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Development on the Neverwinter Nights series passed from BioWare to Obsidian for the full-fledged sequel in 2006, but the game didn’t exactly suffer for it. Following an orphaned adventurer investigating relics called Silver Shards, NW2 improved on the first game in marked ways, especially in its narrative. More importantly, it featured online co-op and a development toolset with which players could create their own scenarios for the game, both of which helped ensure Neverwinter Nights 2 would have an avid following to this day.
- Neverwinter Nights 2's multiplayer servers were shut down in 2012, but fans have kept it alive in various ways.
- Its existence was revealed months before its official announcement by an Atari employee replying to an inflammatory post on a company forum.