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One of the most acclaimed fantasy RPGs of recent years will soon be getting its second expansion pack. Publisher Atari has just announced that Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir has now gone gold. The press release states the game is due in stores in November with online retailers currently showing a Nov. 18 ship date.

Developed once again by Obsidian Entertainment, Storm of Zehir adds a number of new features and content to the Neverwinter Nights part of the Dungeons and Dragons universe. You can get a lot more info on the expansion pack via our own recent interview with the lead designer of the game. Obsidian's Tony Evans.

One of publisher Atari's bright spots in its more recent economic troubles was the sales and critical acclaim of Neverwinter Nights 2, the sequel to the Dungeons and Dragons-themed fantasy RPG. While the first game in the series was developed by BioWare, Obsidian Entertainment did a solid job with not just the sequel in 2006 but its first expansion pack, Mask of the Betrayer, in 2007

Next month, Obsidian and Atari release Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir, the second expansion pack for the game that adds a number of new features, missions, monsters and more to the game. Big Download got a chance to ask the lead designer of the game. Obsidian's Tony Evans, some questions about what they will be presenting with Storm of Zehir.

While the game industry is beginning to understand that they can sell high profile games any time of the year the truth is that the time period between the first of September and the first week of December remains the biggest time of the year for new games to be released. 2008 seems to be no exception to this rule as PC gamers have a ton of new and promising titles to choose from this year.

So which games are we most looking forward to playing this fall? Well it so happens that we have created a feature gallery that has our picks for the PC game titles we most want to play in the next few months. That list include a long awaited MMO, a new expansion pack to the biggest MMO, an alternate history RTS game, a number of great looking first person shooters, a post-apocalyse RPG and a title that some are already declaring "the greatest game ever made." (in fact you can get a clue as to one of the games on our list from this custom case mode we saw at QuakeCon).

Our list of games is ordered by their scheduled release dates. Keep in mind while checking our picks that release dates can and do change at the last minute. Our picks represent the best info on these dates at the time of the posting of this article but if any changes are announced afterward we will report on them on the news site.

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Atari stayed busy at this week's Games Convention as they showed off their upcoming titles. One of their big fall releases is Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir. Atari released some new screenshots from the game that is once again being developed by Obsidian Entertainment

In case you are not familiar with the title. Storm of Zehir is set to feature items like a non-linear enviroment to explore, party creation, an economic system that you can influence while playing and more. The big question? Will Atari release a third full game in the series at some point? Only time will tell.

Atari may have generated a profit for the first time last quarter but if they want to continue to stay in the money they need to release games that people will actually buy. One of those titles that has a good shot of doing just that is Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir, the upcoming second retail expansion pack to the 2006 released D&D RPG.

Recently Atari sent out some new screenshots from the expansion which once again will be developed by Obsidian Entertainment. The expansion is set to feature items like a non-linear enviroment to explore, party creation, an economic system that you can influence while playing and more. The expansion is due for release this fall.