2003 founder alan miranda headquarters burnaby canada website http www.ossianstudios.com ossian studios inc. is a developer of role playing games for the neverwinter nights and neverwinter nights 2 franchise of pc games . contents 1 history 1.1 2003 ossian studios inc is founded 1.2 alan miranda ceo 2 games 2.1 darkness over daggerford 2.2 mysteries of westgate 2.3 the shadow sun 3 references 4 external links history edit 2003 ossian studios inc is founded edit located in burnaby canada ossian studios was founded in 2003 by alan miranda ceo and his wife elizabeth starr coo . the company name was inspired by the legendary celtic warrior bard ossian who told tales of epic adventures and travelled the underworld paradise of the land of youth called tir na n og where warriors feasted battled and died but were reborn again the next day to feast and battle into eternity . alan miranda ceo edit alan miranda is a former bioware producer having been the producer on baldur s gate ii throne of bhaal and the associate producer on neverwinter nights . prior to working at bioware he was a designer at relic entertainment developing some of the core game mechanics and missions for the rts impossible creatures . he is now the producer of all games developed at ossian studios . alan holds a b.a. in economics from the university of british columbia and a diploma in 2d and 3d video games programming from digipen applied computer graphics school . games edit darkness over daggerford edit main article neverwinter nights darkness over daggerford darkness of daggerford is a module for neverwinter nights taking place in the forgotten realms . the game adds a brand new world map system complete with random encounters a player stronghold to enable more challenging quests and featuring new player customization options a custom spawning and leveling system and 5 new music tracks . computer games magazine gave the game a glowing review . 1 mysteries of westgate edit main article neverwinter nights 2 mysteries of westgate mysteries of westgate is the first adventure pack for neverwinter nights 2 that was developed by ossian set in the most corrupt city in the forgotten realms . this game boasts over 15 hours of non linear gameplay added to neverwinter nights 2 with new creatures music voice over and multiple paths and endings . players can explore 4 districts of the city of westgate harbor loop market triangle arena district and subterranean undergate . pc gamer magazine and games for windows magazine both spoke highly about the add on . 2 3 the shadow sun edit the shadow sun is an rpg created by ossian set in a universe of the same name . unlike their previous products the shadow sun has no ties to d & d or the forgotten realms in any way . the game was released on december 19 2013 for ios devices 4 and on november 21 2014 for android devices . 5 references edit computer games magazine november 2006 issue pc gamer magazine may 2008 and november 2008 issues games for windows magazine april may 2008 issue http www.gamezebo.com 2013 12 12 shadow sun rises december 19 http www.pockettactics.com news ios news also rises ossian studios shadow sun released android external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ossian studios & oldid 674295725 categories video game companies of canadacompanies based in burnabycompanies established in 2003software companies of canadavideo game development companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 3 august 2015 at 00 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view