Neverwinter Nights is a series of video games developed by BioWare

BioWare

BioWare is a Canadian video game developer founded in February 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip. BioWare is currently owned by American company Electronic Arts...

, Obsidian Entertainment

Obsidian Entertainment

Obsidian Entertainment is an American video game developer founded in 2003 after the disestablishment of Interplay Productions' Black Isle Studios, for PC and console systems...

 and Cryptic Studios

Cryptic Studios

Cryptic Studios, a wholly owned Perfect World subsidiary, is a small American massively multiplayer online role-playing game developer headquartered in Los Gatos, California.-History:...

, based on the Forgotten Realms

Forgotten Realms

The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories...

campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

 role-playing game. The Neverwinter Nights Series is a follow-up to the Savage Frontier (series)

Savage Frontier (series)

The Savage Frontier is a region in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting the Forgotten Realms. The Savage Frontier video game series, developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc., is the series that precedes the Neverwinter Nights series, with the introduction of...

 which introduced the city of Neverwinter.

Overview

The series takes place in the city-state Neverwinter

Neverwinter

Neverwinter is a fictional city-state in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Neverwinter was founded by Lord Halueth Never...

, in the fictional world of Faerûn

Faerûn

Faerûn is a fictional subcontinent, the primary setting of the Dungeons & Dragons world of Forgotten Realms. It is described at a relatively high level in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting from Wizards of the Coast, and various locales and aspects are described in more detail by separate...

. In the first two games Neverwinter is a bustling location the second largest city on the Sword Coast, the first being Waterdeep

Waterdeep (city)

Waterdeep is a fictional city-state that forms part of a popular Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game campaign setting called the Forgotten Realms. It is a port city that is located along the western coast of the Faerûn sub-continent...

 and (at the time) the third being Baldur's Gate

Baldur's Gate (city)

Baldur's Gate is a fictional city in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It is a coastal city on the north bank of the river Chiontar, located in the Western Heartlands region of Faerûn...

, however within the hundred years gap between Neverwinter Nights 2 and Neverwinter, the spellplague struck the city and reduced it to ruins.

Neverwinter Nights Series

Neverwinter Nights Series

Title	Release	Platforms	Additional Info
Neverwinter Nights Neverwinter Nights Neverwinter Nights , produced by BioWare and published by Infogrames , is a third-person perspective computer role-playing game that is based on third edition Dungeons & Dragons and Forgotten Realms rules. It was originally to be published by Interplay Entertainment, but the publisher's financial...	2002 June	Windows, Linux, Mac
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide is an expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights developed by Floodgate Entertainment and BioWare, and published by Infogrames Entertainment . It was released in June 2003...	2003 June	Windows, Linux, Mac	expansion pack Expansion pack An expansion pack, expansion set, or supplement is an addition to an existing role-playing game, tabletop game or video game. These add-ons usually add new game areas, weapons, objects, and/or an extended storyline to a complete and already released game...
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark is an expansion pack for the role-playing video game Neverwinter Nights produced by BioWare and published by Infogrames Entertainment...	2003 December	Windows, Linux, Mac	expansion pack
Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford	2006 August	Windows, Linux, Mac	expansion pack
Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (module)	2004	?	premium pack* (requires Hordes of the Underdark)
Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast is a premium module for the computer game Neverwinter Nights that features sea-voyaging, pirate-style, swashbuckling adventure. As of December 2009 Atari owns the rights to the module, which is not available for purchase.- Description :The module is...	2005 September	Windows	premium pack*
Neverwinter Nights: Infinite Dungeons Neverwinter Nights: Infinite Dungeons Neverwinter Nights: Infinite Dungeons is a downloadable content module for Neverwinter Nights. The module features vast dungeon areas and seven specially designed boss battles...	2006 May	?	premium pack*
Neverwinter Nights: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr Neverwinter Nights: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr Neverwinter Nights: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr is the final premium module for Neverwinter Nights. The story is a knight-themed adventure featuring horse riding. As of December 2009 Atari owns the rights to the module, which is not available for purchase....	2006 September	?	premium pack*
Neverwinter Nights 2 Neverwinter Nights 2 Neverwinter Nights 2 is a computer role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Atari. It is the sequel to BioWare's Neverwinter Nights, based on the Dungeons & Dragons pencil and paper fantasy role-playing game...	2006 October	Windows, Mac
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer is a computer role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Atari. It is an expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights 2. It was released in Autumn 2007 for the PC in North America, Europe, and Australia...	2007 September	Windows	expansion pack
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir is an expansion pack for the computer role-playing game Neverwinter Nights 2, developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Atari. It was released in late 2008 in North America, Europe, and Australia...	2008 November	Windows	expansion pack
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate is an expansion pack for the computer role-playing game Neverwinter Nights 2. It was developed by Ossian Studios and published by Atari on April 29, 2009. The player creates a character and controls it, along with a group of three pre-designed...	2009 April	Windows	adventure pack**

* The "premium packs" are small-scale, stand-alone adventures.

** The "adventure pack" is similar to the first game's premium packs.

Neverwinter for PC

A new game called Neverwinter

Neverwinter (video game)

Neverwinter is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game in development by Cryptic Studios for the Microsoft Windows platform and is currently scheduled for a "late" 2012 release...

has been announced to be a multiplayer game taking place 100 years after the happenings of Neverwinter Nights 2.

Neverwinter for PC is scheduled to release in "late" 2012