Neverwinter Nights 2: What's In A Name? The NWN2.com Snafu

In response to a printed advertisement on the Dungeons & Dragons Online manual. It appears that Atari did not (as of last week) own the domain name NWN2.com and are in the process of acquiring it from the current owner. Shane DeFreest, community relations manager for NWN2, had this to say:

Im just going to make a quick comment on this as I know there have been allot of inquiries these last few days while I was on the road. Atari has been in the process of acquiring nwn2.com from its previous European owner. To the best of my knowledge (as of this morning)when the website goes back online this next week nwn2.com will be the official site URL. I'll have more info on this in the next update.

Then a user had this question and Shane's response:

I am a bit surprised that Atari didn't bother to check that the name wasn't taken before, and acquire it. They had at least 18 months to do that, for the sequel of one of their most successful games. Now it is up to Obsidian to run after the clock and handle all the impatient fans...

Actually, Atari did. It's been in the works for months. There have been some holdups in the transfer due to the previous owner being from eastern Europe or something of that nature. Regardless, its about to become a non-issue in the next week. I just wanted to let people know the advertisment in the DDo manual was not an error per say.

It would seem that the current owner will make a tidy profit on the domain name after Atari coughs up the cash to purchase it. Read the thread here.