Announced today, a new Neverwinter title is in the works from MMO developer Cryptic Studios, the folks behind the recent Champions Online and Star Trek Online, who are working closely with fantasy author R.A. Salvatore.

Ernest Gary Gygax, co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons table-top RPG, has died today at age 69. Yahoo News reports that he had previously been plagued by miscellaneous health problems, such as an abdominal aneurysm.