Atari and Codemasters
have launched a dedicated European website for Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach (aka DDO), the
massively-multiplayer incarnation of D&D. However, as usual European gamers seem to be losing out--the "online
portal" currently consists of a link to their forums and a link to the beta test signup. Smashing.Fortunately, the forums do contain a few nuggets of European-specific information about the game, which is heavily anticipated amongst MMO players and D&D purists:
- European and American servers will be separate
- Language-preferred servers are likely to be offered
- Transferring characters from realm to realm won't be offered
- There are no publicised dates for the start of European beta, or the game's launch--but all should happen in Q1 2006
- A simultaneous European and American launch is planned
- There are no plans for Mac or Linux versions of DDO
