solid game that can stand on its own merits." The game was a finalist for the "Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development" and "Outstanding Achievement in Game Design" awards at the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' 3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, all of which went to Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Thief: The Dark Project (both of them a tie), and The Sims, respectively. Cancelled sequel Executive producer John Hight said that Westwood was considering an expansion pack and a sequel to Nox. The expansion, titled NoxQuest, was released as a free download on August 1, 2000, and focused on the multiplayer aspects of the game. It included the last patch, updating the game to version 1.2, and featured a number of new spells invented for but not implemented in the original game. Shortly after the 1.2 patch release, Westwood Studios (which is a subset of Electronic Arts) lost full rights of Nox to EA. EA chose to no longer support Nox, and the official Westwood servers for Clan, Ladder and Standard multiplayer were closed, as well as the online ladder ranking system. References External links 2000 video games Action role-playing video games Electronic Arts games Fantasy video games MacOS games Role-playing video games Video games about magic Video games scored by Frank Klepacki Video games with oblique graphics Westwood Studios games Windows games Video games developed in the United States Multiplayer and single-player video games