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KingIsle Entertainment announced their plans to roll out a test realm for their fantasy MMORPG Wizard101 this Spring during a developer livestream last Friday. According to the devs, the test realm will go live with a host of new features including a Pet Mastery system where players get to play a pet mini-game and climb up tiers once they rack [...]
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Wizard101, the long running Harry Potter inspired Wizard themed MMORPG, officially launched on Steam today. The game isn't exactly new, as it's been running since 2008 and despite its appeal to younger audiences, the game is surprisingly in-depth. Watch this video on YouTube Come and our vibrant Wizard community, celebrating our 10th anniversary and recent release on Steam! Embrace [...]
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Wizard101, the child-friendly turn based MMORPG by KingIsle Entertainment, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this month. There are a bevy of new quests, pets, and giveaways to mark the game's first decade, but the most exciting news is the announcement that Wizard101 will be launching on Steam. Both Wizard101 and Pirate101 were listed on Steam Greenlight last year, powerful [...]
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KingsIsle Entertainment, the studio behind kid-friendly MMORPGs Wizard101 and Pirate101, are trying to get a new game published on Steam via Greenlight. EverClicker - Endless RPG is a 'clicker' game like Cookie Clicker and Clicker Heroes, but adds a few new twists to the tedious genre. One d features in the Greenlight page description in particular caught my eye: BATTLE [...]
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In Wizard101, players become students of magic in the fictional world of Spiral. Built on RPG elements, Wizard101 offers a unique spin on combat by combining a collectible card game with a turn-based combat system. Publisher: KingsIsle Entertainment Playerbase: High Type: Card-based MMORPG Release Date: September 2, 2008 Pros: +Unique combat system. +Large catalog of spells. +Kid-friendly. Cons: -Major content [...]
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Wizard101's previously announced Polaris expansion is here. Polaris is "a thrilling and chilling new world where players explore new lands full of powerful enemies like Rasputin and laugh at humorous events like the ballet of Bearishnikov" according to KingsIsle's vice president and creative director, Josef Hall. Hall also insists that you will "experience a once-in-a-lifetime advancement" in this expansion but [...]
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After several weeks of painfully slow teaser content, Wizard101's latest world has finally been revealed. In the latest edition of the Wizard101 newsletter, the team reveal the new world to be Polaris. Well, more specifically, players received "a postcard from [their] Pingouin friends in Polaris." As a result, a piece of concept art was revealed today, as well, with an [...]
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Wizard101 is seven years old. Can you believe that? I am having a hard time believing it, myself. It's been a while since I first tried out KingsIsle's turn-based, card-based wizard MMO but it hardly feels as if it has been seven years. In order to celebrate, the team at KingsIsle are giving away seven free gifts. Using the promo [...]
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Wizard101 Music & Soundtrack Wizard101 is a 3D fantasy MMORPG with turn based combat and a collectible card game element developed by KingsIsle Entertainment, the same KingsIsle behind Pirate101. The game is set in a Hogwarts like magical school where players take on the role of aspiring Wizards. The Wizard101 original soundtrack was composed internally by KingIsle, but the game's Wintertusk expansion was composed [...]
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