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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 4758944" data-attributes="member: 2518">Actually it is unknown if Atari is working on a 4E D&D game. The two traditional D&D studios are occupied with other projects (and one belongs to EA now) and the only D&D game which is currently made is another expansion for NWN2 and thus 3E.The combat system of 4E is very hard, if not impossible, to convert to real time (or semi real time like in NWN) and the current D&D video game brands are based on this real time combat.Making a turn based game (which includes creating a new brand) on a mainstream plattform (PC, recent Gen console) is imo too much risk for Atari so its unlikely they will do it.So either they somehow create a real time 4E combat system (leaving out most pushes, interrupts, etc.) which requires a new engine which takes 2-3 years to develop or they stick with 3E and just import 4E fluff, classes and races (partially done with the latest NWN2 expansions Storm of Zehir).Atari recently tried a handheld turn based D&D game (D&D tactics on the PSP) but the reviews aren't very good so its unlikely that this game did well outside the D&D gamer demographic.</blockquote>