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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 5657459" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>[align=left]http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/ffg_sw.png[/align]<span style="font-size: 12px">A few notes about major news items from the last couple of weeks. You may well already be aware of some or all of these, but my computer issues prevented me from reporting on them here.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Wizards of the Coast has retrieved the <a href="http://www.wizards.com/Company/Press.aspx?x=wz/press/54" target="_blank">D&D video games license</a> back from Atari, who have held that license for a long, long time. This involved a lawsuit, which has now been settled out of court: [hq]"Digital licensing rights for Dungeons & Dragons have been returned to Hasbro. Atari will continue to develop and market several games under license from Hasbro and Wizards, including the #1 Xbox LIVE® hit Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale and the upcoming Heroes of Neverwinter for Facebook. Additional settlement details remain private....In addition, the acquisition of Cryptic Studios by Perfect World Entertainment Inc. from Atari in July 2011 has delayed the Neverwinter PC Game scheduled for release later this year. Perfect World will be investing in a more immersive experience for release in late 2012."[/hq]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Fantasy Flight Games officially <a href="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=2528" target="_blank">announced</a> the worst kept secret in the RPG industry - that it has the <em>Star Wars</em> license. FFG’s first two Star Wars game lines will be the <em>X-Wing</em> miniatures game and <em>Star Wars: The Card Game</em>, both scheduled to launch in early 2012.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px">The ENnies took place on Friday, 5 August, at Gen Con. You can see the full list of winners <a href="http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/2011_Winners.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> (PDF).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Gail Gygax recently mentioned on her Facebook page that something "special" is in the works "for all of Gary's fans for the big screen!" and George Strayton confirmed he is the scriptwriter for a <a href="http://www.examiner.com/rpg-in-national/gary-gygax-movie-on-the-horizon#ixzz1Um69i0zK" target="_blank">$150 million movie</a> based on Gary Gygax’s life.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 5657459, member: 1"] [align=left]http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/ffg_sw.png[/align][SIZE="3"]A few notes about major news items from the last couple of weeks. You may well already be aware of some or all of these, but my computer issues prevented me from reporting on them here. [SIZE="3"]Wizards of the Coast has retrieved the [URL="http://www.wizards.com/Company/Press.aspx?x=wz/press/54"]D&D video games license[/URL] back from Atari, who have held that license for a long, long time. This involved a lawsuit, which has now been settled out of court: [hq]"Digital licensing rights for Dungeons & Dragons have been returned to Hasbro. Atari will continue to develop and market several games under license from Hasbro and Wizards, including the #1 Xbox LIVE® hit Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale and the upcoming Heroes of Neverwinter for Facebook. Additional settlement details remain private....In addition, the acquisition of Cryptic Studios by Perfect World Entertainment Inc. from Atari in July 2011 has delayed the Neverwinter PC Game scheduled for release later this year. Perfect World will be investing in a more immersive experience for release in late 2012."[/hq][/SIZE] [SIZE="3"]Fantasy Flight Games officially [URL="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=2528"]announced[/URL] the worst kept secret in the RPG industry - that it has the [I]Star Wars[/I] license. FFG’s first two Star Wars game lines will be the [I]X-Wing[/I] miniatures game and [I]Star Wars: The Card Game[/I], both scheduled to launch in early 2012.[/SIZE] [SIZE="3"]The ENnies took place on Friday, 5 August, at Gen Con. You can see the full list of winners [URL="http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/2011_Winners.pdf"]here[/URL] (PDF).[/SIZE] [SIZE="3"]Gail Gygax recently mentioned on her Facebook page that something "special" is in the works "for all of Gary's fans for the big screen!" and George Strayton confirmed he is the scriptwriter for a [URL="http://www.examiner.com/rpg-in-national/gary-gygax-movie-on-the-horizon#ixzz1Um69i0zK"]$150 million movie[/URL] based on Gary Gygax’s life.[/SIZE] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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