NWN Receives British Interactive Oscar
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EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada - October 11th, 2002 - BioWare Corp. today announced that Neverwinter Nights was honoured yesterday with an Interactive Entertainment Award (BAFTA) for Best PC Game by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. To quote the BAFTA website: "Good graphics, beautiful lighting, outstanding score and great voices round off this superb game."
BioWare Corp., an Edmonton-based video-game developer known internationally for developing both the genre-defining Baldur's Gate series and Neverwinter Nights, credits 5 years of hard work by top-notch development staff, and an incredibly creative fan community for this award.
"We are thrilled that the work of the BioWare Neverwinter Nights team was recognized in this way," said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Joint CEO of BioWare Corp. and Co-Executive Producer of Neverwinter Nights. "We have some of the best game developers in the world here, and it's wonderful to see their work receive this level of recognition," he concluded.
"We think that the Neverwinter Nights fan community shares this honour with us," said Dr. Greg Zeschuk, Joint CEO of BioWare Corp. and Co-Executive Producer of Neverwinter Nights. "Since the game's release, the Neverwinter Nights community has created nearly 1500 new adventures, many of them high-quality, compelling games in their own right. It's this kind of community development that is really allowing Neverwinter Nights to shine."
