Wizard101 News 5j122a

Wizard101, the long-running MMO known for its magical school adventures, has rolled out a major new challenge for veteran players. The latest update adds “The Ghastly Conspiracy,” marking the game’s first-ever eight-person raid. This content is now available for PC s through Steam and the official Wizard101 website, giving players a new reason to revisit the world of The Spiral. [...]

Wizard101 makes its way to a brand-new audience as the kid-friendly free-to-play MMORPG officially opens its Steam-routed doors to players in Europe. Up until today, the Steam version had been region-locked to North America, now its available to players on the other side of the pond as well. “Developed by KingsIsle Entertainment, Wizard101 has been enjoyed by people of all [...]

G’day mate! Get ready for a magical trip to The Land Down Under as Wizard101 prepares to drop its Aussie-themed Wallaru update. The update will mark the beginning of the end of the wizarding MMORPG’s current storyline and will send budding wizards off to the titular Outback-inspired new region. “From Eucalyptus Forest to the Wobbegong Territory, the mysterious world is [...]

KingsIsle Entertainment has made a very welcome change to Wizard101’s business model, particularly when it comes to PvP content. As of the magical MMORPG’s latest patch, players now get free access to all PvP-related features and will no longer be required to purchase them through the cash shop or have an active subscription. The patch also significantly increased the drop [...]

Gameforge has taken the first step in transferring Wizard101 publishing responsibilities in Europe to Gamigo and developer KingsIsle Entertainment. The former has sent out the first batch of transition keys to all EU players via email with more keys to be rolled out in the future. Note that these keys can’t be used on the KingsIsle site just yet so [...]

After a few weeks on the Wizard101 test server, the new Lemuria zone is now open for business on the live servers. As we revealed last month, the new zone gets its name from its inhabitants, which, if you haven’t already guessed, are cute little lemur people. Getting to the new zone, however, isn’t as straightforward as wizarding students might [...]

Lemurs are coming to Wizard101 in the magical MMORPG’s massive fall update. The update will introduce a new zone called Lemuria, a land inhabited by cute little lemur people. Aside from opening a new zone, the update will also come with several improvements to existing game systems, including the Quest Journal which will be getting a quest filtering feature to [...]

In line with their goal of encouraging more player interactions and promoting socialization in Wizard101, developer KingsIsle Entertainment has revealed their plans to introduce a “guild-lite” system and other group-related changes to the magic university-themed fantasy MMORPG. Over the next few updates, players can expect to see more grouping changes, such as increased drop rates for full groups and a [...]