beamdog Team