The long awaited [i]Dungeons & Dragons Online : Stormreach[/i] hits store shelves this week. Developed by Turbine and published by Atari, [i]Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach[/i] is the first and only massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the world-renowned Dungeons & Dragons franchise from Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

Nique Fajors, Senior vice president of marketing for Atari Inc. said, “D&D is an iconic brand that has spawned a legion of imitators, but this game delivers the real thing to online gaming fans everywhere.”

Being the first MMORPG based on a pen & paper RPG, the game?s creators hope it will attract fans of both genres.

Jeff Burdeen, vice president for the Hasbro Properties Group said, “Players around the world will appreciate Turbine’s faithful adaptation of D&D’s party-based adventures – a system that has made the pen and paper game a powerful brand for over 30 years,”