Icewind Dale II annoncé

Ca y est, un commmuniqué de presse de Black Isle Studios annonce enfin le développement de Icewind Dale II. Ce n'est pas vraiment une surprise, le jeu étant inscrit sur la liste des prochaines sorties d'Interplay depuis déjà pas mal de temps. Le communiqué complet se trouve juste après le lien ci-dessous.

Le jeu est attendu pour le 28 mai 2002, soit juste après l'E3.

Icewind Dale II is being created internally at Black Isle Studios and offers more of the classic dungeon crawl experience, using the Dungeons & Dragons® license from Wizards of the Coast. Based in part on the series of books by New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore, Icewind Dale II will amaze players with new monsters, spells, and areas to explore within the popular FORGOTTEN REALMS® campaign setting. Icewind Dale II expands upon gameplay elements found in Icewind Dale, offering players the ability to hone their combat skills and achieve even more powerful possessions, spells, and experience. Icewind Dale II hosts a large variety of new weapons, armor and magical items and features all the spells from Icewind Dale and its expansion Icewind Dale(TM): Heart of Winter(TM). Additionally, Icewind Dale II includes over 50 new spells such as Executioner's Eyes and Aegis, bringing the total to over 300 spells. In addition, over 100 new special items can be found in Icewind Dale II's elevated ``Heart of Fury'' mode, first introduced in Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter. This challenging mode enhances the game's replayability by allowing players to face intensely difficult and strategic battles with their high level, battle-hardened characters.