Working with the Salvatores was initially challenging for the Neverwinter team because the authors needed to work around Neverwinter's quest flow. Salvatore to include some secret teasers for the series' third book, so players with a keen eye may find a few hints about what's coming in the trilogy's conclusion. We've worked with them in the past on the Dwarven King, some other Underdark stuff with Bruenor, and the Companions of the Hall, so this was a nice way to work with them directly and build out a story that tells our kind of story – Neverwinter the game’s stories – but also ties into the book stories that he's telling with his new series. There's a book series that's ongoing and in the works, and we saw an opportunity to tie in with that. And the moment we knew we wanted to go to the Underdark, we got the ball rolling on working with the Salvatores. One of the things we knew early on was we wanted to do an Underdark block that started with M24. This placement in the timeline allows Neverwinter to tie in nicely with Salvatore's trilogy while still having the freedom to develop content that fits Neverwinter's distinct style. Salvatore and Geno Salvatore to develop a module that would take place in the gaps between the trilogy's novels. Salvatore's latest Way of the Drow trilogy depicts a class conflict brewing in the Drow metropolis Menzoberranzan between the upper-class Lolth Loyalists and the downtrodden Blasphemes. RELATED: Neverwinter Reveals Dragonslayer Update Neverwinter's Menzoberranzan Module Ties Into R.A. Salvatore and his son Geno Salvatore on the game's new Menzoberranzan module. In a recent interview, Game Rant spoke with Neverwinter developers about how they worked hand-in-hand with R.A. Salvatore's bestselling Legend of Drizzt series, which is considered to be some of the franchise's best literature. One of the most noteworthy examples is author R.A. The Forgotten Realms has been in publication since 1987 and has fostered decades of content in the form of novels, comics, and games, providing Neverwinterwith a bottomless well of inspiration to pull from.įor decades, Dungeons & Dragons has been a platform for gifted authors to tell fantasy stories using a shared set of locations and creatures so that the larger universe grows with each adaptation.

As a game set within Dungeons & Dragons' Forgotten Realms, Cryptic's free-to-play MMORPG Neverwinter is in an interesting position when it comes to developing its content.

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