Neverwinter dated

Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios' Dungeon's & Dragons Forgotten Realms MMO, {Neverwinter}, has been given release date of June 20.

That date will also see the release of Gauntlgrym, free level 60 PvE and PvP content for players who have already invested heavily in the open beta. Fury of the Feywild, the first free content expansion for the MMO, has also been announced and will launch during the summer.

In a lengthy statement, Cryptic Studios COO Craig Zinkievich said: "Boy, we have a lot going on. But then that was the plan from the very beginning. The feedback from players has been incredible. With their help during our Beta Test periods and our accumulated experience from having launched five MMOs, we're confident we've worked out all the major kinks and can sustain the world of Neverwinter without the Beta safety net."

"I personally thank our Open Beta players for providing an enormous amount of valuable feedback and supporting us during every single step of the development process. As a token of that appreciation, we're running an in-game promotional event near the end of Open Beta. Of course, alongside the launch day comes the release of Gauntlgrym, which adds more end-game content. And, we just announced Fury of the Feywild, our first content expansion for Neverwinter, which will all be, in classic D&D fashion, Modules. Yeah, there is a lot going on. But we wouldn't have it any other way. The game is doing great and we love working on it."