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June Producer's Letter
The latest Producer's Letter has been published on the official Wizard101 site. The letter discusses last month's Winter Tusk update, player feedback and issues encountered. In addition, developers want players to know that they are not finished for the summer and have more surprises in store.
Reported on Jun 20, 2011 -
New Pre-Paid Game Card Deals
KingsIsle and Gamestop have come up with another mega-deal for folks purchasing a pre-paid Wizard101 game card. The Wizard101 Mega-Bundle features a slew of in-game perks including a flying carpet mount, a snake in a basket pet, and a huge Sultan's palace. The card retails for $39.00.
Reported on Jun 13, 2011 -
Nick Jonas Composing Wintertusk Score
All has finally been revealed with teens and tweens are fainting across the web-iverse. The Wizard101 team has officially announced that Nick Jonas will be composing the score for the recently announced Wintertusk zone.
Reported on May 11, 2011 -
Focus on Intergenerational Play
KingsIsle has revealed some terrific Wizard101 data gleaned from a survey conducted by Trinity University. The survey included over 30,000 Wizard101 player volunteers across all age groups and was designed to assess the viability of intergenerational play in Wizard101.
Reported on May 09, 2011 -
Hot Young Talent Scoring Wintertusk Zone
KingsIsle is playing its cards close to the vest with the announcement that one of today's "hot young musical artists" is creating the score for the upcoming Wizard101 Wintertusk zone. Developers plan to drop hints as to the identity of the mystery composer over the next several weeks so it will be worth keeping an eye on the official site and the Wizard101 Facebook page.
Reported on Apr 28, 2011 -
Introducing Wintertusk
In a recent conversation with KingsIsle's Fred Howard, MMORPG.com News Manager Suzie Ford had the opportunity to hear about the brand new Wizard101 Wintertusk zone that is now live on the public test server. Wintertusk will hit live servers 'when ready', usually in the 3-4 week time span. Howard and the KingsIsle team have sent us some information about Wintertusk and some exclusive screens. Check it out!
Reported on Apr 26, 2011 -
Wintertusk Info and Developer Q&A
KingsIsle's Leah "Professor Falmea" Ruben, producer of Wizard101, has posted the latest Producer Letter. In this month's letter, Ruben talks about the recently-announced Wintertusk world that is set to hit servers later in 2011. In addition, Ruben answers fan questions about who she is and what she does at KingsIsle and on Wizard101.
Reported on Apr 19, 2011 -
Mount-a-Palooza
The Wizard101 team has let us know that in-game permanent mounts are now up to 50% off. Retired mounts and never-before-seen mounts are also included in the Mount-a-Palooza event. In addition, devs have a surprise: Mounts will soon be able to walk around a player's home similar to the way pets currently do.
Reported on Apr 08, 2011 -
Introducing the Pet Rock
Wizard101 has always been known for its wide variety of pets and mounts. Today marks the introduction of a new pet at the local vendor: The Pet Rock. The KingsIsle team has posted a handy care guide for The Pet Rock including care & feeding, training, sleep and health.
Reported on Apr 01, 2011 -
Wintertusk Announced
KingsIsle has announced that a new Wizard101 world is in development. Called 'Wintertusk', the new zone will continue the storyline started in the Grizzelheim game world. Along with the new world, devs are promising new spells, new level 58 pets, quests and more.
Reported on Mar 15, 2011 -
Celestia Housing and More in New Patch
The Wizard101 team has revealed the latest game update that includes new housing based on the undersea world of Celestia, gardening system improvements and other world updates. The housing includes two new castles, one an island getaway and the other a Celestial observatory.
Reported on Feb 28, 2011 -
Internet Explorer 9 Compatibility Issue
The people over at Wizard101 have announced a compatibility issue with the latest Internet Explorer 9 update. Check out the news below.
Reported on Feb 13, 2011 -
A Big Year
KingsIsle has released new information about 2010 and the impressive numbers racked up during the year for Wizard101. Not only has the year seen the game win several important awards, the numbers of players has risen to fifteen million in the U.S. alone.
Reported on Jan 24, 2011 -
J. Todd Coleman Addresses the 18+ Chat Gaff
J. Todd Coleman, director of Wizard101, addresses some player concerns with regards to changes implemented in their chat system that left a significant amount of their players dissatisfied.
Reported on Jan 23, 2011 -
Frogs in Space
Last week, NASA published a new image taken with the Hubble Telescope of a mysterious object in deep space. After viewing the photo, Wizard101 developers and the Spiral Geographic Society began their own research and have taken a new photo of the same area. It appears that the mysterious object may in fact be a Humongfrog creature.
Reported on Jan 18, 2011 -
January Producer's Letter
The latest edition of the Wizard101 Producer's Letter has been posted by Leah "Professor Falmea" Ruben. In it, Ruben takes a look at the year that was and gives a small peek at the future. Ruben also reveals the results of the 'Favorite Update' poll that devs ran with the community.
Reported on Jan 05, 2011 -
UK Beta Begins
The KingsIsle team and Gameforge have announced that the beta phase of Wizard101 has launched in the United Kingdom! Players interested in signing on for the beta need to visit the game's official UK site. Gameforge and KingsIsle have plans to localize Wizard101 specifically for the European market.
Reported on Dec 15, 2010 -
Gardening Now Live
KingsIsle and the Wizard101 team have announced that the new gardening system is now in place on all live servers. In addition, a new plant, The Giving Tree, has been added to the Crown Shop with an altruistic feature. For each sale, KingsIsle will donate the net proceeds, evenly divided, to two Texas organizations devoted to helping children: the Austin Children's Shelter located in Austin, Texas, and Children's Medical Center at Legacy, a pediatric hospital located in Plano, Texas.
Reported on Dec 13, 2010 -
Hoe Hoe Hoe for Gardening!
In a recent conversation with KingsIsle's Fred Howard, MMORPG.com News Editor Suzie Ford had the opportunity to learn about the brand new Gardening system that is now live on the public test server. Gardening will doubtless arrive on live servers during the holiday season 2010. Howard and the KingsIsle team revealed a lot of exciting new information so be sure to check out the article and comment below.
Reported on Nov 30, 2010 -
Mini-Games Hit the Web
Wizard101 players now have the chance to play their favorite mini-games on the Net with the chance to win in-game swag, game codes and gold just for doing so. The site, KIFreeGames.com, has officially launched with mini games Dueling Diego, Sorcery Stones and Doodle Dug. Fans can also download mobile ringtones, coloring pages for the kids and desktop backgrounds. There's even a link to a Wizard Blox game for iOS devices.
Reported on Nov 08, 2010
