Atari Announces NWN 2 Multiplayer Beta

[DM the Usurper]

Neverwinter Nights 2 Multiplayer Beta Test!

No you're not dreaming. Not only is there a toolset beta but you can also try getting in on the Multiplayer Beta as well! Here's the full details from the official thread created by Obsidian Community Manager, Shane K. DeFreest.
Atari Announces Neverwinter Nights 2 Multiplayer Beta Test!

Atari Inc. and Obsidian Entertainment are pleased to announce a closed public beta test for Neverwinter Nights™ 2 for PC. Neverwinter Nights™ 2 is an extensive role-playing game that employs a rich single-player experience, a toolset for creating custom adventures, as well as a multiplayer component where adventurers can team up and explore the world of Faerun as a team! This sequel to the original award-winning Neverwinter Nights takes advantage of the new “3.5 edition” DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® rule set while also utilizing an astonishing new 3D graphics engine. Neverwinter Nights 2 is set in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Forgotten Realms® universe created by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS)

This beta test will comprise the multiplayer game mode only, the purpose of which is to get your feedback on game tuning and balance, hardware compatibility testing, and also general functionality testing. Please remember that if you are selected for this beta test you will be under a strict non-disclosure agreement (NDA), which means you cannot discuss the product outside of our dedicated private beta forum at www.ataricommunity.com.

At the present time, we are without our www.betatests.net site; therefore sign-ups will be handled a little differently for Neverwinter Nights 2. In order to sign up for the beta, please visit the below URL and be sure to fill out all of the required information.

www.atari.com/nwn2betatest/multiplayer

Hope you roll a +2 on luck!
Best Regards,
Betatest Administrator
Atari, Inc. and Obsidian Entertainment

System Requirements
Recommended
- 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
- 1GB System Ram
- ATI Radeon X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or higher video card
Required
- Windows XP
- 512MB System RAM
- 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
- 128MB Direct3D compatible video card with DirectX 9.0c compatible driver
- 5GB free hard disk space
- DirectX 9.0c (included)
- DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
- Broadband connection for multiplayer online play

**Note: If no modifications are made to this announcement, and you have a site you would like to host it on, please feel free to republish.

*Neverwinter Nights is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast in the U.S.A. and other countries. Used with permission.
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Shane K. DeFreest
Maverick Public Relations
Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Manager
You can't play if you don't try.

[Panros]

Yeah, I was reading that early, early this morning. I'm surprised that I can actually run NWN 2. And I thought I had to upgrade, heh. Of course this is only the beta, and I'm sure I'll have to get a 23417403127412340574810437Mb graphics card when it comes out. Hey, at least I will be able to play Oblivion, which I heard is crap from my fellow Morrowind fans.

[Quadhund/Greenhouse]

Just signed up for both beta testing... here's hoping.

And oblivion WAS awesome.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

quadhund said:

Just signed up for both beta testing... here's hoping.

And oblivion WAS awesome.

If you get beta toolset tools and I don't - I will hunt you down and eat your liver.

If we both get them I will still hunt you down and eat at least a kidney.

[Talus]

mjolnirsbane said:

quadhund said:

Just signed up for both beta testing... here's hoping.

And oblivion WAS awesome.

If you get beta toolset tools and I don't - I will hunt you down and eat your liver.

If we both get them I will still hunt you down and eat at least a kidney.

I hear both are good with a nice Chianti.

[Quadhund/Greenhouse]

I'll keep that in mind, and first thing i'll do when i get them is remove my own kidneys and liver and hide them

[DM Richard (Retired)]

*holds out a familiar stewpot*

Hide them in here!

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

richard said:

*holds out a familiar stewpot*

Hide them in here!

Ha! See Quad... it's all happening again.

[Quadhund/Greenhouse]

AAAAHHHHH!!! NEVER!!! *quickly contacts atari to remove his name from the beta testers list*

[Grozer]

richard said:

*holds out a familiar stewpot*

Hide them in here!

*takes his stewpot back* ...someone say they wanted a Hroth stew again? ;D



Are you allowed to share the beta version of the toolset if you get it?

[DM the Usurper]

lol no, you'd have to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement w/ Atari. They might actually stick you in a bathtub of ice w/ one less kidney.

[Booze Hound]

talus said:

mjolnirsbane said:

If you get beta toolset tools and I don't - I will hunt you down and eat your liver.

If we both get them I will still hunt you down and eat at least a kidney.

I hear both are good with a nice Chianti.

Dont forget the Fava beans. mmmmmmmm...

[Panros]

That doesn't mean you can't take screenshots of the tool set right?

[Munroe]

Yes, it means you can't take screenshots of the toolset. Well, you can take the screenshots, you just can't show them to anyone.

[Foomanchu]

anyone have any clue as to when they will send out the emails telling people who was accepted?

[DM the Usurper]

my guess would be around labor day.

[Foomanchu]

hmmm...hope so. lol i signed up for the multiplayer beta not the toolset because I would be just playing the game, and if i were a beta tester for the toolset i couldn't even tell u guys anything about it anyways