RipTen Videogame Blog » Dungeons-&-Dragons http://www.ripten.com Real Independent Press To Every Nerd Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:00:51 +0000 en-us hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Real Independent Press To Every Nerd RipTen Videogame Blog no Real Independent Press To Every Nerd RipTen Videogame Blog » Dungeons-&-Dragons http://www.ripten.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.ripten.com New Neverwinter Game Coming From Cryptic Studios http://www.ripten.com/2010/08/23/new-neverwinter-game-coming-from-cryptic-studios-dylan4422/ http://www.ripten.com/2010/08/23/new-neverwinter-game-coming-from-cryptic-studios-dylan4422/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:49:22 +0000 Dylan Duarte http://www.ripten.com/?p=34129

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.

Although Cryptic is an MMO developer, Neverwinter is not massively multiplayer, instead being a five-player co-op RPG. Being based on Dungeons & Dragons, it will feature five classic D&D classes.

Both Champions Online and Star Trek Online were hit and miss with critics, so let’s hope Cryptic can knock it out of the park with a non-MMO fantasy-based RPG.

]]> http://www.ripten.com/2010/08/23/new-neverwinter-game-coming-from-cryptic-studios-dylan4422/feed/ 0 D&D Co-Creator Passes Away at Age 69 http://www.ripten.com/2008/03/04/dd-co-creator-gary-gygax-passes-away-at-age-69/ http://www.ripten.com/2008/03/04/dd-co-creator-gary-gygax-passes-away-at-age-69/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:41:54 +0000 Jenni Lada http://www.ripten.com/2008/03/04/dd-co-creator-gary-gygax-passes-away-at-age-69/ gygax.JPG

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.

In 1974, Dave Arneson and Gygax developed Dungeons & Dragons due to their mutual desire to create a fantasy board game after feeling something was lacking from the war board games they had previously played. Gygax is also known not only as a creator for the famous game, but also as a renowned fantasy author.

Dungeons & Dragons was not only a pioneer for tabletop games; it also helped inspire multiple video games. Some of the notable video games inspired by D&D are Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Cloudy Mountain (Intellivision), Eye of the Beholder (SNES), Baldur’s Gate (PC), Neverwinter Nights (PC), Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (PS2, Xbox, PC) and Dungeon & Dragons Tactics (PSP).

Today we bid a fond farewell to an influential figure who brought joy to a lot of people. Our condolences to Mr. Gygax’s family and friends.

Source: Yahoo News

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